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
Cigarettes are good for your throat, according to advertisements from half a century ago. Today such claims are unthinkable, as
Cigarettes are good for your throat, according to advertisements from half a century ago. Today such claims are unthinkable, as
admin
2013-07-30
31
问题
Cigarettes are good for your throat, according to advertisements from half a century ago. Today such claims are unthinkable, as smokers face despiteful stares of contempt whenever they light up. Die-hards(顽固派)apart, society now accepts the huge damage to health caused by smoking, both to smokers themselves and to others through passive smoking — a change in attitudes with huge benefits for public health.
Now the World Health Organization is launching the first global war against alcohol abuse. Can it replicate(重复)the success of the anti-smoking campaign?
Some of the ways to curb excessive alcohol consumption are similar to those used against cigarettes, such as increasing taxes and reducing availability. And as with cigarettes, there may also be scope for making drinking less glamorous through clampdowns on marketing and advertising.
We have argued that these kinds of policies should be drawn up on the basis of evidence of harmfulness — to individuals and to society. But the problems of alcohol abuse have in the past been taken lightly. Excessive drinking has often been accepted, even celebrated, with hangovers(unpleasant after-effects of drinking too much alcohol)seen as entertainments that lighten the daily grind. This attitude of casual acceptance is central to the challenge facing the WHO. It obscures a problem which killed 2.4 million people in 2004, half the toll of smoking, and is estimated to be behind 20 to 30 per cent of cases of cirrhosis of the liver(a chronic disease of the liver), killing and motor-vehicle accidents.
The first line of attack, as with smoking, will be to get everyone to accept that alcohol abuse takes a huge toll. We need to erase the jolly caricature(讽刺画)of the town drunk who occasionally falls off his seat.
The WHO argues that we should borrow another aspect of the anti-smoking message and regulate so-called "passive drinking" — the effect on others of a person consuming alcohol — pointing to the role it plays in violence, family breakdown and road deaths. But "passive drinking" is a misleading term. While drinking is like smoking in that it causes collateral damage(附带损伤), no one else can passively consume the alcohol drunk by another. Any harm results from a drinker’s actions, not exposure to the substance itself.
Talk of passive drinking deviates attention from a more shocking aspect of the problem. The overall harm caused by alcohol is greater than that caused by LSD(an illegal drug)or ecstasy, and not far behind cocaine. When society stops thinking of alcohol as relaxing drink and regards it as another drug, that will signal the biggest change in thinking of all.
The author suggests that, to win the war against alcohol abuse,______.
选项
A、we should emphasize the harm of passive drinking
B、it’s important to change the current notion of alcohol
C、alcohol should be treated the same way as smoking
D、it’s necessary to classify alcohol as an illegal drug
答案
B
解析
末段末句提到,当社会停止将洒精看作一种放松的饮品,而是将其视为一种毒品时,这将标志着人们思想的最大转变。结合首段提到的人们对烟的看法转变给公众健康带来了巨大益处可推断,要想取得反酗酒战争的胜利,就应该转变目前人们对酒的这种看法,故答案为[B]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/HQ97777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Whenmenandwomengettogether,thereare,ineffect,twoworlds--hisandhers.Theyhavedifferentvalues,【B1】______,andhab
It’sasimplecalculus,kidsandmoney:Frombirthuntilcollegegraduation,childrenconsumedollarslikethey’rechickennugge
OnDecember25,2000,manypeopleacrossNorthAmericareceivedarareChristmastreatwhenthemoonpassedinfrontofthesun
A、Shewillbegladto.B、Shewillnotworkonittilltonight.C、Sheisveryunfortunate.D、Shehasgotanotherthingtodo.DM:
A、Youmustbeatleast16tostartthecourses.B、Youneedtotakeahearingtest.C、Youlearntodriveintheclassroom.D、You
GeneticallyModifiedFoods—FeedtheWorld?Ifyouwanttosparkaheateddebateatadinnerparty,bringupthetopicabou
Scotlandisauniqueplace.IthassomeofthemostbeautifulcitiesinEurope,alivingevidenceofasplendidandproudpast.
Acidrainisaveryseriousairandwaterpollutionproblem.Manypeoplefeel-thatitisthemostseriouspollutionproblemthat
Thegravitationalpulloftheearthandmoonisimportanttousasweattempttoconquermoreandmoreofouterspace.Here’swh
Thegravitationalpulloftheearthandmoonisimportanttousasweattempttoconquermoreandmoreofouterspace.Here’swh
随机试题
A/气喘气雾剂中的氟利昂B/鱼肝油乳中的阿拉伯胶C/维生素C注射剂中的碳酸氢钠D/氯霉素滴眼液中的尼泊金乙酯E/复方碘口服溶液中的碘化钾助溶剂
由腺垂体分泌的激素是()
白附子煎服的剂量是贝母吞服的剂量是
使用抗组胺药时的注意事项包括()
依照我国公司法,当股份有限公司不能成立时,认股人对发起人提出的下列诉讼请求,人民法院应予以支持的是()。
日本某公司于2005年6月1日获得由中国专利局授权的“小型摩托车”外观设计专利。针对这一专利,甲公司、乙公司先后提出无效宣告请求,认为已有相近似的外观设计专利在公开出版物上发表过和在国内公开使用过,该公司的外观设计专利应当被宣告无效。经审查,专利复审委员会
导游人员私自转借导游证供他人使用的,扣6分。()
S这个国家的自杀率近年来增长非常明显,这一点有以下事实为证:自从几种非处方安眠药被批准投入市场,仅由过量服用这些药物导致的死亡率几乎翻了一倍。然而,在此期间,一些特定类别的自杀并没有明显增加。虽然老年人自杀增长了70%,但是青少年的自杀只占这个国家全部自杀
Aneweconomicspaperhassomeold-fashionedadviceforpeoplenavigatingthestressesoflife:Findaspousewhoisalsoyourb
Yearsago,agroupofbrilliantyoungmenattheUniversityofWisconsinseemedtohaveamazingcreativeliterarytalent.Theyw
最新回复
(
0
)