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RREPIIRED BYTHEINSTITUTEST11FF'TOINFORMI Tl/E! , INDUSTRY' OF NEWS'WORTHY~ DEYELOPMENTS'. Number 132 September 30, 1945 t. GROUP OF TOBACCOLAND Congressmen met with President Ford on Sept. 25' to urge him not to veto~a bill to raise tobacco'price supports which passed'Con- gress without debate earlier in the month., Secretary Butz, who has recommended the veto, was present.One'Congressman, quoted by UPI:, said the President d'id1not indi~cate'in any way'what he was going to do. - WA5HINGTON CRITICISM OF FEDERAL "SUBSIDY" for tobacco'was subject of a statement by Rep. Peyser (R-N'.Y.) in the Congres- sional Record'together with a Newsday editoriali criti- cal of the program~ TWO HOUSE MEMBERS came out swinging at Nader's Health Research Group call (Newsletter 130), for end ofi'tobaeca support programs. Rep. Jenrette ('D-S'.C.), in a Congressional,Record statement, chided. Nader by' saying, "He has'begun turning over projects to a staff of'young zealots who seem to develop a premise and then move Heaven and Earth to prove that premise through an alleged study pu,rporting:to be cloaked in scientific Rep. Jones (b-N.C.), aTso speaking for the Record, ap- praised the report by saying, "it is about what can be ex- pected when a law student teams up with,a:doctor to;hammer out a summer research,proj'ect' on agricul'tural'econom'ics, a subject far afield from whatever expertise they,may possess." COMMZTTEE shakeup:in the Senate after the special New H:ampshire electioniincluded,enlargement of the Commerce Cbmmittee, which has dealt inithe past,with cigarette regulation., Durkin (D-N.H.), andl Baker (R-Tenn.) were assigned to the new vacancies. HEADLINES' REPORTED A DROP in per capita cigarette con- sumption, but the sou:rce'was a mislabeled' statistic i'nn a Federal Trade Commission report to Congress. FTC took

-2'- reportedisales from six mfrs. in 197'4', divided the num- ber by the estimated adult population and asserted that the result was two cigarettes less than in 1973', calling it "consumption.," Later, the Department of Agriculture issued a release (which got no headlines), reflecting taxable removals, imports and inventory changes, and with this more accurate computation showed'that consumptionn remained unchanged im197'4, at 4,14',8 cigarettes per U.S. adult. The Department also forecast record' consumption (610 billion cigarettes) and production (655'biTlion): for 1975. JUSTICE'DEPT. reportedly has been asked by the Consumer Product Safety Commission not to join in the cigarette mfrs.,' appeal (Newsletter 129Y of a U1.S. District Court decision that would' give the Commission jurisdictioniin regulation of cigarette "tar"-nico- tine content. ' s chairman, ACCORDI~NG TO BUSINESS WEEK, the Commission Richard Simpson~t be renominated by the President when his term expires next month. He made headlines two summers ago when he announced his intention to regulate tobacco. TI, President Kornegay told the press at the time it was a "sheer bureaucrati~c arrogation of power." Gori alsoiadtvised smokers to wean themselves by mixing lower "tar" cigarettes in increasing numbers in packs of their usual brands. GORI!, who runs the National Cancer Institute"s smoking-health re- search, was quoted in the Atlanta Constitution as sayi~ng,a smoker of the lowest "tar" cigarette onithe U.S. market may not have aa higher lung cancer risk than a nonsmoker. He was joined in the brand-name endorsement by Garfinkel of the American Cancer Society,. NIOWSM'OKER' ISSUE GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS has vetoed a bill which would have prohibited smoking in de- fined, diesignated'areas. GENESSEE COUNTY(Flint), Mich., health board shelved a smoke ban proposali after the health dept. d'irector, a, physician, said voluntary approaches would be better., CITY COUNCIL of Cambridge, hard by where the nation's freedom, began 20q years ago, declared public smoking hazardous and, with- out d'ebate, bannediit from elevators, hospitals, food' stores, restaurants, classrooms, theaters and' li~braries~. NI~NETEEN'-PAGE DRAFT'of proposed regulations to implementt the new Minn. "Clean Indoor Air Act" (Newsletter 129) has been distributed by the state health department prepara, tory to public hearings in November. The law excluded

