西部落：最佳戒烟法

Every week we receive several emails about our next topic: smoking and how to quit. We all know people who struggle with this. Well, here is one email form Mary in Desert Hot Springs, California, she writes: I have tried for 20 years to stop smoking. What is the best thing to use? I have tried them all. Well new hope for smokers¹ who want to kick the habit, this week the FDA gave approval² to the smoking cessation drug called Doctor, Cantex? Is that corret? (Chantex), Chantex! (Ya) What is your advice on this new drug?

Well, it is too, er, too soon to tell, um, it works³ in a, in a different way. It...it when you smoke, er, the nicotine⁴ in the tobacco goes to certain receptor cells in the brain and that's... and once it gets to the brain it gives you these pleasurable effects or whatever. Er, this new drug blocks those…binds to those receptors in the brain so that when you smoke, the nicotine can't get to the brain, to those cells, ‘coz they've already been taken up by the Chantex and you don't, don't get any effect of the, (the rush), yes, of the nicotine in the brain. And that also, this drug is said also to reproduce⁵ some of the er, some of the er, effects of, of nicotine. So it's a double-edged thing. They found that er, people who were... it, it's a twelve-week course. You take one pill a day for 12 weeks and if it works in those 12 weeks, you can continue it for another 12 weeks. So it's a 24-week period of one pill a day. After one year, they found that about 20% of people who, who have been treated that way will stop smoking. Well that's better than nothing, it's not much.

Let me show you some of the other ways that you can consider to, er, to er, stop smoking. There's a pill called, er, er, as, well, Zirebine, not Wellbutrin, Zirebine, it's called bupropion, er, we don't know how it works but it is as effective as Chantex, but it works in a different way, so Zirebine doesn't work, try chantex which will be available later next year. Then you know there's will power, and there are don'ts (Sure) keep away from smokers if you are trying to quit because the smoking environment, you know, weakens⁶ your will and so on. But er, this Chantex is an exciting thing. It may help people who haven't responded to anything else.

Hypnosis? What do you think of that?

You know I know people who have been cured by hypnosis, and I think that it is a, a certainly worth trying if you have, you know, if you are vulnerable⁷ to suggestion er, you may very well respond/ to hypnosis. Yes, it's a good idea, I'm glad you brought it up.

Well, I certainly hope that / can help people. If you have questions, any type of medical question for Dr. Rosenfeld, please send your emails to him. Here's the address housecall, one word, [email protected]. Please keep your questions brief and include your name and state.

1 smokers   

吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。

2 approval   

n.赞成，同意；批准，认可

参考例句：

• The audience has expressed its approval.观众已经认可。
• The teacher signed his approval.老师做了手势表示同意。

3 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

4 nicotine   

n.(化)尼古丁，烟碱

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。

5 reproduce   

v.生育，繁殖，复制，重做

参考例句：

• The machine can reproduce a key in two minutes.这机器能在两分钟内复制一把钥匙。
• The picture will reproduce well.这照片会印得很清楚。

6 weakens   

v.（使）削弱， （使）变弱( weaken的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• "Cousins shouldn't marry, even second cousins. It weakens the strain. "表兄妹不应该结婚，就是从表兄妹也不应该，那会削弱血统的。 来自飘（部分）
• The burlesque element weakens the serious portions of the book. 书里的戏谑成分使严肃部分受到损害。 来自辞典例句

7 vulnerable   

adj.易受伤的，脆弱的，易受攻击的

参考例句：

• He volunteered to protect her as she looked so vulnerable.她看上去很脆弱，他就主动去保护她。
• The company is in an economically vulnerable position.该公司目前经济状况不稳定。