世界節(jié)假日博覽 第165期:世界無煙日

World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world on May 31 every year. It was started by the World Health Organization in 1987. It aims to highlight the dangers of smoking around the world. Another aim is to encourage people to stop smoking and thus reduce the negative health effects of smoking. Around 5.4 million people a year die from smoking-related health problems. On World No Tobacco Day, the WHO presents special awards to organizations or people who have made great efforts to get people, especially children, to stop smoking. In 2008 the WHO called for a total ban on tobacco advertising. It said advertising was one of the biggest factors that made people take up smoking.

全世界人們在每年的5月31日慶祝世界無煙日。世界無煙日是由世界衛(wèi)生組織在1987年設(shè)立的，目的是向全世界人民展示吸煙的危害，另一個目的是鼓勵人們停止吸煙，以此減少吸煙對健康的危害。每年大約有540萬人死于吸煙相關(guān)的疾病。在世界無煙日，世界衛(wèi)生組織為那些幫助人們，特別是兒童禁煙做出過巨大貢獻的組織和個人頒發(fā)特殊貢獻獎。2008年，世界衛(wèi)生組織號召全面禁止煙草廣告，并聲稱煙草廣告是導(dǎo)致人們吸煙的最大因素之一。


Tobacco is a dangerous drug. It's amazing how governments allow people to use tobacco. One reason is governments get a lot of money from taxes on cigarettes. Another reason is tobacco companies have a lot of influence on politicians. Tobacco-related health problems put a huge amount of pressure on a country's healthcare system. Millions of working hours are lost every day because people take smoking breaks. The saddest thing is that children lose parents because of the damage tobacco did to their bodies. Tobacco contains nicotine and other poisonous chemicals. These cause many diseases, like heart problems and cancer. Smoking causes bad breath, disease, loss of energy, and it's expensive. It's time for the world to quit smoking.

煙草是一種危險的藥草，令人驚異的是政府允許人們使用煙草。一個原因是政府可以從香煙上征收大量的稅，另一原因是煙草公司對政客有巨大的影響。與煙草相關(guān)的疾病對國家的衛(wèi)生保健系統(tǒng)造成了巨大壓力。每天的吸煙休息時間造成數(shù)百萬小時工作時間的流失。最悲哀的是，父母吸煙造成身體損害，使得孩子們早早就失去了父母。煙草含有尼古丁和其他有害化學(xué)物質(zhì)，這些物質(zhì)會引發(fā)許多疾病，如心臟疾病和癌癥。吸煙導(dǎo)致口臭，易生病，體力下降，而且煙草價格昂貴。全世界的人們是時候戒煙了。