US Signs Global Tobacco Treaty
1. The United states has taken the first step toward approving a global tobacco treaty that promises to help control the deadly effects of tobacco use throughout the world. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson signed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) this week at the United Nations. The Senate must still approve the treaty before the US can implement its provisions.

2. The FCTC was developed by the World Health Organization and approved by members of the World Health Assembly, including the United States, last year. Countries that ratify it would be required to enact strict tobacco control policies.
3. For instance, cigarettes sold in those countries would have to have health warnings on at least 30% of the front and back of every pack. The treaty calls for higher tobacco taxes. restrictions on smoking in public places, and more promotion of tobacco prevention and cessation programs. It also requires bans on tobacco advertising, though there are some exceptions for countries like the United States, where the Constitution prohibits such an outright ban.

4. The impact of the treaty could be huge. The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco use kills nearly 5 million people worldwide very year. In the US alone, about 440,000 people die each year from tobacco-related illnesses; about one-third of al cancers in the US are caused by tobacco use, If current trends continue, WHO estimates, by 2025 tobacco will kill 10 million people each year.

5. The treaty must be ratified by at least 40 countries before it can take effect. So far, 109 countries have signed it, and 12 have ratified it.

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B.  US Signing of the FCTC
C.  Opposition to the FCTC
D. How the FCTC Came into Being
E.  What the FCTC Will Bring About
F.  Ratification of the FCTC
     
5. Signing the FCTC is only the first step toward__________. 
6. Countries that ratify the FCTC will have to, among other things__________. 
7. It is hoped that the FCTC will greatly help to reduce deaths__________. 
8. Much more countries have signed the FCTC that those that__________. 
A. have ratified it
B. approving it
C. implement its provisions
D. restrict smoking in public places
E. caused by tobacco use
F. including higher tobacco taxes
Many Benefits from Cancer Organization
1. Do you know a child who survived leukemia? Do you have a mother, sister or aunt whose breast cancer was found early thanks to a mammogram? Do you have a friend or coworker who quit smoking to reduce their risk of lung cancer? Each of these individuals benefited from the American Cancer Society’s research program.

2. Each day scientists supported by the American Cancer Society work to find breakthroughs that will take us one step closer to a cure. The American Cancer Society has long recognized that research holds the ultimate answers to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

3. As the largest source of nonprofit cancer research funds in the United States, the American Cancer Society devotes over $100 million each year to research. Since 1946. they’ve invested more than$2.4 billion in research. The investment has paid rich dividends: In 1946, only one in four cancer patients was alive five years after diagnosis; today 60 percent live longer than five years.

4. Investigators and health professionals in universities, research institutes and hospitals throughout the country receive grants from the American Cancer Society. Of the more than 1,300 new applications received each year, only 11 percent can be funded. If the American Cancer Society had more money available for research funding, nearly 200 more applications considered outstanding could be funded each year.

5. You can help fund more of these applications by participating in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life, a team event to fight cancer. More funding means more cancer breakthroughs and more lives being saved. To learn more, call Donna Hood, chair with the Neosho Relay for Life of the American Cancer Society at 451-4880.

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5.The American Cancer Society’s research program has benefited__________. 
6.The survival period for 60% of cancer patients today is__________. 
7.Many outstanding applications are turned down each year for__________. 
8.More cancer breakthroughs can be made with__________. 
A.    lack of funding
B.    many cancer patients
C.    more lives being saved
D.    more than five years
E.    the ultimate answers
F.    more funding