VOA慢速英語：美國健康報告表示電子香煙對于年輕人并不安

US Health Report: E-Cigarettes Not Safe for Young People

美國健康報告表示電子香煙對于年輕人并不安全

The United States’ top health official says electronic cigarettes can cause health problems for young people.

美國首席衛(wèi)生部門表示電子香煙能導致年輕人的健康出現問題。

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released his first report on e-cigarettes this week. He called the devices a public health threat to America’s youth.

衛(wèi)生局局長維偉卡·默克本周發(fā)表了他的首份關于電子香煙的報告。他稱公共衛(wèi)生設備威脅了美國的青年人的健康。

The surgeon general is the U.S. government’s top medical officer. He uses scientific information to give the best advice for improving health and reducing the risk of sickness and injury.

衛(wèi)生局局長是美國政府的最高醫(yī)藥官員。他利用科學的信息在改善健康和減少疾病和傷情的風險中給出最好的建議。

Most electronic cigarettes use nicotine, a chemical found in tobacco plants, just like traditional cigarettes. But users do not light e-cigarettes because they are powered by a battery. They usually also contain flavoring and other chemicals.

大部分的電子香煙使用尼古丁，一種存在于煙草植物中的化學物，就像傳統香煙一樣。但是使用者不會點燃電子香煙因為他們有電池提供電源。通常他們也包含調味料和其他化學物品。

E-cigarettes have increasingly grown in popularity nationwide since 2010. Officials say the devices are now the most used tobacco product by American youth and young adults.

自2010年開始，電子香煙已經在全國范圍內持續(xù)性增長，并流行。官員表示該設備目前大部分由美國青少年和年輕人使用。

In releasing the report, Surgeon General Murthy said the rising popularity of e-cigarettes is hurting past efforts to reduce tobacco use among young people.

在發(fā)布的報告中，衛(wèi)生局局長默克本表示電子香煙流行的上漲性使過去幾年人們對于減少年輕人使用香煙的功勞付之東流。

“It also threatens 50 years of hard-fought progress that we have made curbing obacco use. And it places a whole new generation at risk for addiction to nicotine...”

“它也威脅了近50年來，我們已經在控制香煙使用量上取得的艱難進展。并且它也讓全新的一代被尼古丁成癮的風險所擺布。”

He also said the new report is meant to help families and communities understand the scientific reasons why e-cigarettes are harmful.

他也表示新的報告旨在幫助家庭成員和社會團體了解為什么電子香煙是有害的科學原因。

“The message from the report is clear. Nicotine-containing products in any form, including e-cigarettes, are not safe for youth.”

報告中的信息是顯而易見的。尼古丁-以任何形成包含的商品，包括電子香煙，對于青少年來說都是不安全的。

The Surgeon General’s report notes that nicotine is a highly addictive chemical. Users can develop a dependence on the drug.

衛(wèi)生局局長的報告指出尼古丁是一種高度成癮的化學物品。使用者能夠對其形成依賴。

The report says nicotine can harm brain development in teenagers and young adults. Murthy said those harmful effects can include deficits in attention and learning, reduced impulse control, and mood disorders.

該報告表示尼古丁能夠傷害青少年和青年人的大腦發(fā)育。默克本表示這些危害的影響包括專注力和學習能力下降、容易沖動和情緒異常。

The report notes research showing that young people who use e-cigarettes are more likely to use traditional cigarettes. It also found that chemicals sent into the air by e-cigarettes can harm the users and people around them.

報告指出研究表明使用電子香煙的年輕人更多的愿意使用傳統香煙。同樣電子香煙產生的化學物質進入空氣中也能夠傷害使用者和周圍的人群。

Supporters of e-cigarette use have suggested that the devices can help smokers of traditional cigarettes cut back or even stop smoking. But Murthy said there is no evidence to back up this claim. He said millions more children are now being exposed to nicotine through e-cigarettes.

電子香煙使用者的支持者已經證明了該設備能夠幫助傳統煙民減少吸煙甚至是戒煙。但是默克本表示沒有任何證據去支持該聲明。他表示數以百萬計的兒童正在通過電子香煙接觸尼古丁。

Murthy noted that he is keeping “an open mind” to see if future evidence proves that e-cigarettes can help adults stop smoking.

默克本指出：他仍然堅持以“開放的思想”去看待未來是否有更多的證據證明電子香煙能夠幫助成年人戒煙。

The report calls for restrictions on the amount of advertising used in e-cigarette ad campaigns. It also urges national educational programs to inform young people about the risks of the devices. The surgeon general said U.S. officials need to act now to help create a healthy, tobacco-free generation.

該報告呼吁限制電子香煙的廣告總量。同樣也呼吁國家教育項目告知年輕人關于該設備的危害。衛(wèi)生局局長表示美國官員需要以實際行動去幫助創(chuàng)造健康的無煙一代。

In a public service video message, Murthy gives a strong warning to parents. “You’re kids are not an experiment. Protect them from e-cigarettes.”

在公共服務信息的視頻中，默克本給父母強有力的警告：“你的孩子不是一個實驗。保護他們遠離電子煙。”

I’m Bryan Lynn.

布萊恩·林恩報道。