Smoking And Health

吸烟与健康

Today smoking is a widespread habit all over the world. Not only the old, the youth, but also middle school students have been engaged in smoking. Many of them think that smoking is a smart symbol.

现在，吸烟在全世界中都是一个普遍的习惯，不仅老年人、青年人吸烟，就连中学生也加入到这个行列中来，他们中的许多人认为吸烟是一种潇洒的象征。

However, smoking is harmful to one's health. It contributes a lot of lung cancer, from which many people have died in the past years. It can also cause many other diseases¹. In a word, if you smoke, you do have a much greater chance of losing your health. Furthermore², scientific research shows that smoking is not only harmful to smokers³ themselves, but also a threat to public health, especially to women and children. Therefore, many countries have made laws forbidding smokers to smoke m public places such as cinemas, stations, hospitals, and so on Giveup smoking! If you don't smoke, don't start. Give upsmoking for the sake⁴ of your health, for the sake of your family, and for the sake of the whole world.

然而，吸烟对人的健康是有害的，它会引起肺癌，在刚刚过去的几年中；许多人因此而丧命，还可能引发其他的疾病。总之，如果你吸烟的话，你就很可能失去拥有健康的机会，更进一步说，科学研究显示，吸烟不仅危害吸烟者本人，而且对公共健康来说，也是一个凶兆，尤其是对妇女和孩子。因此，许多国家都制定了不准在公共场合吸烟的法规，例如：电影院，车站，医院等地。戒烟吧，如果你还未染上，请不要开始；戒烟吧，为了你的健康，为了你的家庭的健康，为了整个世界的健康。