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Institute Newsletter PREPARED 6Y, THEI INSTITUTESTAFF'. TO INFORMTNE. INDUSTRYOFNEWSYYORTHY. DENELDPMENTS. WASHINGTON Nu.mber 137 December 9,.1978' I REP'. HENDERSONi(D-N.C.)i and six other Repre- sentativescautioned,, in all'eflter to~al1 House members', against enactment of' the anti-tobacco: legislation introduced by R_ep. Driinani(D-Mass_ )(Nlewsletter 136). On the segre- gation aspect of the bill, the letter said: ' "..Th'ere is not`a single shred of clinical evidence that any per- son has suffered'anything at a11'other than possible annoyance from being in close proximity to cigarette smokers. This bi11.,..wi11 .not cause a single smoker to quit or cut down on his smoking, but ,, . it will make himi(or her) as mad as a wet',setting hen at the people responsible for enacting it. Think',about it DRINP;N RETALIATED with~another "Dear Cblleague" letter in whichihe charged that "our colleagues from tobacco-prodhcing states" made a statement in their letter which "ignores the massive body of scientific evidence establishing that smoking is harmful to nonsmokers." In a speech, inithe:House, Drinan attacked what he called' "'the multibilli~on dol- lar tobacco industry"' which he said "has consistently done all that it cou3d'to keep anti-smoking ads off the air, to keep public awareness of the dan- " gersof smokingto,aminimum.,"' Hee said "until Congressl standsup, too to- bacco companies...tens of millions will suffer serious health risks as a result of involuntary smoking,." HOUSE ENVIRONMENTAL SUBCOMMITTEE has alreport prepared by the Li- brary of Congress stating that low, hard to detect levels of air and water pollutants are increasingly responsible for respiratory illnesses, according to AP. Reg. Brown (D-Calif.), subcommittee, chairman.,, is quoted assaying. "that we don~'t eveni know wha.tt itt is that is'killing us, and very little is being done to find'out'." HEW published'the 11974 update on its biennial teen smok- ing surveys, confirming that the proportion of teens who smoke "ha6 remained almost constant" since the biggest recorded rise occured':between 1968 and 1970 during;the heyday of'the televised anti-smoking spots. r-_1 ® ~ ~ ~ ~ W. ~ ~ -~

-2- FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, investigating whether egg producers have made incorrect claims about health effects~of egg eating, has an exhibit from heart speciali~st Jeremiah Stamler showingiheart dis- ease death rates in the ten highest egg using countries are nearly twice those inithe ten:lowest. The Christian Science Monitor note in an e i oria a d•t • 1 th t San Francisco suburban daily editorial saidl "For smokers, 1975 will go down as the year that a groundswell of public sentiment against their habit be- gan to take shape." THE KALAMAZOO GAZETTEIsaid that "2egis3at'ors have recogni'zed'there is enough general'public senti- ment'in favor of nonsmokers' rights, without much organized accompanying opposi- tion."...An Indio,, Calif., columnist wrote that "Battle lines of smok- ers and nonsmokers are forming, and the showdown can't be too far away.'".._A MEDIA "Restaurant owners and~airlines are finding:their nonsmoking:sections, overf3owing...Productivity,in companies that encourage their workers to stop smoking has increased'." ...The Anderson ('S.C.) Mail observed that "In view of the fact that tests have indicated zn- haling smoke from,another smoker's cigarette is about as harmful, as smoking a ciqarette yourself, more laws and stricter enforcement to protect nonsmokers,probably are not far down the road.'"' . • ~. . 9 RESPECT TO FURTHER LOWERING of "tar" yield's,, the Ashland (Ky.Y WITH' Independent editorializedithat if the cigarette industry "'balks at voluntary action.al'ong these lines, the government,sh'ould act_" `Des Moines Tribune said "A' substance which ki11's thousands of "Americans annually,, and'.impai'rs the health of many more, merits control., day by day." the local level_"...A Portland Oregonian coliumnilst wrote that "with the proliferation of'clean-livers, it's getting difficult to find a~pZace to Zight' up without instantl'y, ostracizing yourself."...The JanesviTle (Wisc:. Gazette said in.an editorial that "Smoking becomes more unpopular nonsmokers, but added, "Let the states respond to the people om INDIANAPOLIS NEWS questioned federal intervention on behalf of PORTLAND' OREGONIAN roundup of no-smoking developments, led off its story by saying "the day of the ever-pre- sent cigarette appears to be on~the wane.,"' Michigan State News at Lansing said "Nonsmokers" rights have been~ gaining a much-needed momentum.'"..-The Sarasota Journal called for a voluntary stopping;of sales by "concerned sellers of tobaccoigoods." U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT told readers that "The risk of cancer increases as the amount of 'tar' inhaled'from cigarettes

