A new weapon (武器) is on the way in the fight against smoking in Europe. Soon when smokers buy cigarettes they might see a shocking photo of a blackened lung or a cancer patient staring back at them from the packet.
Some boys may think of smoking as cool and sexy. Their friends won’t agree when they see their packets of cigarettes lying on the table. The European Union announced that it had chosen 42 photos that showed the damage cigarettes could do to the body, calling on member nations to put these pictures on packets to discourage smokers. To catch the attention of teenagers, the special packets warn of long-term medical dangers, like cancer. Short-term effects, like bad skin, are also on the list.
“The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror. That is the message we should send to the young,” said David Byrne, an EU health official. “Hopefully these pictures will shock students out of their love for cigarettes.”
The EU head office hoped the pictures would work better than current (当前) written warnings on packs of cigarettes. The warnings included “smoking kills” and “smoking can lead to a slow and painful death”.
So far, Ireland and Belgium have shown interest in the photos. Canada has used similar pictures and warnings on cigarette packs since 2000. The country has recently seen a fall in the number of smokers. According to studies, smoking is the single biggest cause of avoidable deaths in the EU. Every year more than 650,000 smokers die, more than one person a minute.
By saying “a new weapon is on the way”, the writer means the EU is going to have _____ .
A. the true face of smoking shown everywhere
B. shocking photos printed on cigarette packets
C. written warnings printed on the cigarette packs
D. pictures put up where cigarettes are sold
The pictures chosen by the EU are supposed to mainly work on _____ .
A. young smokers B. smokers in Ireland and Belgium
C. male smokers D. young smokers’ friends
What can we learn from the passage?
A. Canada has been the first to use the EU’s “weapon”.
B. Most smokers don’t quite believe the written warnings.
C. The new form of warning has already been proved to work.
D. Smoking has caused more deaths than anything else in the EU.
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Smoking Is Cool And Sexy. B. A New Weapon to Fight Smoking.
C. Young Smokers in The EU. D. Deaths from Smoking.