Betel nuts are highly detrimental to the health of people in this country. The Ministry of Health and Welfare says that nine out of every 10 mouth cancer sufferers in Taiwan is a habitual betel nut chewer. The results of a survey of betel nut use by high school, senior high school and vocational school students carried out last year by the Health Promotion Administration show that the rate of betel nut use is 0.9 percent for high school students and 2.4 percent for students in senior high and vocational schools, while students’ knowledge of relevant health issues is rather deficient.
Surprisingly, the most common source of the first betel nuts chewed by high school students is their families and elders at 42.7 percent, followed by classmates and friends at 35.8 percent. The major source of senior high and vocational school students’ first betel nuts is classmates and friends at 56.3 percent, followed by family and elders at 26.3 percent.
(Liberty Times, translated by Julian Clegg)
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檳榔危害國民健康甚鉅。衛生福利部表示:在台灣,十個口腔癌病患九個有嚼檳榔習慣。國民健康署去年針對國中生與高中職生的嚼檳榔行為調查結果指出,國中生嚼檳率的比例為百分之0.9,高中職生總計為百分之2.4,且相關健康知識不足。誇張的是,國中生首次嚼檳榔的來源,最多的竟是家人及長輩,佔百分之42.7;其次才是同學及朋友,佔百分之35.8。高中職生首次嚼檳榔來源,最多為同學及朋友,佔百分之56.3;其次為家人及長輩,佔百分之26.3。
(自由時報記者綜合報導)
Photo: Cheng Shu-ting, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者鄭淑婷
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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