關於文明英語演講稿2022（通用18篇）

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇1

With the development of society, the tourism has already become one style of daily life. More and more people spend their holiday on traveling.

However, the uncivilized behavior in tourism was often exposed by the media. For example, leaving some notes on the sites to express he has been here, but it can damage cultural relic which is always priceless. I remember several months ago, a Chinese tourist left some notes on a relic in Egypt and the relic has a history of more than one thousand years. What a pity! When I heard this thing, I feel very ashamed. Because it will not only tarnish our country’s image but also damage the priceless relic.

Other uncivilized behavior like smoking in public place, throwing garbage anywhere, speaking loudly in public place and jumping a queue will also make a bad impression in the public. But I think these bad habit can be reformed easily if people can realize them.

Yesterday I got a piece of information about uncivilized tourism. The news said that four people have been punished by our country because of their uncivilized behavior in tourism. Their name have been in the blacklist which will keep for five to ten years. So how the blacklist works? Let me tell you. If someone’s name is in the blacklist, it will be forbidden travelling for a period, maybe five years or ten years. I think the blacklist will works well.

Travelling can relax us. But I think civilized tourism can enjoy our life better.

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇2

"Protecting the environment,is everybody's business." Every time I go in the busy streets,always see some throw on the ground of dazzling things:the packing bag of brightly colored,the crush cigarette end,didn't chew clean apple and roll into a mass of waste everyone so don't speak hygiene,our beautiful home will become what look like?Spring outing,a lot of students litter the lawn or on the road.I asked them:"you didn't bring garbage bags?" They a face of vacant:"bag is used to hold snacks,why put on garbage?" Look at these throw away rubbish inside and many didn't eat "many fish","but beak","chips",I feel very distressed,parents pay for what they love to eat,so let them throw?Before lunch,I go to the bathroom,he found a faucet of the "huahua" alone flow "tears"!Is everyone who so careless?And forgot to turn off the something says so:if it's not cherish water resources,then the earth up the last drops of water will is one of the y time the water think about this sentence,will also have to forget to turn off the tap?"Protecting the environment,is everybody's business." Not only of an empty talk,but every little bit in our daily r throw a waste paper to save every drop of water,the classmates,cheer,starts from me,from now to start,let us together to be the earth mother's environmental protection small guardians

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇3

Dear Peter,

How is it going? At my school we’re talking about what we should do to be a good student.

To be a polite middle school student, I think we have to do a lot of things. First,it’s important for us to speak politely. We must respect the others. When I meet someone I know , I often greet him by saying hello to him happily. We are supposed to be kind to others, warm-hearted to everyone, and generous to our friends. Second, we can’t throw rubbish everywhere. We must throw them in the rubbish bins. Littering is not a good habit. Every time I go to the park, I always pick up the litter and put it into the bin. I think if we all do so, the world will be cleaner. Another important thing is that we must follow the rules. There is no doubt that waiting in line is the important rule. I never rush into the bus. Waiting may be a happy thing. I foten feel happy when I do something that is better for us. I think being a polite middle school student is proud.

Anything new at your school?

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇4

It is 20 years since the City of Taizhou was set up. Our city has become richer and people feel happier. Recently, all of us are talking about how to be civilized students in our ol.

In my opinion, we should be polite to our parents and help them do more housework at home. At school, we should respect our teachers, get on well with our classmates and study hard. We should also obey traffic rules. When the traffic lights are red, we should stop. When we wait for a bus, we should wait in line. Don't throw litter or spit in public. And we'd better not talk or laugh loudly. We should never say dirty words. Be friendly to others and always ready to help the people in need.

If everyone behaves well, our city will be more beautiful and more attractive.

Let's join together to be civilized students!

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇5

What makes ordinary life extraordinary, what makes ordinary people less common, and what makes us good habits? Only one answer is civilization!

Civilization is a beautiful word, and he has given us education "civilized travel", "civilization", set off firecrackers "civilization" and so on many things, but as the changes of The Times, some people call "civilized" gradually forgotten.

China, one of the four ancient civilizations in the history of mankind, is one of the most famous and civilized countries in the world. The world has inherited a great many traditions and virtues. From "kong rong to pear, sima guang" to "chairman MAO's honorist", from "head cantilever, conical stock" to "premier zhou to the rise of China"... As a third grader, I must pass on these spirits and strive to be the vanguard of The Times.

