单选题The best cure for smoking-related diseases is ______.Ato refuse to smokeBto improve environmental protectionCto stop the selling of cigarettes in shopsDto increase taxation on tobacco

单选题
The best cure for smoking-related diseases is ______.
A

to refuse to smoke

B

to improve environmental protection

C

to stop the selling of cigarettes in shops

D

to increase taxation on tobacco


参考解析

解析:
录音最后一句指出“…smoking prevention is among the most cost-effective of all health interventions”,由此可见防止吸烟是解决所有因吸烟引起的疾病的最好方法,因此选A。
【录音原文】
  Tobacco not only kills people, but it also saps national treasuries. Just as there are no safe levels of tobacco consumption, there are no safe investments in tobacco. The economic impact of tobacco has been analyzed in many countries in recent years. Studies from Brazil, China, South Africa and Switzerland complement earlier analyses done in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Their combined message is unequivocal—the alleged economic benefits of tobacco are illusory and misleading.
  Most serious analyses of all the economic effects show that a decline in the tobacco industry would not result in less employment. In fact, as employment in the tobacco sector decreases, overall employment may stay the same or even increase. A World Bank study has estimated that the use of tobacco results in a global net loss of US $200 billion per year, with half of these losses occurring in the developing world. This cost does not reflect loss due to reduced quality of life of smokers and their families. The same study also estimated that smoking prevention is among the most cost-effective of all health interventions.

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