2021届高考英语备考阅读素材 ：5月31日 世界无烟日 World No Tobacco Day – May 31, 2021

[阅读素材] 5 月 31 日 世界无烟日 World No Tobacco Day – May 31, 2021 今天 5 月 31 日 第 34 个世界无烟日 据《中国吸烟危害健康报告 2020》 统计数据显示 烟草每年使我国 100 多万人失去生命 如不采取有效行动 预计到 2030 年将增至每年 200 万人 到 2050 年增至每年 300 万人 Each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) holds World No Tobacco Day on May 31. Their goal is to spread awareness about the risks of tobacco use and how we can make the world tobacco free. Roughly 6 million people die from tobacco-related ailments every year. And that number is projected to rise to over 8 million by 2030. But this is by no means a guarantee. The Sustainable Development Agenda aims to reduce deaths from noninfectious diseases by a third. Diseases linked to tobacco are on the list, so if we hit the target, 2030 will be a year to celebrate (oh yea!) — not only for our health, but the size of our wallets. Your average smoker drops around $4,000 on cigarettes annually. Imagine all of the other cool holidays you could enjoy with that money (we have a few suggestions, just saying). So let’s use World No Tobacco Day as a launching pad to a brighter and less smokey future! WHEN IS WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2021? World No Tobacco Day is hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) every year on May 31. HISTORY OF WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY World No Tobacco Day is an initiative by the World Health Organization and is observed on May 31 every year. The campaign aims to spread awareness about the dangers of tobacco and its negative impact on health, as well as the exploitation of the nicotine industry that is geared towards the youth in particular. It also aims to reduce the diseases and deaths caused by tobacco consumption. The World No Tobacco Day theme for 2021 is “Commit to Quit.” The Member States of the World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987 as a response to the global tobacco crisis and the diseases and deaths caused by the epidemic. The World Health Assembly passed Resolution WHA40.38 in 1987, calling for April 7 to be “ World No-Smoking Day. ” Next, Resolution WHA42.19 was passed in 1988, issuing May 31 as an annual observance of World No Tobacco Day. The World Health Organization reports 8 million deaths every year due to the consumption of tobacco. Tobacco is the leading cause of respiratory disorders like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, tuberculosis, and other lung diseases. In 2008, the WHO banned any kind of advertisement or promotion of tobacco. As the world’s most populated country, China is the leader in the cigarette industry. More than 30% of the total cigarettes in the world were produced and consumed in China in 2014. BY THE NUMBERS 100 million – the estimated number of people killed by smoking during the 20th century. 16 million – the number of adults in the U.S who are living with a disease attributed to smoking. 8 million – the number of people who died from smoking in 2017. 15% – the percentage of global deaths that are attributed to smoking. 70 – the age over which more than half of the deaths occur due to smoking. 1-in-5 – the number of adults in the world who smoke tobacco. 80% – the percentage of the world’s 1.3 billion tobacco users who live in low- and middle-income countries. 7 million – the number of deaths among the 1.3 billion tobacco users that occured due to direct smoking. 1.2 million – the number of deaths among the 1.3 billion tobacco users that occurred due to secondhand smoking.