Read the quotations about smoking. What view of
smoking does each quotation express?
à Out of a thousand smokers of 20 cigarettes a day, one
will be murdered, six will be killed on the roads, and
about three hundred and thirty will die prematurely
because of their smoking.'

b)If you decide to give up smoking and drinking, you
don't live longer; it just seems longer.'

c Teenagers begin to smoke because they think it's
cool and because they think they look grown-up.
The cigarette is a symbol of defiance and an attack
on authority.'

d 'I have every sympathy with the American who was so
horrified by what he had read about the effects of
smoking that he gave up reading.'

e 'The world spends $150 billion a year on smoking-
related illnesses.'

3 Have attitudes to smoking changed in Albania the past few years? How? Do as many people smoke?

4)You are going to read an interview with a man called
BJ Cunningham. Look at the pictures and read these
facts about him.
He's a chain smoker.
He wears black leather cowboy clothes.
He rides a Harley-Davidson motorbike.
He has a weak chest.
He returned to his true love after six months.
He has started his own tobacco company.
His company is not very successful.
He smoked fifteen cigarettes during the interview.
How old do you think he is?
What do you know about his way of life?
What kind of a man do you think he is?
What nationality do you think he is?
Would you like to meet him?
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