-3= on 135 varieties of cigarettes free from the Federal Trade ;- -:-goes up," and'. advi~sedl them they, couldi obtain test results Commission. lung damage including emphysema. AP, quoting Wisconsin Agricu1and:iturist, said "farmer's lung" afflicts ome 15% of midwest farmers s increasing.. The ailment report- edlly is caused1by mold,in wet hay, has symptomssimilar to pneu~ monia or bronchitis and,, if untreated, can lead to irreversiible -AN ARTICLE in Job Safety & Health, a slick magazine publi~shed by .the,Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and HealthiAdminis- tration, said "Known human carcinogens include...,combustion products ((in- cluding tobacco smoke))'." The Tobacco Institute has asked OSHA, in ef- _,fect, how it knows that. Research reports have indicated that 1'aboratory-derived smoke concentrates are animal carcinogens,, but Jt"s~apparent the OSHA article jumped to an unsupportable conclu- sion about effects of smoke itself in humans. . ~~!~ . . . . . ~ ., . '. . ~ . ~ . '~.f:~.. ~ , . . .. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL observed that "Parkinson's disease is the onTy condition.to which smokers: are known t'o be less liable than non-smokers." A ZURICH NEWSPAPER reported' that Ha:rvard"s:Carl'Selitzer said in a •Zurich Univ. lecture that "smoking does not damage the heart.". ;The paper called this a'"shocking assertion. London Times said it has beenlaccusedi by U.K'.'s ASH, of rtmaking "a major error of editorial judgment" in report- ing the views of Seltzer to the effect that there isn"t. ,proof smokingicauses heart disease. ASH said there was too much emphasis on Seltzer''s opinionisince many ex- - pert committees hold otherwise. ;, ~-_... _ r WCBS in New York released results of a poll of a sample of 10,000 listeners who "enrolled" in a four-week,, daily broad'cast "Stop ,.;SmokingiClinic'".last summer. It said it got 1,511 responses ,showingi833'persons had quit smoking. NONSPIOKER' ISSUE 135), died:with NO-SMOKE BTLL i~ntroduced' during a special session of Alabama Legislature (Newsletter adjournment of the session. OTHER ACTION:~ Chattanoog&Citly, Commission joined the list of mu- ni.cipalities prohibiting smoking in their chambers. Lon Beach (Calif.,) outlawed smoking anywhe:re,there is a no-smoking sign posted, and required posting in buildings openito the public, ele- vators and'in most areas of health.care facilities. Milwaukee County Board (Newsletter 118) reversediitselif and banned smoking at all public meeti~ngs in its meeting rooms by a 14-11 vote.

- 4',- AUGUSTA, (Ga.) Transit Department instructed bus drivers to drive to the nearest policeman if' passengers don't heed no-smokingisigns. `AN ENFORCEMENT DI~SPUTE' derailed a proposed ordinance in Los Angeles -%which would have banned smoking in retail stores. The fire depart- ment, slated to enforce the measure, said there were 1,84'7 fires in the city's business establlishments last year, but cigarettes could' be,traced only to eight of'them. The department told the city council if it wants the ordinance it had better turnienforce- ment over to the police. NORMAN SALUS, president of the Delaware Assn,. of'Tobacco:Distri- butors, by-li~ned a ringing article in the Wilmington News-Journal about his right to smoke in public--and,, among other things, ac-. cused anti-smokers of'trying "to organize our society with,boot- heel repressi~on." •, WILLIAKE3OLLOWAY, M.D:.,, president of the Del. Lung Assn., replied by saying there ought to:be a law and eitingiann array of myths instead of ined'ical!fact to support his view. ST,., LOUiIS ALDERMAN BRUCE SOMMER, a two-pack-a-day smoker, said. "I don:''t have the right to hurt other people" with tobaccoismoke, andiintroduced' a prohibitionlordiinance enforceable by city healthh inspectors with,penalties ranging to $500 or 90 days or both., ,,,."The,Post-Dispatch sent a reporter to Minnesota to check, operation of that state's tough smoking,prohibitiion. His report indicated,substantial confusion over appliicationn and enforcement of the law--and noted that when a member of the state board of heaTthiasked to be,seated in the mandatory no-smoking area of'a leading restaurant "he and' his wife were Ied to a card table set up i'n the basement."' (Newsweek, ran aisimiliar report, including the same in.- ciden;t.): 'A, third'survey report appeared in The National' Observer, which notedl that "Some restaurant owners are burning, mad, that antismoking adi+ocates pushed through the law" and that "restau- .rant's have found all sorts of ways to circumvent" it. A NEW ORLEANS LAWYER'notified the Superdome director that unless smokingiis promptly regulated inithe stadi~um he will file a class action suit. CHRI~STIAN SCIENCE MONITOR ran a front-page story about the citi- zen"s suit (Newsletter 135, 136) to outlaw smoking in the Detroit Lions" new, enclosedlstadium in Pontiac.It said!the case could, set a precedent by establishing "that nonsmokers have the right to breathe air unpolluted by, tobacco and'safe from fire hazards." Iit repor ted that,Ford' Motor Company scientist Dennis Schuetzle had measured

