Despite these alarming statistics, the scale of the threat that smoking causes to womens health has received surprisingly little attention. Smoking is still seen by many as a mainly male problem, perhaps because men were the first to take up the habit and therefore the first to suffer the ill-effects. This is no longer the case. Women who smoke like men will die like men. WHO estimates that, in industrialized countries, smoking rates amongst men and women are very similar, at around 30 per cent; in a large number of developed countries, smoking is now more common among teenage girls than boys. As women took up smoking later than men, the full impact of smoking on their health has yet to be seen. But it is clear from countries where women have smoked longest, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, that smoking causes the same diseases in women as in men and the gap between their death rates is narrowing. On current trends, some 20 to 25 per cent of women who smoke will die from their habit. One in three of these deaths will be among women under 65 year of age. The US Surgeon General has estimated that, amongst these women, smoking is responsible for around 40 per cent heart disease deaths, 55 per cent of lethal strokes and, among women of all ages, 80 per cent of lung cancer deaths and 30 per cent of all cancer deaths. Over the last 20 years, death rates in women from lung cancer have more than doubled in Japan, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom; have increased by more than 200 per cent in Australia, Denmark and New Zealand; and have increased by more than 300 per cent in Canada and the United States. 21. The effect of smoking on women has not been paid enough attention because______. A. men suffer more from smoking B. men would like women to smoke C. men are considered the main sufferers of smoking D. there are alarming statistics of death caused by smoking 22. This is no longer the case. The word this refers to______. A. that men used to suffer the ill-effects B. that there were alarming statistics C. that the scale of threat become larger D. that women suffered from smoking as greatly as men 23. From the fact that in some developed countries smoking is now more common among teenage girls than boys, we can predict that in the days to come, ______. A. women will have the same diseases as men B. more women may suffer from smoking than men C. the smoking rates among men and women will drop D. the teenage girls today may give up smoking when they are grown-ups 24. All of the following statements are the effects of smoking on women EXCEPT that A. the death rates of the women and men who are smoking are in similar proportion B. smoking causes the same diseases in women as in men C. in the past 20 years, death rates in women from lung cancer have more than doubled D. smoking is responsible for 30 percent of all cancer deaths among women 25. In the phrase lethal stroke, the word lethal most probably means______. A. causing death B. causing discomfort C. causing poor health D. causing anxiety 21. C 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. A
英语频度副词详解,频度副词介绍
定语从句详解:由关系代词引导的定语从句
例题解析:独立主格结构例题
高中语法讲解:比较过去时与现在完成时的区别是什么
高中语法详解:with的符合结构作独立主格
高中语法探秘:so far 一定要连用现在完成时吗?
高中语法详解:名词复数的规则变化介绍
英语被动语态中的易错知识点盘点
不定式动词:to的动词不定式
动词短语详解:动词+for的常用搭配(中)
定语从句详解:由关系代词引导的定语从句介绍
做语法练习时,咖啡竟能巧妙帮助你?
这道虚拟语气的陷阱题,你躲得开吗?
基础语法知识巩固:一般将来时
英语中,频度副词的用法要点盘点
if only与only if的不同点盘点
使用商务英语:外贸传真句型和语法
独立主格的七种结构形式盘点
初中语法介绍:人称代词中主宾格的互相替换
英语名词复数的构成方法解析
连接副词详解:连接副词的用法说明
高中语法讲解:如何用一般现在时表将来
need单词详解:
现在进行时表示将来意义的正确用法
英语入门基础:这些情况下的字母要大写
用于现在完成时的句型盘点
限制性定语从句与非限制性定语从句究竟有何区别
独立主格结构的用法盘点
数词大比“拼”,1-100你都会拼吗?
ago用法详解:一般不与现在完成时连用
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