Reading Journal

1. Page  : 3

2. Date:  09/07/11

3. Author’s name : Unknown

4. Title of the article : SMOKE  SIGNALS

5. A summary of the article (3 - 5 sentences)

                Fewer American adults are smoking cigarettes, and those who still smoke have cut back on the number of cigarettes they smoke, but the rate of decline has begun to slow, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  said Tuesday. There are 443,000 of Americans killed by smoking each year. Smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke is the leading carse of preventable death and disease.More than 221,000 Americans are expected to be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2011,according to the American Cancer Society.

     

6. Your opinion about the article (2 - 3 sentences)

              Smoke can cause the cancer,so  over 18 who smoked in 2005 more than 20% and in 2010 less than 20%. And smoker who had fewer than 10 cigarettes a day in2005 more than 20% and in 2010 less than 20%. Now the smoking rate falling in the US.