想去泰國旅游的朋友們注意了,！今后如果你在海灘上想美美地吸一支煙，你面臨的可能是一年監(jiān)禁和十萬泰銖罰款,。從11月開始,，泰國要在全國的20處海灘全面禁煙,。

Thailand is to ban smoking on some of the country’s most popular tourist beaches, with the prospect of up to a year in prison for those caught lighting up, according to reports by local media.

據(jù)當?shù)孛襟w報道，泰國將在該國一些最有名的旅游海灘禁煙,。違禁者將面臨1年監(jiān)禁,。

The move follows a recent survey of litter on Patong beach, Phuket – visited by millions of foreign tourists each year – which found an average of 0.76 cigarette butts per square metre in a sample area, which would amount to 101,058 butts on the 2.5km-long stretch of sand.

禁令出臺前，一項針對普吉島巴東海灘的最新調查顯示,，抽樣海灘上每平方米平均有0.76個煙蒂,。照此計算,，在2.5公里長的海灘上總共有101058個煙蒂。每年有數(shù)百萬外國游客到訪普吉島,。

The survey was undertaken by the country’s department of marine and coastal resources, which described it as a “serious problem”. Discarded cigarette butts accounted for a third of rubbish collected by the department.

開展此項調查的泰國海洋與海岸資源廳表示,，這是個“嚴重問題”。被丟棄的煙蒂占到該部門收集的海灘垃圾的三分之一,。

“Cigarettes have a direct effect on the natural environment,” director general Jatuporn Buruspat told the Phuket Gazette.

廳長Jatuporn Buruspat告訴《普吉島報》說：“香煙對自然環(huán)境有直接影響,。”

“The butts clog the drains contributing to floods. When the cigarettes stay under the beach sand for a long time, it also negatively affects the eco system. And then when the chemicals from the cigarette butts reach the water, it also releases cadmium, lead, arsenic and some acid from insecticide which are poison to the natural food chain.”

他說：“這些煙蒂在排水溝中淤積,，會導致洪水,。煙頭被埋在沙灘下許久，還會對生態(tài)系統(tǒng)造成負面影響,。煙蒂還會將鎘,、鉛、砷,、以及殺蟲劑中的酸類物質等化學物質釋放到海水中,，毒害天然食物鏈?！?/p>

The ban, which will come into play in November, will affect 20 beaches including Patong, Koh Khai Nok, Koh Khai Nai (Phuket); Hua Hin, Cha-Am, Khao Takiab; Pattaya, Jomtien, Bangsaen and Samila.