In school, I will listen carefully, study hard, do not do small movements in class, finish homework on time, help classmates sweep the floor, help teachers to draw water, send and receive homework to be good teacher's helper.

At home, I will help my mother sweep the floor, mop the floor, relieve the burden of my mother, and help my father buy things to become a civilized primary school student.

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇6

Being polite is a good tradition in our dy likes a person who is 's important for us to be should be a polite student.

As a polite student,we shouldn't talk at we have questions,we should put up our also shouldn’t speak loudly during the I think it’s impolite to be late for someone is in trouble ,we shouldn’t laugh at should often say "please","thank you".

If everyone is polite to others,the world will be more and more beautiful.

禮貌在我們的國家是一個很好的傳統。沒有人喜歡一個人是不禮貌的。對我們來説重要的是禮貌。我們應該禮貌的學生。

作為一個禮貌的學生,我們不應該在課堂上講話。如果我們有問題,我們應該把我們的手。我們也不應該在課間休息時大聲説話。我認為上課遲到是不禮貌的。當有人遇到麻煩時,我們不該嘲笑他們。我們應該經常説“請”,“謝謝”。

如果每個人都對別人有禮貌,世界將變得越來越美麗。

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇7

Interpersonal communication is like a mirror. To get respect from others, you must first respect others! Everyone is equal, and the President and the worker are just different. Everyone has his own thoughts and personality, which is sacred and inviolable. We should maintain respect for others, and take one heart to change another heart, create a harmonious society that is harmonious, friendly and respectful to each other.

When you see the newly cleaned classroom, the student's waste paper gets dirty; A spotless road, sticky with sputum. Students, are you angry and disgusted? Yes, these involuntary vices are annoying and annoying. We are already middle school students, such low-level mistakes can not be made again! The first book we got after we got into the middle school was the code of civilized student civilization. Middle school students, the code of practice, the specification is an old topic, but we can't forget, to keep the code of civilization firmly in the heart, always remember!

Liang qichao, a young man with a strong youth and a rich young man, told us more than 100 years ago that our generation's children are very important to the vicissitudes of the motherland. In the beginning, sex is good. We are the seeds of our motherland. For ourselves, for the future, we must stay away from smoke, wine, drugs and all evil. Don't let darkness trample upon our pure hearts, and keep all the dust out of us!

We are like the sun at that time, full of vitality and hope, let us act, be a kind, pure, respected good youth!

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇8

It have been discussed for a long time that how to deal with the uncivilized behaviors during the travel, such as write on the place of historic interests, or claim to old trees. This kind of things happened in China more often than any other countries. What can we do to prevent those actions? Though we have advocate education of the tourists for years, the situation was not better than be imagined. In my opinion, we still have to encourage the education of our tourists, but with some change. For example, we shouldnot only disseminate Don t Do Sth. , but also with the reason and an explanation that it is not cool to sign names or words everywhere, in the contrary, we have to ashamed of that. Make a comparison between foreigners and us can also increase our consciousness.

它已經討論了很長一段時間,如何處理在旅遊不文明行為,如寫在歷史的地方利益,或聲稱老樹。這種事情經常發生在中國比其他任何國家。我們可以做些什麼來阻止這些行為呢?雖然我們多年來提倡教育遊客,情況並不比被想象。在我看來,我們仍然需要鼓勵的教育我們的遊客,但有一些改變。例如,我們不應該只傳播不做某事,但也和一個解釋的原因是不酷簽署名稱或字無處不在,相反,我們必須感到羞愧。外國人之間做個比較,我們還可以增加我們的意識。

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇9

needless to say， money is not very important， but very veryimportant.

if there is no money， i can’t use this microphone to speak to you andwecan’t have such a room to hold such a out money， we can’tstudyin such a out money， we can’t live in such outmoney， we can’t have such a the other hand， ifthere is no money，you don’t need to bear my speech about money now.

most of us have dreams about the future， dreams of having a good jobandmaking much ly someone has thought at times “if only i had a lotofmoney， i could be the happiest person in the world.” in fact it’s themainmistake that people make about money.

however， is money the road to happiness? not really! many people workeveryday， work overtime， work weekends to make a lot of they happy? are too busy making while， their personal lives， if theyhaveany， fall have no time to form or to maintain evenlose the abilities to relax and to enjoy ying meanstakingthings， taking time to see， to hear， to taste， to smell， to donottake time to do say: “i’ll do it when i have enough money toretire”then they find that it is too late.　　why we usually make such a mistakeandeven more mistakes? activists say it is because of money thinkmoney has changed many example， they think money has changed ourwayto measure someone’s value in the even regard money as thesourceof ， they hate money， but they are wrong， completely wrong.

