国际英语资讯:WHO launches initiative to help 1.3 bln people quit smoking
<p><span word="GENEVA">GENEVA</span>, <span word="July">July</span> 10-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Organization">Organization</span> (<span word="WHO">WHO</span>) <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="launching">launching</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> 1.3 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="tobacco">tobacco</span>-<span word="users">users</span> <span word="worldwide">worldwide</span> <span word="kick">kick</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="habit">habit</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ongoing">ongoing</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Access">Access</span> <span word="Initiative">Initiative</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Quitting">Quitting</span> <span word="Tobacco">Tobacco</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="freely">freely</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="resources">resources</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="quit">quit</span> <span word="tobacco">tobacco</span>, <span word="like">like</span> <span word="nicotine">nicotine</span> <span word="replacement">replacement</span> <span word="therapy">therapy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="digital">digital</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="worker">worker</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="advice">advice</span>, <span word="WHO">WHO</span> <span word="Director">Director</span>-<span word="General">General</span> <span word="Tedros">Tedros</span> <span word="Adhanom">Adhanom</span> <span word="Ghebreyesus">Ghebreyesus</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="routine">routine</span> <span word="briefing">briefing</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="body">body</span>, <span word="smoking">smoking</span> <span word="kills">kills</span> 8 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="reveals">reveals</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="smokers">smokers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="vulnerable">vulnerable</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="smokers">smokers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="developing">developing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="severe">severe</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19.</p><p>"<span word="But">But</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="users">users</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="motivation">motivation</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="kick">kick</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="habit">habit</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span> <span word="provides">provides</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="incentive">incentive</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Tedros">Tedros</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="WHO">WHO</span>, <span word="together">together</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="Interagency">Interagency</span> <span word="Task">Task</span> <span word="Force">Force</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Non">Non</span>-<span word="communicable">communicable</span> <span word="Diseases">Diseases</span> (<span word="NCD">NCD</span>).</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span> <span word="brings">brings</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="tech">tech</span> <span word="industry">industry</span>, <span word="pharmaceutical">pharmaceutical</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="NGO">NGO</span> <span word="partners">partners</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="PATH">PATH</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Coalition">Coalition</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Access">Access</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="NCD">NCD</span> <span word="Medicines">Medicines</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Products">Products</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="manufacturing">manufacturing</span> <span word="partner">partner</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span>, <span word="Johnson">Johnson</span> & <span word="Johnson">Johnson</span> <span word="Consumer">Consumer</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="donated">donated</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 40,000 <span word="nicotine">nicotine</span> <span word="patches">patches</span>. <span word="Tedros">Tedros</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="WHO">WHO</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="stages">stages</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="partners">partners</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="encourages">encourages</span> <span word="pharmaceutical">pharmaceutical</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tech">tech</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="join">join</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span>.</p><p><span word="WHO">WHO</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="launch">launch</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Jordan">Jordan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="roll">roll</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="globally">globally</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coming">coming</span> <span word="months">months</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Tedros">Tedros</span>.</p>
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