首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
"Dimpy," as her friends call her, heard about the hazards of smoking in health class. "They showed pictures of lungs of people w
"Dimpy," as her friends call her, heard about the hazards of smoking in health class. "They showed pictures of lungs of people w
admin
2010-02-21
49
问题
"Dimpy," as her friends call her, heard about the hazards of smoking in health class. "They showed pictures of lungs of people who smoked, h was gross," says the petite 14-year-old. Yet, as she shops along the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif., the ninth grader points out all the places where she regularly buys cigarettes without hassle. "All my friends smoke," She shrugs, explaining the habit she developed in the sixth grade. "Once they pressure you, you start. And it’s kind of hard to stop."
As the cigarette industry draws increasing tire, teen smokers like Dimpy are becoming the focus of concerned policy makers around the country. Sported by a University of Michigan study showing a dramatic rise in adolescent tobacco use, the White House is considering ways to curb the surge. Among the options: eliminating cigarette vending machines, restricting tobacco advertising, increasing the federal excise tax on cigarettes and launching a national media campaign directed at adolescents. A grand jury in New York has begun an investigation to determine whether Philip Moms Cos. concealed information linking nicotine levels and addictiveness. And the Justice Department is looking into whether tobacco company executives committed perjury in their April 1994 congressional testimony on how smoking affects health.
Lack of credibility. But it’s tough to get an antismoking message through to teens. The California Department of Health Services spends $12 million a year placing antismoking commercials on television, including popular MTV programs, but many teenagers aren’t buying the message. Says Erica Leona, who will enter eighth grade in the fall, "I don’t think those ads work, became it’s like a cartoon. It’s too exaggerated."
In fact, teens seem skeptical about the potential effectiveness of any organized efforts to reduce smoking, like increasing taxes. While research shows that every time rexes go up, sales go down, including among teens, young people say the cost is relatively low in comparison with other vices. "You want weed, it’ll cost you," says Robert Caldwell, 14. "For cigarettes, you just go anywhere, put 12 quarters into one of those machines, take it and go." Other teens maintain that eliminating vending machines won’t make cigarettes any harder to buy. "You give a guy enough to buy you a pack and a beer, and he’ll buy the pack," says Cameron Davis, 13. And advertising isn’t really what entices adolescents to smoke. For the most part, they say, teens smoke because of peer pressure. "It’s like sex." says 13year-old Frances, who started smoking at age 9. "You feel like, if you don’t do it with your boyfriend, he won’t like you."
In addition, messages that relate to health don’t compute with adolescents, who often feel invincible. It doesn’t help, says Roxanne Cannon, editorial director of Teen and Sassy magazines, that so many teen idols such as Ethan Hawke, Jason Priestley and Luke Perry are seen smoking.
Teens say any message is more effective if it’s communicated by other kids. But even a White House appeal made by Chelsea Clinton might not get through to adolescents eager to smoke. "I don’t listen to my mom when she tells me to stop," says Dimpy. "Why would I listen to anyone else".
Dimpy, the girl named in this passage ______.
选项
A、began to smoke when she was eleven
B、became the focus of concerned policymakers because she has been smoking for quite a few years
C、showed pictures of gross lungs of smokers to her fellow pupils
D、forgot the shops where she usually obtained her cigarettes
答案
A
解析
从文章第一段可知Dimpy现在14岁,上九年级,而她开始吸烟时是上六年级,所以可推出那时她是11岁;B项不正确,因为受到关注的是像Dimpy那样的青少年,而并非只有 Dimpy一人;C,D两项明显与原文不符。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/mMIO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
•Lookatthenotesaboutthequalitiesofgreatmanagers.•Someinformationismissing.•Youwillhearpartofapresen
•Youwillhearaconversationbetweenaheadofdepartmentandanemployee.•Foreachquestion23-30,markoneletter(A,Bor
Ifthewomancomes,howmanypeoplearegoingontheboat?Howmuchdoesonepillowcost?
WhendoesthelastflightarriveatCleveland?Howmanypeoplearegoingtobepresentattheparty?
A、AsMarshalseaissatisfiedwithitstrials,itwillrefurbishstoresintheautumn.B、Marshalseahopesitwillseeimprovedre
TipsforRunning/AttendingBusinessConferenceABringnecessarymaterialssuchasanotepadandapenBC
Inthispartyouareaskedtowriteacompositiononthetitleof"MyAimforDoctoralStudy"withnolessthan200Englishword
Shefeltabit______intheautumnairsoshewentintofetchacoat.
Theareais______withtrails,someaswideasboulevards,thathavebeencutandmaintainedbyelephant.
Inhisresearcheson______diseases,hediscoveredmanyfactsaboutthelungsofanimalsandhumanbeings.
随机试题
消渴病的症状有()
A.国家药品监督管理局B.省级药品监督管理局C.工商行政管理局D.各省人事部门E.国家人事部
患儿,男,8个月。母乳喂养,6月起添加辅食,为了保证其生理需要,其每日摄入热量应为
根据《注册安全工程师管理规定》,注册安全工程师在每个注册周期内应当参加继续教育,时间累计不得少于()学时。
Accordingto《INCOTERMS2000》,whichgroupofthefollowingtradetermsmeanthatthesellershouldcontractforthecarriageoft
某有限责任公司是由甲、乙、丙三方各出资200万元设立的,2007年末该有限责任公司所有者权益项目的余额为:实收资本为600万元,资本公积为150万元,盈余公积为60万元,未分配利润为60万元。为扩大经营规模,甲、乙、丙三方决定重组公司,吸收丁投资者加入,且
下列生物中,对农作物有益的是()。
企业按照消费者所在的地理位置以及其他地理变量(包括城市、农村、地形、气候、交通、运输等)来细分消费者市场的活动是()。
ThepurposeofthewebsiteistoThequotationsinParagraph4areintendedto
AflexiblyB.optionsC.appealtoD.neverthelessE.hastyF.peculiarG.easilyH.switchI.intentionsJ.includeK.implemen
最新回复
(
0
)