in my opinion， it is unfair to y is a ， there’snodenying that we do something harmful with we can’t say money isthesource of like a hammer， we can use a hammer to kill someone， butcanwe say a hammer is a devil? it is the same with money.

money is neither good nor bad is a mirror， a perfect andimportantmirror， and a mirror that reflects both the darkness and thebrilliance other words， all depend on us.

so， my fellow students， ladies and gentlemen in the future， ask not whatwecan do for money， ask what money can do for us， ask what money can do toshowthe brilliance of use， we have the future; we are thefuture.

不用説，錢不是很重要，而是非常非常重要的。

如果沒有錢，我無法使用這個麥克風向大家講，我們不能有這樣一個房間召開這樣的競爭。沒有錢，我們不能在這樣的研究校園。沒有錢，我們不能生活在這樣的故鄉。沒有錢，我們不能有這樣的祖國。另一方面，如果沒有錢，你不需要承擔我的講話錢現在。

我們大多數人都對未來的夢想，夢想有一個良好的工作和決策的錢。當然有人認為，有時“如果我有很多錢，我可能是最幸福的人在世界上。”事實上，它的主要錯誤，人們作出關於金錢。

然而，就是金錢的道路上幸福嗎?不是真的!很多人每天上班，加班，工作週末作出了很多錢。他們是幸福嗎?第他們太忙着賺錢。與此同時，他們的個人生活，如果他們有任何，四分五裂。他們已經沒有時間去形式或保持友誼。他們甚至失去了能力的放鬆和享受。享受意味着外，抽空看到，聽到，品嚐，嗅覺，感覺。他們並不需要時間來做到這一點。他們説：“我會做到這一點，我有足夠的錢退休”，然後他們發現為時已晚。為什麼我們通常會提出這樣的錯誤，甚至更多的錯誤?活動人士説，這是因為金錢本身。他們認為，金錢改變了很多東西。例如，他們認為金錢改變了我們的方法來衡量人的價值在社會中。他們甚至把錢的來源邪惡。此外，他們憎恨金錢，但他們是錯誤的，完全錯誤的。

在我看來，這是不公平的錢。金錢是一種工具。嗯，有無可否認，我們做一些有害的金錢。但是，我們不能説，錢是罪惡的根源。就像一把錘子，我們可以用錘子殺死某人，但我們可以説錘子是魔鬼?這是同樣的錢。

錢是既不好也不壞本身。它是一面鏡子，是一個完美的和重要的一面鏡子，一面鏡子，映照出的黑暗和人性的光輝。換句話説，所有依賴於我們。

所以，我的同學，各位嘉賓，各位在未來，不要問我們能做些什麼的錢，什麼錢可以為我們做，什麼錢可以顯示人性的光輝。因為，我們的未來，我們是世界的未來。

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇10

It was a cloudleday. The warmth of the fall sun made the day seem as if itwould be perfect. Yes, for me perhaps, but not exactly for the technician whowas working on one of my laboratory machines. The technician definitely knewwhat he was doing and seemed exceptionally qualified except for one thing. Hewas no electrician. He had found a motor that he identified as being bad. Themotor shaft was much too difficult to turn and he had indicated that this was amajor problem. "Expect two to three days for a new one to arrive," he said.

One thing my friend didn't understand is that when power is supplied to agenerator, it becomes a motor and when mechanical power is applied to a motor,it becomes a generator. During the proceof his working on the machine hedisconnected the leads to the motor and spun the shaft turning the motor into agenerator. Disconnecting the leads in effect took the load off the motor, theleads being connected causing the motor not to turn freely. He looked ratherperplexed to see the motor shaft spin so freely. For reasons unknown to me, hespun the shaft again and grabbed the wires protruding from the motor. I don'tbelieve I have ever heard quite the string of expletives that this man let flyfrom his mouth. With his eyes widened he had to slap his hand loose from thewires as the flow of generated electricity locked the grip of his hand.

Now this being funny all by itself, it evidently wasn't funny enough forthe technician because he spun the motor and grabbed the leads again. Anotherstring of expletives that have never been heard previously by man were unleashedunto the world.

Several years ago, I had heard about a man who went fishing with an oldcrank type telephone generator. He'd drop the leads into the water and crank thegenerator causing the fish to be shocked whereby they would float to the top forhim to collect. On this warm and cloudlefall day, I'd say, the technician's fishhad all floated to the top.

