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Institute Newsletter PREPARED: BY' THE. INSTITUTE: STAFF TO', INFORM. THE INDUSTRY OF N£WSWORTHY' DEVELOPMENTS'. 1776 N':STRIEET~. N.M1... WASHINGTON.: D:C.~20006 ~a 296~-8171'. Number 13:4' October 28, „ 1975 WFISH I'NGTON HOUSE OF'REPRESENTATIVES'finalTy passed its version of the Cbnsumer Product Safe- ty Commission Improvement Act which provides a blanket exemption, of "tobacco and tobacco products." The Senate has already passed a slightly different version of:the billl (Newsletter 125) giving CPSC j,urisdi'ction over cigarettes as an "ignition source'."' A con- ference',between the',two houses will occur if the Senate does not accept the House bill., But it appeared that a court-ordered CPSC consideration of putting maximum "tar"'-nicotine limits on ciga- rettes was practically mooted. M.EANWHIIiE,, Sen. Moss (D-Utah), complaining about the House deIay, introduced a "clean" bill which:would avoid some of the pending controversies by simply authorizing, appropriations for CPSC and exempting guns and ammuni- tion from its jurisd'iction., ...-,- . ~ •REP., KOCH (D-N'.Y'.1:, a tobacco foe who wants marijuan&po:ssession, pnnalties lessened, put National Institute of Drug Abuse suruey, results in the Congressional Record. They showed,, among other _- things;`that last year 41$ of U.S. adults and 25% of youth 12Ito 17 were tobacco smokers,, while 58% of adults and 34% of youth were' alcohol drinkers. The adult smoker figure alone projects to more than, 61 million persons. SENATE DEBATE' on appropriati!ons for the National Insti- tutes of Health included &quote by Sen. Cranston (D- Calif.)' of'someone he called' al"distinguished scientist" but did not otherwise identify: "I am struck by how' much junk is being done in the'highly funded'research areas, heart and' cancer, much.of which is scientifically poor, imprecise, and.inade- quate'...'"' DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE' said,i~t was preparing regulations to require'bacon prodhcers,to lessen or remove'.sodium nitrite, a N r_x

r- botulism preventive, from their products. Animal experiments have reportedly shown that i~ngestion of the preservative induces lung cancer. FEDERAL TRA'DE COMMISSION reportedly is~considering ac- cepting a$5'0~,000 National Institutes of Health grant to develop a machine to measure brand~-by-brand carbon monoxide yields from cigarette smoke, using the same market samples FTC picks up to measure "tar" and nico- tine. It's possible the results would be given to NIHi rather than being made part of the semiannual "t"-n re- ports to the public from FTC. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, according to the Washington Post:,, is about to propose increasing andistrengthening warnings and cautions pertaining to the use of The Pill. The news report tied in a "related development" which cited a British study (Newsletter 129) published in May that stated the risk of heart attacks by users'multi!plied with, among other things, cigarette smoking.. (It did not include alresearcher"s disclaimer that further studies were needed.) CH',ILTON:RESEARCH,SERVIiCES, under contract with the Clear- inghouse for SmokingI&' Health, sent a mail questionnaire _. to members of the American Nurses' Association on smok- ing ing history and attitudes. Subjectively, in the cover- ing letter,, recipients were toTdismoking is a"public. health problem." „ i I INDUSTIRI" 1 NEWSPAPERS and'broadcasts gave extensive. I coverage to suits by the U.S. Department of Justice against six cigarette mfrs., for alleged violations of advertising warning-display rules., The suits seek penalties, cor- rections and' establishment of a "trust fund" with the penalty fines to enable the govt. to advertise against cig:arettes.. .. . - . . . - ~....-...-,~.c-.T G.-.n•,.,n'1. AP quoted an anonymous federal attorney as sayingithe action was "among the Targest,,.ifi not the largest, ever brought' on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission in federal courts." EARLIER, in a speech to the annual meetingiof the Tobacco Growers Information Committee in Raleigh, Brown & Williamson chief:Joe Edens,said the then pending FTC charges were "based onrmeaningless razor-edge technicalities fueled'by an almost religious fervor of 'we know what"s:good for you even if you don't'--and all financed'by the unsuspecting American taxpayer:N' DEPARTMENT OF'AGRICULTUREIannounced that flue-cured farm UT W. liabor declined 41% ' between 1965 and 1972, that there''ss ~ been a slight gain since, but that mechanization may ~ again turn employment down.. ~. 4-_