-5- critical' levels~of carbon monoxide andiparti~culates:in the stadiium air duringithe:Lions-Packers game Nov., 16. r. . gate.," . DADE COUNTY (FDa.), Commissioner Cain admitted to Asso- ciated Press that the Miami-area smoking ban law Ta al- most unenforceable,, but,said he'll press for inclusion of restaurants as soonias he figures "some way it won't hurt the small operators who don''t have room tolsegre- •M'ILWAUICEE JOURNAL reported that "a lobbyist for the Tobacco Insti- tute"'and'"a lobbyist for the Wisconsin Restaurant Association"' testified against aismoki~ngiprohibition bill before a legislative committee, and that a state representative and a mini~ster support- ._-ed The Journal also said ten men with:lighted cigarettes kj7r:;-entered a no-smoking bar, were refused service, then _iw:a.:broke a mirror, some liquor bottles,, a sink (causing -. :•.rr ~a flood) and dropped cigarettes on a carpet. Three ~± were arrested' and' promised to pay damages, according to the report. MILWAUKEE PUBLIC TV'STATION broadcast aniaudience-response pro- ,:-gram,pertaini~ng to the issue,of whether smoking should be banned in public. The viewer response: 721--Yes, 1,431--No.. UNIV., OF N. CAROLINA students at Chapel HilI,, inia mi~- nority turnout, voted 79% for a classroom smoking ban and the,facusty followed,suit. .__....~.. RESEARCH - MIT PRESS in Cambridge is taking orders for "'Crisi~s in the Workplacec, Occupational Disr ease and Injury," a report tolthe Ford' Foundation by Nicholas Ash- ford,of:MIT"s Center for Policy Alternatives. A published summary •.of the $17.50 book says: "Occupational factors!may very well pZay, a far more significant - role than is presently,realized in the causation of major diseases... Heart disease...is only 25% 'explained' by known,physiological and environmental factors such as..,.cigarette smoki'ng...Probably one- h'a3'f of'a1S ((cancer)) cases are complicated by, occupational factors... Much,of the respiratory disease that plagues workers is:known to be job-related." OTTO WOLFF of the Univ. of London toTd'a Univ, of Miami symposium that smoking during pregnancy could be among factors that predis- pose fetuses through carbon monoxide exposure to later development of atherosclerosis..

-6- ..At the same time, National Heart & Lung Institute pub- lished findings of a task group on atherosclerosis which said "There is 1it't1'e in the way of systematic data on de- velopmental'and genetic precursors:of risk factors for atherosc3e- .rosi's and'coronary heart disease."' DR. WILLIAM ANDERSON, professor of medicine at the Univ. of:Louis- villie (Ky.), got headline treatment from the,Los Angeles Times onn a statement in an address to the American College of Chest Physi- cians that 40 Americans die each~hour from smoking cigarettes. The Times reported he also compared smokers with~cancer to smok:ers without cancer (the article did not report how many) and found that on the ave:rage, the ill smoker had exposed himself to:smoke three hours and: 15 minutes per day, while the well smoker had an hour and 13' minutes of exposure. (Another aspect of Anderson"ss address was reported in Newsletter 136.) THREE-YEAR'STUDY'by Stanford University Heart Disease Prevention. Program,in,CaTifornia indicates,, according,to the project director, that mass media campaigns can be "extremely effective" in persuad- ing people to stop smoking, to eat more wisely and to exercise more to reduce their risk of'heart attacks. The project is supportediby the National Heart and Lung,Institute. DOES A GENETIC FACTOR help sort people into smokers and: nonsmokers2, Perhaps. Swedish researchers Kaji and Dock, published data in Ar- chives of General Psychiatry on another life-style subject--alcohol.. They reported:that grandsons of alcoholics are three times more likely than men in general to have drinking problems. ., TOBACCO RESEARCH COUNCIL in England, publishedla fourth, •edition "Tobacco Consumption in Various Countries" which, despite absence of data from China and U.S.S.R., is pro- bably the best source of trend information. To,inquire for copies:,: write the:Council at Glen House, Stag Pliace,. ,London, SWIE 5AG. .~1 .•i; .., .. , s ~..... . : .- ...:.1. .i...~.... .-J.J~: . -.. . l.v NATIONAL CANCER:INSTIiTUTE published proceedings of aiclosed con- ference last May, chaired by Ernest Wynder and' co-sponsored by the. American Cancer Society, on nutritional aspects of cancer. The report said diet may cause--diiirectly or ind,irecfily--upito haTf of female cancer and 30% of male cancer. Jane Brody reported in the New York Times that NCI will step up research on the subject, whichi she called a"liong-negLected aspect of cancer causes"'which "felill by, the wayside in recent decades." HEALTH~ QR'GaNI'~ZAT'I~ONS, WA,SHINGTON (State) LungiAssn. complained, in, the lead item in its newsletter, that a "spokesman for the Tobacco Institute, which represents the country's:1S larg, est tobacco manufacturers, descended upon the state's media September:10-I1:.

