Put Out That Cigarette

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

• prerogative
• instances
• as opposed to
• second-hand smoke

• pack
• enact
• ban
• bar

• cracked down
• non-smoking

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Most people will admit that smoking is bad for your health—even if they smoke.

In some countries, words and images on cigarette packs try to warn smokers of the harmful efects of tobacco. But in most countries, you can smoke anywhere.

In the US, actual warnings on cigarette packs remain small. But in many American cities now, it is getting harder to smoke in public. In California, for example, smoking is not allowed inside any public place.

In early 2007, France will enact a ban on public smoking, following other European countries that have already put laws into place, like Italy and Ireland.

Listen to Logan and Kevin talk about smoking in public.

Dialog

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Kevin

Logan

Kevin:  What’s your thought about going to places like smoky bars on a Saturday night?

Logan:  I don’t… you know, I’m going into a bar, I’m going to expect smoke.

Kevin:  I, you know, I prefer non-smoking bars but I go to bars that are… where people smoke.

Logan:  I don’t have a problem with people smoking in public. It does kind of… I mean, it’s their prerogative. They can do it if they want.

Kevin:  I agree. But you know, this summer, I had a couple instances where I was out, like, in, uh, cafes, like in the street, eating, where you’re outside, so people are smoking. Very unpleasant. And, you know, I think the US is unique… I would say the US and Canada are unique in terms of, like, government action against tobacco companies…

Logan:  Banning it, yeah. In certain areas…

Kevin:  Uh-huh, as opposed to, uh, most Asian countries, you know, European… when I lived in Spain, I mean, people just smoke everywhere. People smoke on the platforms of the subway. Um…

Logan:  I think in the United States and a little bit… and in Canada obviously, they have skulls on their packs. They really emphasize the effects of second-hand smoke. That, you know, if you’re just sitting next to someone smoking, you’re inhaling the smoke. It’s just as bad as smoking that cigarette.

Kevin:  Almost, yeah.

Logan:  And so our government has really cracked down on that kind of an issue, where you can get lung cancer from not even smoking, just being in an area where people are smoking.

 

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