125. New Zealand’s Smoking Ban Explained!!: Should We Ban Cigarettes?
Episode description
New Zealand recently announced a complete ban on cigarette sales for future generations. People born after 2008 will never be able to buy tobacco products in the country. Is this a good idea? Should other countries ban cigarettes? Or are there problems with such an approach? Let’s discuss this and more on today’s episode of Thinking in English!
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Upside (n) - the advantage of a situation
It’s annoying that I can’t go on vacation this year, but the upside is that I can save up money to go somewhere more expensive next year
Prevalence (n) - the fact that something is very common or happens often
The prevalence of obesity is increasing in children
Ubiquitous (adj) - seeming to be everywhere
The mobile phone is perhaps the most ubiquitous of all consumer-electronic appliances
To enact (v) - to put something into action, especially to make something a law
The government has failed to enact any serious environmental laws
To authorise (v) - to give someone official permission to do something
I authorised my bank to pay her £3000
Accompanying (adj) - appearing or going with someone or something else
Children under twelve require an accompanying parent or guardian to see the movie
Take (something) with a pinch of salt (idiom) - to not completely believe something that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true
You have to take everything you read on Facebook with a pinch of salt
Craving (n) - a strong feeling of wanting something
I have a craving for chocolate
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