2015年CRI 北京人欢迎新禁烟令

 

Today, a series of new stringent¹ anti-smoking rules take effect in Beijing.

Many citizens and smoking-control experts have showed their support for this action.

"I dislike the behavior of smoking in public areas. I think secondhand smoking does great harm to people who don't smoke."

"I think the ban is very good. Smoking is really not a good thing."

The World Health Organization's representative in China, Bernhard Schwartlander,

says the issue of the new smoking ban is in line with Beijing's determination to become a smoking-free city.

"Most people simply have no idea how bad smoking is for the health. I'm not only talking about the smokers² themselves,

I'm also talking about the secondhand smoking. It's a useful opportunity for Beijing and for China to really do something for the health of the people.

And what is very particular about this law is not only that it dedicates all public spaces to be smoke free,

it also has really thought about very carefully how we can make sure that the law will be adhere to."

The director of Beijing Health and Family Planning Commission, Fang⁴ Laiying, calls on the whole of Chinese society to take part in making the anti-smoking law work.

"To better implement⁵ the regulations, we could not only rely on the enforcement team led by the government.

The whole society is welcomed to join in the law-enforcement process. Our aim is not to punish people who are smoking,

but to help people to quit smoking and to help them in the fight against this bad habit."

As many Chinese are used to smoking when dining, restaurant owners are being urged to do more to help implement the ban.

This morning, the famous hot pot chain brand, Haidilao, became the first to be warned after the new regulation came into effect.

According to the local Health Supervision⁶ Institute's inspection⁷, two cigarette ends have been found in a Haidilao outlet⁸ in Beijing's Chaoyang District.

Inspectors⁹ further indicate that the tip-off hotline has not been included in the restaurant's anti-smoking signs.

Moreover, the restaurant does not have any work record of self-inspection on smoking.

The restaurant is urged to make prompt corrections, or it will face a fine up to 2,000 yuan, or some 320 U.S. dollars.

An expert in smoking control, Wu Yiqun, points out that the comprehensive implementation¹⁰ of smoking ban needs time in addition to collaborative efforts.

"We could not expect the new rules to be fully³ carried out in one or two months. We have a large smoking population and a deep tobacco culture.

Moreover, the temptation of selling tobacco is huge. Based on these facts, law-enforcement practice going into the smoking ban needs time.

In addition, we should improve the education on the harm of smoking. If people even don't know the risks of secondhand smoking,

how could they consciously give up or prohibit smoking? All these need to be included in the process."

China is now the world's largest producer and consumer of tobacco products.

Health authorities estimate that about 1.5 million people in China die from smoking-related diseases every year,

while 100 thousand die form secondhand smoke-related diseases.

For CRI, I'm Huang Shan.

1 stringent   

adj.严厉的；令人信服的；银根紧的

参考例句：

• Financiers are calling for a relaxation of these stringent measures.金融家呼吁对这些严厉的措施予以放宽。
• Some of the conditions in the contract are too stringent.合同中有几项条件太苛刻。

2 smokers   

吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。

3 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

4 fang   

n.尖牙，犬牙

参考例句：

• Look how the bone sticks out of the flesh like a dog's fang.瞧瞧,这根骨头从肉里露出来，象一只犬牙似的。
• The green fairy's fang thrusting between his lips.绿妖精的尖牙从他的嘴唇里龇出来。

5 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

6 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

7 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

8 outlet   

n.出口/路；销路；批发商店；通风口；发泄

参考例句：

• The outlet of a water pipe was blocked.水管的出水口堵住了。
• Running is a good outlet for his energy.跑步是他发泄过剩精力的好方法。

9 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。