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Tuesday, January 02, 2007

070101 禁煙

對於我們這些不吸煙的, 室內全面禁煙當然是舉腳贊成.

不反對別人吸煙, 但被迫吸二手煙果真可憐的, 幸而家人及友人都不吸煙, 即使有些偶然見面的好友會吸, 他們都十分為他人著想地盡量避免對著我邊吃飯邊吸煙.

其實香港這個法例已比好些西方國家遲了許多, 個人認為, 禁煙可說是一個城市的文明象徵.

多年前在美國讀書時, 即使有不少學生及教職員吸煙, 他們都被迫要跑到教學大樓外吸, 就算是嚴寒的冬天, 氣溫跌至零下廿多三十度, 煙民都要冒著寒風在室外吸煙. 有時覺得他們很慘, 為了吸煙, 或許戒不掉, 這麼辛苦也要吸.

當歐美的煙民數目每年都在下跌時, 國內仍有近四成的人口吸煙, 實在很不文明. (chinatoday.com)

雖然有說吸煙或多或少受基因影響, 即某些人比較容易愛上吸煙這個習慣, 但亦有研究分析指出教育程度及吸煙率也有著密切關係:

Educational attainment has been associated consistently with adult smoking prevalence since 1983. By education level, smoking prevalence was highest among adults who had earned a General Educational Development diploma (42.3%) and lowest among those with graduate degrees (7.2%). Women with undergraduate (10.5%) or graduate degrees (6.4%) and men with graduate degrees (7.8%) also had smoking prevalence rates below the overall U.S. 2010 objective. During 1983--2002, the largest decreases in smoking prevalence occurred among adults with a college degree (10.0 percentage points) and those with some college education (9.3 percentage points); those with a high school diploma (6.6 percentage points) and those with less than a high school education (5.8 percentage points) showed the smallest decreases. During this period, the gap in smoking prevalence between adults who had graduated from college and those with less than a high school education increased from 14.0 percentage points in 1983 to 18.2 percentage points in 2002. Similar patterns occurred in the percentage of ever smokers who had quit among different educational groups. The percentage of ever smokers who had quit was highest for those with college degrees, followed by persons with some college education. High school graduates and those with less than high school education had the lowest percentage of ever smokers who had quit. The gap between adults with a college degree and those with less than a high school education increased from 19.0 percentage points in 1983 to 25.9 percentage points in 2002. (CDC)

為了健康著想, 少了吸煙的地方, 煙民應該更會"的起心肝"戒煙吧, 身體要緊啊!

9 comments:

Kajie said...

數年前,我是做煙的廣告及公關的(中國市場),老實而言,吸煙是不好,但做它的advertising and promotion卻十分好玩,而且創意空間很大呢!

Anonymous said...

Do u like Tango?

Anonymous said...

對啦,還是少抽為妙。

梁巔巔 said...

其實我一直戒 o緊 ga o勒.... 由以前一日兩包減到而家兩日包半....

但要全部戒到唔食真係好難 ar)))))))

好辛苦呀~~~~~~

努力中!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

還是第一次聽到吸煙受gene影響呢!

Anonymous said...

"對啦,還是少抽為妙。"
贊同~

macy said...

贊成禁煙,雖然我都食過,但跟本無煙癮,所以食唔食都得. 我不反對別人食,有時同朋友一齊/係機舖,都可以接受,但係搭扶手電梯,等巴士&同個仔係茶餐廳,真係好討厭d人食煙,我會bear實佢架,好多人都比我bear到佢掉左支煙,(好彩無比人打過)

Anonymous said...

kajie: 煙商廣告係最賺錢架啦, right?

anonymous: tango, u mean the dance? i like watching people tango, but personally haven't tried.

muggle: agree

LDD: 努力呀, 第日多病痛就知死架啦.

uncle ray: 係真架, 多年前都睇過有關既文章/研究, 有D人係遺傳左呢D煙癮genes. 我以前成日玩/蒲, 有D朋友唔信我未食過(除左大學時修一科舞台導演要演一場吸煙戲之外). 我相信我唔鍾意食係因為我無果隻gene.

mr. bibe: agree

macy: 細路仔被迫吸二手煙更加慘. 相信室內禁煙真係幫到D人去戒.

另外, 我個人認為酒吧及Karaoke/夜總會等地方都禁煙就的確慘D. 煙酒通常都係一齊架麻, 俾人飲酒但無得食煙, 我諗D煙客都好辛苦. 可以分吸煙及非吸煙區.

Kineyi said...

明顯地多了人在街頭吸煙