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T I ----°-t'~ ~'~'y ,~ ~: ~~ f`~ ~ ~~~ ~.1~: ~J ~ ~ ~_ ~. -E, I lti' C 1776 K STREET, NCf:THIAEST I bVASHIVG T ON, i;. C. 20006 i 2Q2i 296-8-13d qx" May 14, 1975 TO: Executive Committee Committee ot Counsel -Commur,icati.or,a Committee r-, ...` % i7 'y 7 , - _ _- - _ Lu4il ~'L la:-.:'~fti,3•' Liy ;;UD COiD0l4 ty`h=i: ei:e th;:y'ne f)tisy dreaming up ways io stop Americans frotn si1)o::it321, 51 percent of those or, the exeetrti;~e floor of-the Na tional C't 't ,n ~ at)cer Insi.t-t, c` l._ a~i:~-.;,,'trlci•s tattilciii)~ are puffing a:,,~;)y on ci;arettes, cigars or pipes, an ENQUIP„iti std:vey lound. "The adntin;strutors here who smoke have the same prob:etn as ntm;• other Amcrlcat:s - they 're hooked," said I)r. Gio Gori, director of_ NCI's Sa;ol:iag tnc}-Iiealth Program. "\icotire ]rts pov;erful side effects, particularly for people v-'.io !ive undcr tension and v; ho have been aecu,;tor.letl to rel}•inc; on an occasional cigar- .etta far reiaxation." The_list of iiieh rc:n?:int* smokers at NCl includes the director. Dr. Franl, I::,uscher; both assistant directors, Dr. h,zy:trd Nlorrison 3rd and 1)r. 11ic•hat'd Tj altna; the del:ut.: cliric:or. J)r. Guy Nc-.;ell. a:td 3~ of ti:e rennraininR 73 N,'l:c wor!, on the eleventh or .'esect:ti•-e" floor iit i:Cl's ltockville, l:ead- qu;,rtcrs.- - Dr. Gvri, a ro,.-inn!:cr, est'rmalecl tl, zt tito nutn- ber cj the \Cl tt'!:o :nW{-e Woutil be about the s::nte as ihc rumbc`i of smoi;ers in .: random po;r:lcition sa:npie. ":lfter 1i1 Fe:*rs of ecluc ;tiun camElai:U:s. thot•e are still GO tni::;on :1uic•i•:c•ans N:ho Dr. iori said. "It's ut:fe_'tun:.:e. hut Nce ::)us*, realize that tl;ey'lI p:'obahly continue to s:nfllce :`or a fela, more ye:.rs - maybe even a few nti)rr ciecades." ~ '1'he NCI-office with t!:e worst recorti oi snlol•:ers ,as opt:osect to nonsmokers was the Cancer Co,tuutt- inlratUon Utficc. N.hich exists to disscmin;tte infor- ntation about tltc Nt,'I s-var:oas ~~rc~,rah,s. There cu'e 12 lsorkers in the oftice - and 8 of thetu stnolce. ":tilost of the smokers here h.:\ e tried -' -~ to tt!lit." saiSl I et l,roNNn0il. a nvn- sm;~i:i:: ,t c rct;~rv on i tl:e e:cec-utive tloor. r. ...'t)ey.re very ntuc°lt ~ av•:+re oI' t:!v pitl;olls ::n:t thv.•' vV it i<`d Cs- ~ rctl:i~::; So wuil or C:!t t tl„ttin --_ 4,ut thvy'rc _ t. [ E r`*~j° Ct `-h~.s:i.6lat~k .. 0 .. - (71 _ p For Your Information From tr.e hyational Enctnirer II Tl:e ;\CI hiaciqnar- t ters hos thr!.c ; i~ retie ~ rr:achines - une oa U:e- I first floor, another on I the seventh and an- other or. the tcnt;t. And abuve each ma- -chine is a7raraed copy of the Surreun Gener- al's Nci:rningr about cig- arettes arettes 1,?iw* a l~.azartl. Despite the Signs and the fact that the ;na- c::ines had been rc- ~ centtv stocked. the ~ most popular cigarette brands were solcl- out I in all three tnac•hiues. "It's just a case of ~ ever'.'~)Cle tl'.iP.'il!)'r c:1!i- I cer is never rwin; to Ihal),,eu tc. i!itn." said I)clnay Directur Dr. ~ Nc~rcll_ HnP.hC`• tt. KORNEGAY President .

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