1. A. Russia. B. China. C. Japan. D. USA. 2. A. A ban on smoking in public places by twenty-fifteen. B. A ban on all tobacco advertising. C. An increase in cigarette taxes. D. An increase in cigarette prices. 1. According to the World Health Organization, which country has the highest tobacco smoking rates A. Russia. B. China. C. Japan. D. USA. 2. According to the news report, which of the following actions is not proposed by Russian Prime Minister to reduce the number of smokers A. A ban on smoking in public places by twenty-fifteen. B. A ban on all tobacco advertising. C. An increase in cigarette taxes. D. An increase in cigarette prices. Hundreds of thousands of Russians die every year from diseases linked to smoking. The country has one of the highest smoking rates in the world. The World Health Organization estimates（预测） that forty percent of adults in Russia smoke. That is about forty-four million people. The WHO says China leads the world in tobacco smoking rates. It says Russia is second. Russian Prime Minister wants to reduce the number of smokers in his country. He has proposed a ban（禁令） on smoking in public places by twenty-fifteen, and a ban on all tobacco advertising. And he wants to increase the country's very low cigarette taxes -- in Russia, a pack（盒） of cigarettes can cost between one and two dollars. He said about ninety percent of Russian smokers begin smoking before they reach the age of twenty. He said smoking kills about four hundred thousand people in Russia each year. He likened（把…比作） the loss of life to a large city disappearing from the country's map. The number of Russian women who smoke has increased sharply in the past twenty years. In nineteen ninety-two about seven percent of Russian women smoked. Twenty-two percent do now. However, many Russians say they will continue to smoke even if there is a ban. They say laws against smoking violate（侵犯，违反） their right to make their own decisions about their health. Prime Minister says a bill putting the ban in place should be approved quickly.
