英语翻译Itisestimatedthatnineoutoftensmokerswouldliketogiveuptheirhabitiftherewereaneasyway,andthatmorethan30millionAmericanshavetriedtodosoatleastonce.Untilnow,they’vehadlittlehelpfromthemedicalprofes
英语翻译
Itisestimatedthatnineoutoftensmokerswouldliketogiveuptheirhabitiftherewereaneasyway,andthatmorethan30millionAmericanshavetriedtodosoatleastonce.Untilnow,they’vehadlittlehelpfromthemedicalprofession,eventhoughmoreU.S.doctorshavestoppedsmokingthanhasanyothergroup,andtheirorganizationshavecondemnedthepractice.
Doctorscouldhaveapowerfulinfluenceontheirpatientswhosmokeiftheytookthetroubletogivebriefadviceandhelponaroutinebasis,saysDr.MichaelA.H.Russell,headoftheaddictionresearchunitofLondon’sMaudsleyHospital,andaleadingauthorityonnicotineaddiction.Inanexperiment,Russellshowedthatwhendoctorstookjustaminuteortwototalktotheirpatientsabouttheirsmokinghabitandgavethemaleaflettoread,thedoctorscouldpersuade4.1percenttogiveupcigarettes.Thosepatientswhowerealsogivennicotinedidmorethantwiceaswell.
Ifthisexperienceholdstruehere,doctorsmighthelpnearly5millionAmericansmokerskicktheirhabiteachyear.Since,accordingtotheRoyalCollegeofPhysicians,“between2.5and4outofevery10aresmoking,”thismightsavethelivesofasmanyas2millionAmericansmokers.
Ofcourse,notallpatientsarecandidatesfornicotinegum.Itisnotrecommendedforsomeheartpatients,somepeptic-ulcer(胃溃疡)sufferersorwomenwhoareormaybecomepregnant.Adoctorshoulddecidewhethertogiveittoanursingmother,sincenicotinewillenterhermilk.Ithasnotbeenevaluatedinchildrenoradolescentswhosmoke.
TheFDAadvisespatientsnottouseNicoretteformorethanthreemonths.Actually,anumberofexperimentsshowthatthegumismosteffectiveifusedfor16weeks.Peoplewhostopsmokingwiththegumandthenstopthegumtoosoonaremorelikelytorelapse(旧病复发).
31.Accordingtothepassage,mostsmokerswouldnotquitsmokingbecause_____.
A)theyfounditdifficulttoquitsmoking
B)theygotnohelpfromthehospital
C)theirorganizationscondemntheirquittingsmoking
D)therewerenoorganizationsthatwouldhelpthem
32.AccordingtoDr.MichaelA.H.Russell,______couldhelpthesmokersquit.
A)relativesB)organizationsforquittingsmoking