THE 22ND SEA GAMES, HOSTED THIS YEAR BY VIETNAM, HAS JOINED THE INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT TO RID SPORTS OFTOBACCO

Exercise 25:The 22nd SEA Games, hosted this year by Vietnam, has joined the international movement to rid sports oftobacco. For the first time, the regional sporting event will be tobacco-free under a landmark cooperativeagreement signed in April 2003 between the World Health Organization (WHO), the 22nd SEA GamesOrganizing Committee and the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. Hanoi Health Department has organized a pressseminar to celebrate and raise awareness about the tobacco-free SEA Games.The 22nd SEA Games is the first games hosted by Vietnam and 10 countries from the Southeast Asian regionwith nearly 8,000 athletes and coaches will participate. It will be the first tobacco-free international sporting eventin Vietnam, joining other international tobacco-free sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup 2002, and theWinter Olympic Games 2002.The 22nd SEA Games will ban all sales, advertising and other promotion of tobacco products, and restrictssmoking in all Games venues. The aim is to protect spectators, athletes, event staff, media and other visitors fromthe serious health hazards of second-hand tobacco smoke, as well as to change public attitudes about the socialacceptability of smoking.Madame Pascale Brudon, WHO Representative in Vietnam, stated, "Vietnam has established 3 years ago acomprehensive, ambitious national tobacco control policy and a national tobacco control program. The tobacco-free 22nd SEA Games will be yet another area where Vietnam is leading the way for other countries in the regionand the world in protecting its citizens from the debilitating and disastrous consequences of tobacco use."WHO has provided funding and technical assistance to the SEA Games Organizing Committee andVietnamese Ministry of Health to train of over 4,000 SEA Games organizers and volunteers on theimplementation of the tobacco-free policy. An international team of trainers from the Ministry of Health,International Organization for Good Temper (lOGT), WHO and International Development Enterprises (IDE)began a series of national training workshops for volunteers in April, 2003.The tobacco-free SEA Games are an inspiration and a model for other sport events, big and small, not only inVietnam but also in the Southeast Asian and Western Pacific Region.1. In the 22

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SEA Games _______.A. there will be the attendance of athletes from the World Health OrganizationB. smoking is not allowedC. smoking is only for the leader, not any athletes D. is held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health2. According to the text, _______.A. Vietnam has ever organized several tobacco-free sport events before the 22

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SEA GamesB. the tobacco-free SEA Games in Vietnam has not been approved by any world organizationsC. the tobacco-free SEA Games is not announced to newspapers and magazinesD. the tobacco-free SEA Games in Vietnam has been encouraged and supported by many world organizations3. According to the third paragraph, _______.A. tobacco companies can have an advertising campaign during the SEA GamesB. second-hand tobacco smoke cannot cause any harm to the athletes in the 22

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SEA GamesC. cigarettes are not allowed to sell in the 22nd SEA Games venuesD. everyone can buy cigarettes in the 22

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SEA Games venues except the athletes4. One of the aims of the tobacco-free SEA Games isA. to sell more and more tobacco during the eventB. to change public attitudes about the social acceptability of smokingC. to reduce the production of tobaccoD. to help athletes to solve the problems of the serious health hazards5. Which sentence is not true?A. Vietnam itself has to pay a lot for the volunteers on the implementation of the tobacco-free policy.B. The tobacco-free SEA Games in Vietnam get great support from several world organizationsC. The tobacco-free SEA Games is considered a model for other sport events.D. There are national training workshops for volunteers in April, 2003 for the tobacco-free SEA Games.