【D道英语】85%的美国中学生都中招，电子烟商家为何专门"瞄准"青少年？

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Vaping ban urged on US teenagers

呼吁出台相关规定，禁止美国青少年吸食电子烟

03:05①More than 2 million teenagers in the United States say they regularly use electronic cigarettes despite widespread warnings that they are unsafe, a survey has found, prompting calls by anti-tobacco organizations for federal help to ban or regulate the sale of the addictive products to young adults.

一项调查发现，尽管反复警告电子烟并不安全，但美国仍有200多万青少年表示，他们经常吸食电子烟。反烟草组织敦促联邦禁止向年轻人销售电子烟，或对此进行监管。

07:29②The figures from the 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey, a poll carried out annually by the US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that around 85 percent of middle school and high school students said they enjoyed smoking fruit-flavored e-cigarettes.

美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）和美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）每年都会对青少年吸烟情况进行统计，2021年全国青年烟草调查的数据显示，大约85%的初中生和高中生表示自己喜欢吸水果味电子烟。

10:47③Most reported that studying remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic caused no problems in purchasing the products, according to CNN.

据美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）报道，调查发现，疫情期间远程学习并没有影响他们购买该类产品。

11:41④Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network said in a statement: "This study shows yet again the urgent need for federal action to address the nation's youth e-cigarette epidemic.

美国癌症协会癌症行动网络主席丽莎•拉卡斯（Lisa Lacasse）在一份声明中表示：“这项研究再次表明，迫切需要采取联邦行动来解决美国青少年电子烟流行的问题。”

13:41⑤"Flavored tobacco products of all kinds, including those flavored with menthol, enable the tobacco industry to entice and hook another generation of users on their deadly products－no less, a generation who was on track to be the first tobacco-free generation. We have known for years about this danger and still the FDA continues to delay taking definitive action－despite a court ordered deadline－on some of the biggest brands and manufacturers of these products."

“各种口味的烟草产品，包括那些用薄荷醇调味的烟草产品，使烟草业能够吸引并诱惑另一代用户也吸食其致命产品，而他们本该有望成为首个无烟一代。多年来我们已经意识到了这种危险，尽管法院规定了截止日期，但食品药品监督管理局仍然继续推迟对一些电子烟品牌和制造商采取明确行动。”

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重点单词 

1.vape v. 吸电子烟

vaping ban 电子烟禁令

2.widespread adj. 普遍的，广泛的

widespread damage广泛破坏

widespread support普遍支持

3.prompt v. 促进；导致

I have no idea what prompted him to leave. 

我不知道是什么促使他离开的。

4.poll n. 投票；民意调查

carry out a poll 进行一次民意调查

5.address v. 设法解决

address the problem设法处理问题

6.epidemic n. 传染病；流行病

a flu epidemic一场流感

7.menthol n. 薄荷醇

8.entice v. 诱使

The shop enticed the customers with low prices. 

这家商店以低价吸引顾客。

9.hook v. 钩住

I hooked a big fish. 

我钓到了一条大鱼。

重点短语

1.electronic cigarettes 电子烟

2.on track 走上正轨

back on track重回正轨

stay on track保持进展

原文链接

http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202110/12/WS6164f117a310cdd39bc6e55b.html