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Smoking Brings Health Hazard Ama Declares. La Times [the Ama Admitted Wednesday That Smoking Cigarettes Is A Serious Health Hazard.]

Date: 25 Jun 1964
Length: 1 page
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NEWS CLIPPING
Depository Date
31 Jan 1996
Named Person
Ama
Scott, W.
Acs
Surgeon General
Hall, D.
Fda
Johnson, L.B.
Smoking Facts You Should Know
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300160514-0588
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Author
Nelson, H., L.A. Times
Box
096
Site
Hoyt
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jY,P0033061 t Los AifGEMS R'MS Loa /dnge1ee, California Jtwe 25, 1964 Smoking Brings Health Hazard, AMA Declares BY HARRY NELSON 7em1 MWhm /e1t0e hAV f•'Ra\CltiCfl - qitP atnericau \1wGrAl A.:n• ;,,]- mitted 41'edne;da1• that amukiug rigorrue; 1" d re- 1 ious health hi.ct+rd. liul tt fatied 1„ ns,lr u> warmrrg a- amng a, the January relnlrt Id the C.S. S+urgeon l:eneral•s o f f t c e. Where that t•rpnll• rald ci• garelle, cau-e Iuug ranler, Ihe .181A nlelrk ~rhlum. iedgrd a "siy;nificanl rrl.l tionehtp.' l'ahfnt'nla .aIlA tfalrw .q 1)rlcF.4ll•• .nmP ni whrnln 11.01 a"1u ' O 1' P lI "PSPI'ill Ir11/11111iH1• critiral nf IhP A,ll.1 'land un cntrzkinv vk~nd IhPi• arr 11011 lWlisflell U/111 I11r IN•g.,nlEn• aun',, pu,lUnn. 't<o Ueuhl Lpfl' I11 U'cndrl srmt, ed st. Lwul... PreKtdent nf the American Cancer tin•iely. alrn eapl•ea..etl >•atiafartinil. lie aid the a;tatement Iemes no mole dntlht of the aJIA'z: rQcognitinn of the hwl effect++ of >;nloking on health, The J'1&memher Hnuae ni Delegates eaplafnwl the In• ganizatinn'R aerPptanl e of ;. 41o miltinn grant fl•ont tht tobacco industry. The monP. Iv tn be spent for iPc,+at•ch htto the effert,, of >;mo6ing. Atrorvl ing In 1: ednt ;vlm'. alalemeni, the tlu.;lees or IIn• AIIA were aware thr% would be ta•iticized fur al.• cepUng tltegrant. Becaure Ihrv %%rI•e r/m• tint•ed the public %.nuld e,l on xntul.ing In eu~• thl truNePt3 dtrlJPll tllwt thc nnly hopa of minlnliatna Ihl ~lanqer% or .Inakto,~ Id%• nl more le:ealrh tutd mor- :unrlur,~ e rewlla. The Iluumr af I/rh-L'al!•% rernmmrnllwl en Un•perr fied chancr in a puulphlrt r e c e n L I,r• s.szued•. Ca lled 'Smoking: Facts 1'ou Shou{d Kno++•,' the book was cri(t• cized for being 1•aTae aad larking fo* tvightne:s. The A11 4 safd it rec'og• nitea the contribution of the Sargeon Ccneral offtce• and that it intellds to dlssc•ninate ma.erial d1,out the ddngers of :moking amouti pcople of all abe:. In dnnther drie.upnlent. the delegatei rorreJ ap- proral tlllen it l%a- an• nounced ihat a Hot•-w com- mittee in \1•a.hingtan had dropped constdelauon oi President Joht>;on'S 3iedt• care p1J11. They j:a\P the nen's a standing a% alion. However. Dr. 11onvArd Hall. a delerate from AI- aouri 1010 i. a!+n gtYasman ftvm that warned the delegate• rcld. "Ol,erati~~n 1 Too, n.' 1 hdt 1• lhi Ilex'1~+: •;+: '•' ' Eetln,a thr ~e~lle to cUn171n'P~rI11P !ng that the \ledic-.• plal: Qor Old age nV~pIto•,:•1Uoli under tinc'ial 5ecui'.0.% be " Killed Dr. Hail said the Senate taill may take up Medicare .hts aessfon. in other actions Wednes- day, the ANIA: 1--,>aid it is against racifl and religious dir:crintinatinn in the membership of count.i and state n+edicai socie;te . and asked •oeietiec p.actlr- ing !mch di,crtm.tau.m In put an end to it. _'-Sairi It ia 4-ainst h• deral help to Blue Cross and Blue Shiel-l insutance pt+} grani:. „--A:ked that the Food and Drug Administration be forced to repeal its re- quirement that drug com- panies must prove new me• dictnes are of ttotne value. - •t--Satd it is against °un- rhecked growth of the fe- deral grant pt•ograma" bltt made ®n exception of federal f ranllc lot• medical buiidityt,. t apQrox ed those. ..~%iald there is a nee.d to speed up 11te clarification or rome problems of nledlra' ethics. An example 19 thr question whether a doctrr •hould prolong the life ol -umelrodl• who i-c d~•Ing of an n'rllhlhlp rltawa:r

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