第一篇：有头脑的人的选择

thethinkingman'schoice

contactismade.nervesorderthehearttopumpfaster.adrenalinsurgestoaction.nervesconstrictthebloodvesselsintheextremitiesofthebody.skintemperaturedrops.fingersandtoesgrowcolder.bloodpressurejump.analcoholicoradopeaddictinthefirststagesofa"cure"。amanbeingcatapultedintoouterspace。no。theseeffectsstemfromsmokingjustonecigarette.

theunitedstatespublichealthserviceisissuingcontinualwarningstosmokers.iftheyabstaincompletelyfromsmoking，theirchancesofacquiringlungcancerwillbeonein275.theirchancesofdyingoflungcancerwillbeonein10iftheybecomeheavysmokers─twoormorepacksaday.lungcancerisfatalin95percentofallcases.

butinspiteofglaringevidenceandfrequentwarnings，thepublicissmokingmoreandmore.thedepartmentofagricultureestimatesthatthisyear'sconsumptionofcigaretteswillreach180packsperpersonfifteenyearsofageandover.howmanycigarettesdoesthismeanperperson。─3600.

whyissmokingsuchanimportantproblem。becausesmokingisnotamerehabit，assomanythinkitis.no，itismoreseriousthanthat.ahabitcanbebrokeneasilyenough，butanaddictioncannot.smokerslapseintohelplessness。danielschubert，oftheuniversityofchicago，quizzed226studentsatalargenorthwesterncollegeabouttheirsmokinghabits─whytheystarted，whatsatisfactiontheygot，andiftheywantedtostop.accordingtoschubert，theywantedtoquitsmoking;buttheycouldn't.