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇11

as a country that pays great attention to courtesy, our cuisine culture isdeep rooted in china''s history. as a visitor or guest in either a chinese homeorrestaurant you will find that table manners are essential and the distinctivecourtesies displayed will invariably add to the enjoyment of your meals and keepyou in high spirits!

on the eighth day of the last month in the chinese lunar calendar, peoplewill enjoy a nourishing porridge called ''la ba zhou''. in ancient times, monkswould kindly share all sorts of food grains with people and made them flavorfulporridge on this particular day. people still keep this convention.

in central china, when a baby is born, the happy father will send redboiled eggs to announce the news. eggs with a black pointed end and dots in aneven number such as six or eight, indicates a boy''s birth; those without ablack point and in an odd number like a five or seven will say the baby is agirl.

in addition to these, fish has always been used to suggest the accumulationof prosperity and wealth with meals on new year''s eve.

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇12

Winter is cold. Let’s play the snowball and make snowman.

The snowman is big . I like to play snowball. I am on the snow. The snow iscold. I have a scarf and coat.

So I am not cold. I like the Christmas. Because I can see santa clus inChristmas .

Christmas tree is beautiful. The presents are on the Christmas tree.

I like winter. Do you like winter?

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇13

Safety is very important. We often hear people say “safety first”. As a middle school student, we should learn to protect ourselves from every possible danger. Here are some things I do. I hope you can follow your way to school and home. You should obey the traffic rules. You should walk on the right side of the road. Don't ride your bike too ng school, you can't fight with each other. Don't play with fire. Don't bring knife to school. Don't go out of school without your teacher's public places or campus, enough water plugs,extinguishing agents and emergency outlets should be set and prepared for unforeseen e all,a series of precautions must be taken to guarantee the students' safety. Let's make the campus safe through our long-term unremitting efforts. 安全是非常重要的。

我們經常聽到人們説“安全第一”。 作為一箇中學生，我們應該學會保護自己免受一切可能的危險。

這裏有一些我做的事情。 我希望你能跟隨他們。

在你去學校和家的路上。 你應該遵守交通規則。

你應該走在路的右邊。 不要騎自行車太快。

在學校期間，你不能與對方鬥爭。 不要玩火。

不要把刀帶到學校。 未經你的老師許可，不要出校。

在公共場所或校園，應為不可預見的情況設置和準備足夠的水塞，滅火劑和緊急出口。最重要的是，必須採取一系列預防措施，以保證學生的安全。

讓我們通過長期不懈的努力使校園安全。

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇14

Shanghai residents breathed the most polluted air they had seen in two months on Wednesday as weak cold air from the north brought pollutants to the Yangtze River Delta.

But clean air is expected on Thursday thanks to another round of cold air, forecasters said.

Seasonal factors played an important role as winter is the high pollution season, and straw burning in nearby provinces also contributed to the pollution, experts said.

Shanghai's air quality index, a new air quality reporting system that monitors sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone, PM10 and PM2.5, reached 254 by 7 pm on Wednesday.

The figure, which indicated the air had reached the level of heavy pollution, was the highest seen since the index was introduced two months ago, according to the Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center.

Shanghai's hourly density of PM2.5, air particles smaller than 2.5 microns, also reached 250 micrograms per cubic meter by 10 am, while the reading was only 60 micrograms per cubic meter early Tuesday morning.

The heavy pollution in the eastern metropolis followed thick air pollution in Beijing over the weekend. Beijing's density of PM2.5 broke the record since the municipality began publishing the data in early 20xx as its figure went higher than 900 micrograms per cubic meter in several districts of the city on Saturday.

Lin Chenyan, a forecaster with Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center, said the cold front brought in airborne pollutants from the north.

"The cold snap is like a broom sweeping down all the way to Shanghai, and it brings the dust here," said Lin, adding that atmospheric motion sometimes causes trouble such as that.

Before arriving in Shanghai, the pollutants had left some of Shanghai's neighboring provinces shrouded in smog and fog.

Fifty out of the 72 monitoring stations in Jiangsu province reported medium to heavy pollution on Monday evening, according to Zhang Xiangzhi, deputy director of the Jiangsu Environmental Monitoring Center.

Yang Xin, a professor with Fudan University's department of environmental science and engineering who specializes in atmospheric particulates, said seasonal influences explain the record-breaking data in both Beijing and Shanghai.

