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H TB00 3064 San Franc~co in8 nay cause cancer ~nd o~her diseases will do little or no &,c~5. the America Medical Assn.'s president predicts. the answer, but education i8." Speak.n~ before the Com- mon~eMth Club in the Sheraton.Patens Hotel. Dr. Annis de,lured that if cl~trettes ~re labelnd as basardo~ as ordered by the Federal Trade Commission. then alcoholic beveraKes also should be. He su88ested that the answer to the tobacco hazard maY be to add an th~redient to priest cancer rather than attemptin~ to filter dsn~er- ann nateriais out. South Bend~ In,Liana Realistic AMA 'The Federal Trade Commission has moved to req~e the manufacturers to warn their customers that cigarette- smuldn8 is a health hazard. , And the Amrlean Medical Amt. got enao~ k a tk-est ~o heaU~a, but ~ssn't as poMtive In its stand as the United States 8mleon ~meral'8 report lest January. The le~ai 8ut~d~ o! the ~ to its rnil~.~ appa~ntly will be put to test in the courts. In concert, the two actions may put 8 dent sn, Jgarette sales fur u wldle, as the ear#non general'8 repg~t did earlier ~bJs year. If, however, the rssur~ency of ci. gsretto sales in the lest couplo of months Is IndJceUve of Amerfcan reaction, neither the FTC move. 8uccessfni or not, nor the AidA word on smeidng will have nay lusting impact. Maraba11~o~n, Io~a Cfgaret War Still On The cIKa~et ~ is st~U 0:3. An mmuel of ~e ~efl~ M~ ~s~laUon w~ held k ~n ~ci~ ~is w~k ~d n majo~ talc Is ~e ~ ~h ~u~y A ~1~ of mate~ for de~te Js ~1 ~dng on ~e sublet or cJ~mm. N~ ~ly ~e ~ ~udy ~t f~ ~m- m~t ~gen~es am ~llt I~ng i~ ~ A ~ ~ w~k ~v~l~ ~t ~ maior f~e~ ag~c~ diu~ o~ ~t ~e .~e~ ~o~d ~ ~0~ ~ M H~ ~l~ a ~!~- It ~ ~ F~ ~de ~Js. ~r ~e H~ ~~ ~e H~ ~ ~m ~ ~ ~k ~ what d~ ~ ~, ~we~r, d~tom may ~ mo~ ~ on ~. At ~e For this reason, the attitude of the medical association on the issue may be viewed as more realistic and, in the long run, more useful to the public interest. Thu AIVlA has accepted a $10 million 8rant from the tobacco industry for ~earch into the effects of mcoking. The reason: Trustees o! the e~mctation platned they were convinced that people ~tl So on smoking, a belief foR(ted by the record of ciaaratts sale8 this year, end that the only hope ot mtntmtzip~ the daubers la~ in more research. The 8ood sense o( tide analyd8 of what really needs to be done Is so apparent as to be obvious. The record of preachin~ on the subject and the record of the .. ~ultn of scary re- ports do n~t encouraae conclusions that either or both will lend to even moderate success for the anti-cigarette - smokin~ forces.