CNN原文：

The Australian government will ban e-cigarettes through a heavy set of controls on imports and packaging to discourage vaping, especially among teens, under its biggest smoking reforms in more than a decade. Australian Health Minister Mark Butler on Tuesday said vaping has become a top behavioral issue in high schools and a growing problem in elementary schools but recognized the products have a therapeutic use under the right circumstances.

在澳大利亚十多年来最大规模的一场吸烟改革中，当地政府将通过严格控制进口和包装来禁止电子烟，尤其是阻止青少年使用电子烟。澳大利亚卫生部长马克·巴特勒周二表示，电子烟已成为高中最大的行为问题，在小学也变得日益严重，但他承认，在适当的情况下，电子烟有治疗作用。

1.ban e-cigarettes 禁止电子烟

2.discourage vaping among teens 阻止青少年使用电子烟（vape v.吸电子烟）

3.behavioral issue 行为问题

4.a growing problem 一个日益严重的问题

5.have a therapeutic use 有治疗作用（therapeutic adj. 治疗的）

Vaping involves heating a liquid that contains nicotine in an e-cigarette which is vaporized and inhaled by the user. It is widely seen as an alternative to smoking cigarettes and a product to help smokers quit tobacco, but instead, teens and even young children are taking up vaping as an addictive habit globally. "Vaping was sold to governments and communities around the world as a therapeutic product to help long-term smokers quit" Butler said. "lt was not sold as a recreational product - in particular not one for our kids. But that is what it has become - the biggest loophole in Australian history.

电子烟需要加热电子烟中含有尼古丁的液体，使其蒸发并被使用者吸入。电子烟被广泛视为吸烟的替代品和帮助吸烟者戒烟的产品，但相反，对于全球青少年甚至小孩来说，电子烟已经开始成为一种上瘾的习惯。巴特勒说：“电子烟作为一种治疗产品出售给世界各地的政府和社区，是为了帮助长期吸烟者戒烟。”“它不是作为一种休闲产品出售的，尤其是不适合我们的孩子。但事实就是如此——这是澳大利亚历史上最大的漏洞。

6.an alternative to smoking cigarettes 卷烟的替代品

7.a product to help smokers quit tobacco 帮助吸烟者戒掉烟草的产品

8.take up vaping as an addictive habit 把吸电子烟当成一种上瘾的习惯

9.be sold as a recreational product 作为一种休闲产品出售