英语翻译
A new survey says that cigarettes are slowly being replaced by an equally addictive obsession(上瘾)---the cell phone.
Among some of the survey findings:
▲ A rise in cell phone use during the late 1990s happened at the same time with a decline(减少) in smoking among 15-year-olds.
▲ The popularity of smoking fell to 23% in 1999 from 30% in 1996,and in the same period cell phone use rose quickly among 15 to 17-year-olds.
“We think that the fall in youth smoking and the rise in ownership of cell phones among teenagers are related,” the researchers write.They say that many teenagers cannot afford to keep both habits and prefer the latest technology to smoking.
“The marketing of cell phones is rooted in improving one’s self-image,which is
like cigarette advertisement,” the researchers write.
“As ownership increases,cell phones will become more important for membership of peer(同龄人) groups that organize their social lives by means of cell phone,” they include.
This is an interesting social observation.Like most parts of life it has its good and bad effects.The good is obvious:teens are smoking less.The concern here is that wide cell phone use is likely to be even more dangerous for their health than smoking.We know the risk of smoking and have studied that for many years.However,no one has ever studied the long-term effects of cell phone radiation on one’s brain.There is enough suggestive evidence to have great concern.Cell phones should be used only when the need is urgent,if it all.
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