Parents, teachers and the government are increasingly concerned about this trend. The latest ONS research says that this habit will kill about 1 million of today’s teenagers when they reach middle age.

家长，老师和政府越来越担心这一现象。根据国家统计办公室最近一次的调查研究，吸烟将会导致约一百万青少年在中年时丧生。

In Newcastle, in northeast England, the local health authority is working with a secondary school to help teenagers stop smoking. They hold regular “quitting” sessions where students can talk openly about smoking and are given advice about why and how to stop.

在东北部的纽卡斯尔，当地卫生部门与一所中学联手帮助青少年戒烟，定期召开戒烟会，告诉他们为什么戒烟，怎样戒烟。学生们还可以就吸烟问题畅所欲言。

Parents and authority figures are also concerned because there seems to be a relationship between smoking and educational achievement. Most students who pass fewer than five General Certificate of Secondary Education exams (GCSEs), which all students must take at the age of 16, are regular smokers. The national average for a good student is nine GCSE passes.

学生家长和一些权威人士也参与了这项活动，因为学生吸烟现象似乎和教育质量有着某种关系。所有学生在十六岁时必须参加中等教育普通证书考试，但大多不能通过五门以上考试的学生都是长期吸烟者。而一个好学生应该通过九门考试。

Government campaigns to stop smoking include TV advertisements showing real-life smokers who have cancer. Cigarettes are also very expensive in the UK, due to government taxes. A packet of 20 cigarettes costs around four pounds and fifty pence (about 54 yuan).

政府为帮助戒烟采取了一系列的措施。其中包括通过电视广告反映生活中患癌症的吸烟者的真实情况。另外，由于政府的税收，在英国香烟的价格很贵，一盒二十支香烟要卖4英镑50便士（约合人民币54元）。

Every year, anti-smoking organizations join the government in holding a National No Smoking Day in March. Leaflets with government health warning about the risks of smoking are given out on the streets. Teenagers and adults are encouraged to try one day without smoking, in the hope that this will encourage them to give up forever. But with the government recently delaying plans to ban tobacco advertising in the UK, the trend of teenage smoking is likely to get worse.

每年都有一些反吸烟组织加入到政府的“三月全国无烟日”活动中来。在大街上散发传单，告诫人们吸烟有害健康，鼓励青少年和成人一天内不要吸烟，希望以此帮助他们戒烟。但是，由于政府延缓颁布禁止香烟广告的法令，青少年吸烟现象有可能日趋严重。

相关词语  Related Words and Expressions

Hastings                                黑斯廷斯（地名）

Newcastle                               纽卡斯尔（地名）

regular “quitting” session                   定期戒烟课

General Certificate of Secondary Education    中等教育普通证书

leaflet                                  传单

a National No Smoking Day                全国无烟日

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