-7- It seems the Tobacco Institute has sudden3y become concerned about' civil rights, especia3l'y,those,of the smoker...The Tobacco Institute is fearful'of'the trend making tobacco snooking socially unacceptable..." ~ .:_s-z:- .a!.~.~,.~sklzi6 -:FF;•_.;7:.'.-r`..i-• PAGE ONE of an~American Cancer Society news release said cancer deaths would be leveling off or declining if there were no lungi cancer. Page four of the same release disclosed that ACS co1- lectedl$1C17 million last year, spent only 28.7$ for research and nearly 22% for fund raising and management.,,• + ILLINOIS MEDICAL JOURNAL reports the state medical so- ciiety is opposed to the sale of tobacco products in „<_hospitals andlit will encourage medicali staff:action to ,~ make hospitals free of tobacco smoke. of Virginia., Steinfeld opened a new era in the tobacco contro- versy when, as Surgeon General, he declared tobacco smoke to be: hazardous to nonsmokers. JESSEISTEIiNFELD', the U.S., Surgeon General reportedly "fired" in, the Nixon adtninistrati~on midterm upheaval of '73, having gone first to the staff of' Mayo,C'linic andl then to a Caliif. Veterans Administration hospitali, is the new dea:n of the Medical CoIl'ege. -i,~ told,the OregonlJournal„ "by my friends who want to ,. stop smok,ing and can't." The former U.S. Surgeon Gen- eral and present consultant to the American Cancer So- ciety, had arrived in Portland to address an Adventist- sponsored anti-tobacco rally.. 'PEOPLE SUMMIT SMOKE: Ford saidi he''d~~ smoke his ~ pipe, "if you don"t mi~nd." Kissinger said his wife "Went to a doctor to stop smoking. The only result was that,the doctor's nurse stopped smoking." Acting Premier Teng puffed a cigarette and said Foreiign Minister Chiao "has the same bad habit."' So it went in Pek,ing; UPI reported, before reporters were dismissed and the foursome got downito business. ACTUALLY DRIVENI TO TEARS AT TIMES," Luther Terry DETER, a li~q,uid to be dropped on the backk of the tongue, is being promoted inifulI- page Sunday supplement andispot TV ads. Script for the latter in- cludes the sentences, "Break the tobacco habit withiDeter. Iit really works." The print ads say it "lnay"', and quote the ciga- rette package warning as an,incentive to try the product.,..Schick Center for the,Control of Stnoking is featuring actor Richard Carl- son in TV'spots, saying he spent an~hour for "'filve pleasant,, pain- le-ss days two years ago" at one of the centers "andll, haven't wanted a cigarette since."' "QU I'T" CAhVPA I GNS.

- 8- NENTEST GIMMICK, says a San Bernardino (Calif. ) are&news- paper columnist, is a time control cigarette case to en- able a smoker to cut down gradually. When: the lid is closed and a timer set, the case may not be manually opened until,the predetermined, time interval has passed. .: MINNESOTA "D-DAY" CAMPAIGNi to get 850~,,000, smokers to quit for a day in Oct. and' 10% to quit for good began,in Monticello, Minn. in 1974. In a repeat this year,, TI is told, most Monticello re- tai~lers refused to sell cigarettes. One store that did'.said its package and carton sales were the best it had ever seen. I N COURT i Occupational Hazards magazine reports that a mechanic who workedlwith vibrating tools noticedia bluish discoloration of his hands, was diagnosed as havingi Raynaudl's Disease caused by reduction of capillary blood flow„ but was denied workman's compensation when the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled the disability was more likely caused by smoking. no law." : ON NEWSLETTER PRESS DAY, the first editorial comment was publish- ed onibills pending inithe IDistrict,of:Columbia,City Council to outlaw smoking in public places. Several hundred words in the Wash,ingtoniStar boiledidown to a single line: "There should,be