“Environmental tobacco smoke in pubs，bars，restaurants and other public places
is__13__ damaging to the health of employees as well as the general public，”
she said in a statement．
“Making these places smoke．free not only protects vulnerable staff and the public.It will__14__help over 300，000 people in Britain to stop smoking completely，”she added．
Ireland recently became the first country to introduce a national ban on smoking in
Public__15__ ．New York and parts of Australia have taken similar measures．
词汇：
workplace／n．工作场所：车间
killer／n．杀人者；凶手
hospitality／n．友好款待；好客；殷勤
imperial／adj．英联邦的
outweighvt．在重要性(或价值上)超过
vulnerable／adj．易受伤的；脆弱的
练习：
1． A)passive B)natural C)extensive D)whole
2． A)kills B)hurts C)wounds D1 injures
3. A)dealing B)working C)system D)disease
4. A)rate B)motion C)smoking D)shopping
5． A)level B)industry C)location D)nature
6． A)close B)with C)for D)next
7． A)researchers B)patients C)members D)smokers
8． A)applied B)based C)called D)relied
9. A)learning B)turning C)dying D)suffering
10．A)no B)most C)few D)some
11．A)small B)larger C)lesser D)more
12．A)private B)secret C)open D)public
13．A)seriously B)strangely C)nervously D)personally
14．A)yet B)still C)also D)just
15．A)sports B)places C)moves D)actions