r., a NbNSMOKER'. ISSUE the ern townithis month:: -3- I GROUP AGAINST'SMOKERS POLLUTION -GASP--has beeniorganizing lobbying chapters across country for several years. Here's a summary of a report from person who attended anievening,organization meeting in an:east- • I proceeded to a pri:vate home that looked'iike a haunted house where a ghost would hide out or a bunch of'radical commune type of'peop3e mi'ght gather--dim 1'ights andigrass two feet h'igh'., As I entered, II noticed'a picture of Malcolm X on the wall and a man about 90 ushered' me in.. A sound'projector and,screen was set up by the American Lung Assn. Including the "1ung,people" and'the leaders of'GASP there were ten _ ~:~,~.persans., I shoul:d note that this meeting was publiciied and adver- . .. t, d . ise ,., ' There seems t'o be no di:rect' funding>,but the Atmerican Lung Assn. provides buttons,, literature, Xeroxing, secretarial work, window signs and' bumper stickers, workshops, coffee and'training,programs for workers and:organi'zers. This organization wi'11'try and has been trying to infiltrate unions by,asking that empl'oyees not be subjected'to other empl'oyees"smoke. They want this "no smoking clause" included in un,ion contract's. WILBERT ARONOW, tal and a state Beach:, Calif.,, means to reduce McLean told the citingia number _BROWARD'COUNTY : (Fla.) County Commission voted to prohibit smoking on buses. Violation of the new ordinance could result in up to 60 days in jail and a$,5001fine. cardiovascular researchichief at a veterans hospii- universi~ty branch, testified inifavor of a Longi proposed ordinance to limit public smoking as a, "hazards" toinonsmokers:. TI area manager Davidl same hearing not to rely on "sellective evidence," of communities which have turned down such proposals. CALIFORNIA JUDGE ordered unemployment benefits:paid to alwoman who quit her job after she was refused transfer from an office where smoking botherediher,, reports the . Concard' Transcript =- - . , : - - TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE'reported that 74 hotels and restau- rants in three Washington counties have set up no-smokee areas in dining rooms and cocktail liounges--and took a dimiview. It saidl,000'2$' of the qwests at: one motel hadd used the area; in another case 1'12 out of 64',:00a1diners served' had' asked for no-smoke seating; in others, seveni out of 30,000;, 23 out of 17,421 and 21 out of 9,3891. "'If' there is aigreat majority of non-smokers clamoring," the paper queried, "where are they?"

I -4- UNIU. OF KENTUCKY administration, responding to:complaints, in- structed faculty members not to teach,in classrooms where anyone is smoking. LexingtomLeader approved,. Its editorial said that in the past nonsmokers "have been vi~ctimized by those who smoke without concern for those who don''t." RESEARCH BOTH WIRE SERVICES distributed stories about findings of the "Northwestern Penn- sylvania Study on Smoking and Health~" as reported in~"The Journall of Breathingi." The "Journal" is a publicity magazine publilshed by the Illiinois LungiAssn.. Its article on the study (last June) says volunteers (Newsletter 125) in Erie County looked at some 4,000,death certificates, finding that male smokers had 14 years less "longevity" than nonsmokers, andlthat female smokers had 19 years less. That made headlines, asserting that smoking shortens Yife. WHAT NOBODY POINTED OUT was that govt. statistics show, smokers, on the average, are: younger than nonsmokers. Thus, there's a difference on the average in the ages of any deaths in either group. As a TI spokesman said, "It's like discovering that the average age of death of rock music fans is 20 and jumping to: the conclusion that the musi'c does them,in.," AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL has published latest findings of the Fram- ingham Study (largest continuing heart research project in the U.SI.) and press coverage focused on the effects of stopping ciga- rettes on weight. Some of the findings:, . Average immediate weight gain for men under 65 was 3.8 pound's and, after two years,, 5.1 pounds. . After that, there was only a slight tendency toward weight, gain. yti - . y 1 1.. ± i V Z ~t19•ITU " f9[D TUU(~ ' [Th ' / • Those who resumed smoking droppec~ back aiout wpound. ' The study,, undertaken in 1948, is conductediby the National Insti- tutes of Health and Boston University. NEW,YORK TIMES said'Richa:rdlWalton of Boston patented a cigarette featuringia corrugated wrapper which results in "complete" tobacco combustion~and diminishing of "dangerous"'smoke elements with still satisfactory fla- vor. Walton~was described as:the,inventor of a smoke- inhalation machine whose 1969 patent was assigned to the Council for Tobacco Research. CTR did not fund Walton's current project. "THIRD NATIONAL CANCER SURVEY:, Incidence Data,", called Monograph c-= Q' ®

