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Policymakers need to step up efforts to cut smoking rates in Asia to prevent an “epidemic(流行病)” of tobacco - related lung disease, medical experts said at a conference in Mumbai.
Many Asian countries have seen a sharp increase in tobacco use in the last decade, particularly among the young and in urban areas as a result of economic growth. A rise in smoking by women has also been noted.
But ignorance of the health risks remains, especially among the rural poor, while overall tobacco use is adding an economic burden to countries in terms of health care and insurance costs plus lost productivity through illness.
Matthew Peters, head of thoracic(胸腔的)medicine at Sydney’s Concord Hospital, told the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health that there were “real and material health care benefits” for countries to encourage people to quit.
“Stopping smoking is a very simple way” of cutting tuberculosis(肺结核) rates, he said, adding that quitting also meant the region’s poor, who are most affected by the disease, could use the money that previously went on tobacco for food and clothing.
“These benefits are real. They are seen quickly and have effects on the most important health risks in this region. . . and the especially complex issue of economic deprivation(贫困) and nutrition, ” he added.
Many at the conference expressed concern about the increases in smoking and tobacco use in Asia, as big tobacco companies look to the region for new markets with more people giving up smoking in developed countries. Health professionals want antismoking legislation(法规)，including bans on tobacco advertising.
Some 1. 25 billion people worldwide use tobacco in some form every day. China and India account for more than half of that total, according to the World Lung Foundation statistics presented at the conference.
56. We can learn from the second paragraph that _______.
A. more and more people in Asian countries smoke
B. the young smoke more than the old in Asia
C. fewer people smoke in urban areas in Asia
D. there are more women smokers than men smokers
57. What do “real and material health care benefits” refer to?
A. The benefits that countries can get by encouraging people to smoke.
B. Cutting down the cost of health care and getting better food and clothes.
C. Good economy from tobacco, better food and clothes.
D. Health risks and the economic burden.
58. Why do big tobacco companies look to Asia for new markets according to the passage?
A. Because the largest population is in Asia and its economy is growing fast.
B. Because Asians concern about the danger of increases in smoking.
C. More and more people are giving up smoking in developed countries.
D. Health professionals want to ban tobacco advertising.
59. How many people use tobacco in China and India every day according to the World Lung Foundation statistics?
A. About 1. 25 billion.
B. More than 2. 50 billion.
C. About 0. 51 billion.
D. More than 0. 625 billion.
| AVERAGE RESOURCES | |
| 620 m3 water | If we put fresh water and sea water together, we can each have 620 m3 water. But remember, sea water is too salty for us to drink if the factories don’t process it first. So, 620 m3 is little. Saving water in daily use is important. |
| 0.5 hectares of forests | There are 3.869 billion hectares(公顷) of forests on Earth. But we are losing them mainly because we cut trees too much. If we calculate（计算）at the size of a football field, we are losing 343,000 football fields every day, or 1,431 per hour, or 24 per minute! |
| 1.5 centimeters long corals(珊瑚) | All the corals that we have now spread for about 100,000 km in 109 countries. But each of us can only have such a little piece, because seas are getting polluted and corals are dying. |
| 33 stars | According to the latest report, there are 200 billion stars in the Milky Way. Each of us can have 33 of them. Unfortunately, we cannot see most of the 200 billion stars from Earth. We can only see about 6,000 stars. If we don’t use telescopes or we have bad weathers, we can only see about 2,000 stars. |
| 90kg rice | On average, we harvest 0.54 billion tons of rice each year round the world and each of us can have 90 kg. Asia produces and eats 90% of all the rice. How long will it take you to eat up this 90 kg rice? |
| 1 iceberg | Luckily, we still have icebergs to share when Earth gets warmer and warmer. Each of us can have an iceberg of 170m×170m×170m. Up to 10% of Earth surface is covered by ice. There is 31,000,000km3 of ice on Earth in all. |
| A．over 620m3 | B．more than 620m3 | C．far less than 620m3 | D．only 620m3 |
| A．the man-made damage | B．the climate change |
| C．the construction of many football fields | D．the environmental pollution |
| A．all the stars | B．about 2,000 | C．about 200 billion | D．about 6,000 |
| A．less water | B．fewer icebergs | C．fewer corals | D．less rice |
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