"Take Shanghai as an example. It just celebrated its cleanest summer in 20xx - sea breeze from the southeast is helpful in diluting pollutants in the air. However, the monsoons coming from the northwest in the winter usually bring dirty air from the north," Yang said.

Agricultural straw burning in nearby areas also contributed to part of Shanghai's PM2.5 reading, according to Wang Lin, a researcher at Fudan University's Department of Environmental Science and Engineering.

"But it's hard for the Shanghai government to prohibit farmers in the neighboring regions from doing so," Wang said.

According to Lin, the forecaster, Shanghai's air was set to improve on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. The next wave of cold air is much cleaner because of the clearing of air pollution in the north.

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇15

dear son

the day that you see me old and i am already not, have patience and try tounderstand me …

if i get dirty when eating… if i cannot dress… have patience.

remember the hours i spent teaching it to you.

if, when i speak to you, i repeat the same things thousand and one times…do not interrupt me… listen to me

when you were small, i had to read to you thousand and one times the samestory until you get to sleep… when i do not want to have a shower, neither shameme nor scold me…

remember when i had to chase you with thousand excuses i invented, in orderthat you wanted to bath…when you see my on new technologies… give me thenecessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…

i taught you how to do so many things… to eat well, to dress well… toconfront life…

when at some moment i lose the memory or the thread of our conversation…let me have the necessary time to remember… and if i cannot do it;do not becomenervous… as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to bewith you and to have you listening to me…

if ever i do not want to eat, do not force me. i know well when i need toand when not.

when my tired legs do not allow me walk… give me your hand… the same way idid when you gave your first steps.

and when someday i say to you that i do not want to live any more…

that i want to die… do not get angry… some day you will understand…

try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.

some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, i always wanted

the best thing for you and that i tried to prepare the way for you..

you must not feel sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you. you mustbe next to me, try to understand me and to help me as i did it when you startedliving. help me to walk… help me to end my way with love and patience. iwill

pay you by a smile and by the immense love i have had always for you.

i love you son…

your father

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇16

ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,

i am chinese. i am proud of being a chinese with five thousand years of civilization behind. i've learned about the four great inventions made by our forefathers. i've learned about the great wall and the yangtze river. i've learned about zhang heng(張衡)and i've learned about zheng he(鄭和) says the yellow river civilization has vanished(消失)?i know that my ancestors have made miracles(奇蹟)on this fertile land and we're still making miracles. who can ignore the fact that we have established ourselves as a great state in the world, that we have devised our own nuclear weapons, that we have successfully sent our satellites into space, and that our gnp ranks no. 7 in the world? we have experienced the plunders (掠奪) by other nations, and we have experienced the war. yet, based on such ruins, there still stands our nation----china, unyielding and unconquerable!

i once came across an american tourist. she said, “china has a history of five thousand years, but the us only has a history of 200 years. five thousand years ago, china took the lead in the world, and now it is the us that is leading.”my heart was deeply touched by these words. it is true that we're still a developing nation, but it doesn't mean that we can despise (鄙視) ourselves. we have such a long-standing history, we have such abundant resources, we have such intelligent and diligent people, and we have enough to be proud of. we have reasons to say proudly： we are sure to take the lead in the world in the future again, for our problems are big, but our ambition (雄心) is even bigger, our challenges (挑戰) are great, but our will is even greater.

i am chinese. i have inherited (繼承) black hair and black eyes. i have inherited the virtues of my ancestors. i have also taken over responsibility. i am sure, that wherever i go, whatever i do, i shall never forget that i am chinese!

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇17

Good afternoon ，ladies and gentlemen!

I’m very honored to stand here and give you a short speech! To begin with ,I want to ask a question everybody dream a good dream last night? Actually ,today I want to talk about dream with you. Of course, What I want to talk is not a dream you have last night,but a dream—— about life.

Everyone has dreams about life, different dreams at different life stage,and we need dreams to support us. Dreams are like the stars we never reach in the sky,but like most mariners(水手),we can chart our course by them. With the dream,we have a direction,with a direction, we were no longer the dream, there is hope,With hope, we have the strength to fight.

I have a dream: To be a doctor.，because doctor may relieve the pain of patients. May let the human change the health. At the same time, I believed that, those who help others may be able to obtain joyfully. Therefore, I hoped in the near future ,I might be a doctor.