-5- 41, is available now from the National' Cancer Institute, Bethesdia,. Maryland 20014, under IDHEW Pub3'ication No. (NIH) 75-787. STERLING'AND:KOBAYASHI published'an 18-page review of the literature on smoking-sex-fertility relationships in the Journal of Sex Research, concluding: "In general, it is unwarranted to conclude that,smoking,interferes with sexual activity,or fertil'ity,." andiimpai~red exercise performance.: MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA ran a listt of diseases "associated with--and in most cases:mainly due to--smoking," which it sai~d,,"may be regarded as .authori.tative":: Coronary heart disease,, atherosclerosis,, aortic aneurysm, peripheral vascular disease, hyperthrombosis, chronic obstructive bronchopulmonary disease, emphysema, chronic bronchii- tis, postoperative pulmonary, complications, impaired respiratory, function, lung cancer, cancer of the larynx, oral cavity, esophagus, bladder, pancreas and pharynx, peptic ulcer, decreased fertiliity,, abortion, lowered birth rate,, stillbirth,, infant respiratory in- fection,, mouth ulcers, membranous gingivitis, alveolar bone loss;, stomatiti!s nicoti,na, edentulilsm„ delayed socket healing,, accident M'EDdiA U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT did a full-pageroundup onn an,tismoki~ng laws, observiing that "American smokers are find- -0::ing'theselves slowly but stead'il'y fenced'in..,." TIME reportediat length on what it said are increasing environ- mentallly-caused diseases. It said cigarette smoking "is respon- sible for at least 80$ of all lung cancers," but notedithat as- bestos,,chloroprene (synthetio rubber base)', andl "the industriialized and highly air-polluted Northeast" as well as "areas where copper and lead smelters are located°'are also responsible. CBS TV did an hour documentary titled "The Ameri~can Way of Cancer,," scarcely mentioning smoking but dealing heavily with asserted occupational and'environmentali causes of lungicancer, including arsenic, asbestos and the meat preservative, sodium nitrite. EDITORIAL COMMENT on,HEW health blueprint (Newsletter 129) iniOct. 24' Science:: "Innumerable things have been tried'to get people to protect their health by smoking and drinking only in,moderation, if'at all, but so far, no one has attempted'to tackle the problem by going after the profits of'the businesses that thrive on the promotion and'sale of tobacco and'I'iquor." VETO OF TOBACCO PRICE SUPPORT BILL (Newsletter 131) was disappoint- ing to the Louisville Courier-Journal. Among other things, its editorial said: "The argument that public health would'be benefitted~by scuttling a program that tends to make cigarettes cost a,bit more than they otherwise would'defies logsc.,"'

_s. -61 BRIiTISH:GQVT.asked cigarette mfrs. for comments on proposals to regulate tobacco along the lines of pharmaceuticals, setting,up a permanent scientii- fic committee, licensing tobacco substitutes and additives, putting ceili~ng,s on "smoke constituents...ad'judgied to:be harmful„" provid- ing for their gradual reduction and for antismoking advertising, package warnings and'information on smoke constituent yiellds.. The govt. said it would rather have mfr., cooperation than to seek legis- lation., FOREI'GN In the U.S., Business Week devoted a page to the develop- ment, observingithat the British "industry has a poor re- cord in policing itself." HOLLEB, medical v.p. of the American Can- cer Society, published an editorial in the ACS' ownijournal accusing cigarette companies of obscuring health warniings in'their adl.. ACS put out a news release on it and the wire services picked'it up. ACS also published a new leaflet callled "When a Woman Smokes." ACS President Rosemond said, "we are not interested in scaring women, we want to give them the facts." The "fac ts" were that smoking by women gives themilung cancer,, emphy- sema, heart disease, stroke and endangers their unborn chi ld'ren . ~HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS DR. DAVID BATES, dean of medical faculty at the Univ. of British Columbia, report- edly toTd'hospital staff professionals meeting in Phoenix: "Ciga- rette smoking is:indicted as the chief cause of emphysema because it causes dtcoi`di~ng to the tititolia Ga2ettL. DR. CHRISTIAAN BARNARD quoted'by AP' as believing here- dity is the primary cause of heart disease, not smoking or overeating. PEOPLE TAXES PENNSYLVANIA GOV. SHAPP, a Presidential candidate, reportedly may ask his legis- lature for a five-cent cigarette tax increase which could yield $55 milLioniin additional revenue. If it's enacted, Pa. smokers would be payingithe highest cigarette tax in~the nation:., . ### ~ ~, ~-~