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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11 - Speaking for the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

Read the research below about public opinion on smoking bans. Rephrase it using language from exercise 3.

Answer

  • More than four out of five people are non-smokers.
  • Two thirds of people support a ban on smoking in all public places. In 2001, only one out of three people supported the idea.
  • Just under half the people support a ban on smoking in cars.
  • One in three people think smoking should be made completely illegal.
  • The vast majority of people think that the minimum age to buy cigarettes should be 16 or higher.