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Under the law in Massachusetts, tobacco companies have to measure the nicotine content of every type of cigarette and report the results.
馬薩諸塞州法律規定，煙草公司必須測量并公布其各類香煙中的尼古丁含量。
The Department of Public Health in Boston gathers and carefully examines the figures and then draws its conclusion.
波士頓公共衛生部會收集并仔細審查這些數據，最終進行總結。
A hundred and sixteen brands were looked at for the study.
接受審查的香煙品牌共有116個。
Ninety two were found to have higher nicotine yields than they did six years previously.
其中有92個品牌香煙中尼古丁含量高于6年前。
The biggest increases tended to be in brands that were popular with young smokers.
而增福最大的是受年輕人喜歡的品牌。
That worries the department because of the addictive nature of nicotine.
這令衛生部感到不安，因為尼古丁是一種能讓人上癮的物質。
Stand Glance, a professor of medicine in San Francisco, explains why:
舊金山的醫學教授斯坦德·格蘭斯解釋了原因：
"The amount of nicotine that is delivered in every cigarette is ten percent higher than it was six year ago,
“現在產出香煙中尼古丁的含量相較六年前增長了10%，
which means that is easier to get hooked and harder to quit.
這就意味著人們會更容易上癮，戒煙也會更加困難。
The big tobacco companies have always insisted that they are frank with their customers about the dangers of smoking and provide them with enough detail to make an informed decision.
那些大的煙草公司一直以來宣稱他們對抽煙的危害一直坦誠布公，并為顧客提供了足夠信息，讓他們在知情的情況下做出購買決定。
However, none of them were prepared to comment on this study or discuss the detailed nicotine content of their products."
然而卻沒有一家公司準備對這一調查作出評論，或者針對他們產品中具體的尼古丁含量進行討論。
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
請根據你剛聽到的內容回答問題5-7。
Question 5. What do tobacco companies have to do under the law in Massachusetts?
問題5：馬薩儲塞州法律對煙草公司做出了什么規定？
Question 6. What do we learn from the study by the Department of Public Health in Boston?
問題6：從波士頓公共衛生部的研究中我們可以知道什么？
Question 7. What do we learn from the news report about the big tobacco companies?
問題7：從這則新聞報道中我們對大煙草公司有哪些了解？
