In several countries, including the UK, there is a smoking ban in public places.
In this week's 6 Minute English, Rob and Feifei discuss a tough new law in Russia that bans smoking in public places.
Under the new legislation, smoking in places like restaurants, train station entrances and children's playgrounds will be illegal.
We hear how this will come as a shock to Russia's smokers and learn some smoking-related vocabulary along the way.
This week's question:
According to figures from the World Lung Foundation, in which country do people consume the most cigarettes per person each year?
a) China
b) Estonia
c) Serbia
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme.
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Russia's new smoking ban
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Vocabulary
- a smoking ban
a law that does not allow smoking
- lighting up
lighting / smoking a cigarette
- to smoke like a chimney
to smoke a lot
- to stub out
to put a cigarette out (by pushing the remaining part of the cigarette on to a hard surface like an ash tray)
- addicted
unable to stop doing something even though you want to
- put that in your pipe and smoke it
to accept what you are told, even if you don't like it
- cravings
strong feelings for doing something (eg. smoking)
- to extinguish
to put out
- to go up in smoke
to be a waste of time
