双语新闻：世卫组织建议对电子烟双重监管

2014-08-29 17:24:57来源：可可英语

　　While the WHO admitted the full effects of smoking ecigarettes, first-hand and passively, werenot known, it said the existing evidence showed that their use “poses serious threats toadolescents and foetuses”.

　　尽管世卫组织承认，吸电子烟(包括吸一手烟和二手烟)的全面后果尚不清楚，但上述报告称，现有证据表明，电子烟的使用“对青少年和胎儿构成严重威胁”。

　　On their health benefits, the reports said: “Unsubstantiated or overstated claims of safety andcessation are frequent market themes aimed at smokers.”

　　至于电子烟对健康的益处，报告称：“有关电子烟安全和有助戒烟的、未经证实或夸大其辞的说法，是针对烟民经常使用的市场宣传主题。”

　　It cited one study that said the devices were marketed in 7,764 unique flavours, suggestingthese will “serve as a gateway to nicotine addiction and, ultimately, smoking, particularly foryoung people”.

　　报告援引的一份研究结果称，市面上的电子烟有7764种独特口味，暗示它们将“导致顾客对尼古丁上瘾，并最终导致吸烟，对年轻人来说尤其如此”。

　　The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday that more than 263,000 USmiddle and high school students who had never smoked traditional products smokedecigarettes in 2013, up from 79,000 two years previously.

　　美国疾病控制与预防中心(US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)周一表示，2013年，美国有逾26.3万从未吸过传统香烟的中学生吸了电子烟，这个数字大大高于两年前的7.9万。

　　Professor Martin McKee of the European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition welcomedthe recommendations. They were “sensible measures given the clear cause for concern thatproducts currently being sold may not be safe either for those using them or those exposed tothe vapour given off”.

　　转型社会健康问题欧洲研究中心(European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition)教授马丁•麦基(Martin McKee)对世卫组织的建议表示欢迎。这些是“合理的措施，因为人们显然有理由担心，当前销售的产品对使用者或被暴露于它们所散发的气体中的人来说可能不够安全”。

　　“[The report] recommends careful regulation unless and until they can be shown to be safe andeffective and notes that this is not yet the case,” he added.

　　“(报告)建议进行谨慎监管，除非且直到它们能被证明是安全有效的，(报告)还指出目前还没有证明这一点，”他补充道。

　　But Professor Gerry Stimson, director of Knowledge-Action-Change, a public healthconsultancy, accused the WHO of “exaggerating the risks of ecigarettes while downplaying thehuge potential of these non-combustible, low-risk nicotine products to end the epidemic oftobacco-related disease”. He said: “The WHO position paper appears to have cherry-pickedthe science, used unnecessary scaremongering and misleading language about the effects ofnicotine.” The report is to be presented to the FCTC signatories in October.

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