But I know，life is tough,and there are always ups and downs, maybe we fail in the way to our aims,and we may feel depressed ,whenever at this time, the dream in our heart can always comfort us, encourage us ,and support us to move ahead .

Young!Fortunately, I am young now. Just due to it, I know that nothing is impossible.I firmly believe that nothing can stand in my way. If I can't realize my dream,it result from that I haven't work harder enough and I won't find other excuses. If no people believe you, you can make it to prove that you are right. If you think the god haven't blessed you and there is no truth here, you can become the god and create the truth.

"My breath swallows the sky and make the yellow river overflow, my sword is famous in Kyushu and it can collapse the five sacred mountains." At some time in the past I also had am bitious words and I had some achievements. Each achievement results from my hard work. I always believe that "If you want to have more achievements than others, you must work harder." In some extent, the dream is the hope. If you can insist on doing something, the victory will come.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams, for when dreams go, life is a barren field frozen with snow. So my dear friends, think of your old and maybe dead dreams. Whatever it is, pick it up and make it alive from today. Let's--- move ----out!

Thank you for your listening!

關於文明英語演講稿2022 篇18

Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen:

I’d like to start with a group of pictures.

"Modern and advanced"? This society forgets, and ignores the other two thirds of human beings. It's far from the ideal! We call ideal as a utopian, a place where reality does not exist. A few people still look forward to the ideals. We make fun of them, considering they are naive. Will we still be content to live in such a society, if misfortune drops to us? No! Of cause not!

When we feel the warmth of the sun, these people, endure great sorrows and pains. Can we imagine that? They are our brother and sisters!

Facing them, will we still complain about our own misfortune?

Facing them, will we still have the mood shouting for our own freedom? Facing them, will we still want to have more and more unnecessary stuff?

They are unable to meet their needs, even the basic needs of survival! Everyone, as a member of humanity, shouldn't feel ashamed? Our luxury deprived their lives, our indifference violated our soul, and our barbarity destroyed human civilization!

What's the ideal society? It's a society no one worries about their living, a society no one is refused from education, a society everyone can pursue his/her own happiness! The ideal society is filled with love, joy and kindness. In that society, we can touch the other's hearts, we can share our dreams and most important, we can just be the true men!

Let's break the ethnic divide, bridge the gap between rich and poor, hand in hand, to build a Great wall, protecting us from evil; to construct a steady bridge, connecting reality to the ideal society! Let's pursue for that, that's the only way to the bright future! They are watching us! Thank you!

Smoking is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease, says the World Health Organisation.

According to their figures, it is responsible for approximately five million deaths worldwide every year.

Tobacco smoking is a known or probable cause of approximately 25 diseases, and even the WHO says that its impact on world health is not fully assessed.

Heart attack and stroke

UK studies show that smokers in their 30s and 40s are five times more likely to have a heart attack than non-smokers.

Tobacco contributes to the hardening of the arteries, which can then become blocked and starve the heart of bloodflow, causing the attack.

Often, smokers who develop this will require complex and risky heart bypass surgery.

If you smoke for a lifetime, there is a 50% chance that your eventual death will be smoking-related - half of all these deaths will be in middle age.

Smoking also increases the risk of having a stroke.

Lung problems

Another primary health risk associated with smoking are lung cancer, which kills more than 20,000 people in the UK every year.

US studies have shown that men who smoke increase their chances of dying from the disease by more than 22 times.

Women who smoke increase this risk by nearly 12 times.

Lung cancer is a difficult cancer to treat - long term survival rates are poor.

Smoking also increases the risk of oral, uterine, liver, kidney, bladder, stomach, and cervical cancers, and leukaemia.

Another health problem associated with tobacco is emphysema, which, when combined with chronic bronchitis, produces chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

he lung damage which causes emphysema is irreversible, and makes it extremely difficult to breathe.

Harm to children

Smoking in pregnancy greatly increases the risk of miscarriage, is associated with lower birthweight babies, and inhibited child development.

Smoking by parents following the birth is linked to sudden infant death syndrome, or cot death, and higher rates of infant respiratory illness, such as bronchitis, colds, and pneumonia.

Nicotine, an ingredient of tobacco, is listed as an addictive substance by the US authorities.

Although the health risks of smoking are culmulative, giving up can yield health benefits regardless of the age of the patient, or the length of time they have been smoking.

By 20xx, the WHO expects the worldwide death toll to reach 10 million, causing 17.7% of all deaths in developed countries.

There are believed to be 1.1 billion smokers in the world, 800 million of them in developing countries.