-3- bars from smoking prohibition; the reguLations would re- quire bars which serve me'als to more than 50 people at one time to set aside areas for nonsmokers, according to ,y;the S't. Paul Pioneer Press. MEMBER OF TEXAS LEGISLATURE who voted against new state no-smoke law (Newsletter 123) is quoted by San Antonio~Express as saying that the measure is superficial in,that its coverage omits more places than it includes, is unenforceable, is loosely drawn and provides no penalty for failure to post the reqpired no-smoke signs. He charges it is an outrageous effort to:extend govern- mental control to matters,of personal manners-and individual eti- quette.: Ep NEW YORK CITY no-smoke law was effective Nov., 1',, 1974',, and the New York Times reported that through early Sept. 1975 the Heal~th Dept., had issued 145 summonses; 110 re- sulted in fines, three cases were dismissed and the bal- ance are pending., Most fines have ranged from~$10 to $15 with the three highest at $25. CIGARETTE MANUFACTURERS have appealed the Federal District Court decision (News- letter 131) against their request for temporary injunction seeking to stop the Federal Trade Commission,from,instituting penalties pertaining to alleged violations of health warning d~isplay, require- ments in advertising. Meanwhile, the Justice Dept. reportedly is studying, FTC"s request to proceed against the companies. BANZHAF says in the ASH Newsletter that FTC's charges are the re- sult of "formal petitions and,other efforts" by ASH. He discloses ";personal visits to:secrera3 Commissioners and discussion with staff members urging that the-case be brought." Otherwise his newsletter reports: s HEW's '75 report on smoking-health was released,"only ~ after considerable prodding" by ASH,andicontains "tur- gid prose and weak-kneed lianguage." • Spanish International Communications Corp.,, licensee for three Texas andiCalif. TV stations, has asked FCC to investigate pi(ckup of Mexiican,TV broadcasts, includ- ing cigarette commercials, by U.S. cable TV operators. •~ A,heretical Pennsyl~vani~a Lung Association spokesman testi- fied against pending smoksng-ban legislation. "With friends liike this who needs the Tobacco Institute?"'asked Banzhaf. TRAVELING SPOKESMEN: Drath and Dwyer ended one-and-a-half months western,tour with 21 appearances in Washington State. 

-4- ftD 1A CHANGING TIMEB gave nonsmokers two pages' of advice "to prevent smoke from gettingi in your eyes", includingithe names of eight national organizations which "'lobby" for them. "Avoid a know-it-all, sanctimonious at- titude," the magazine said., "Smokers have rights, t'oo...Be prepared' to compromise,on occasion."' COLUMNIST JACK ANDERSON reportedlthat plutonium fallout from nuclear testing in the late,5As andiearly'60s may be causing "a belated epidemic of lung cancer in the Northern Hemisphere." BUSINESS WEEK saidlthe American Cancer Society is urging the govt., to track dbwn three million World War IIi shipyard workers whose exposure tolasbestos may now be causing, amongiother thingis, lung cancer. GREEN BAY (Wis.) Press-Gazette endorsed the notion of pricing cigarettes "out of the market." "GASP! ZAP!" said the Passaic (Ni.,J.) Herald-News, headlining an article on how, "Armed with an array of guerilla tactics, North Jersey's nan-smokers are becoming milit'ant."' F t., Worth (Tex.) Star-Telegram, said "No one could'seriousd'y q,uestion that cigarettes: are dangerous to most peop3e's hea2th." San Diegp: (Calif.) Tribune called,the,"tobacco sub- sidy...more than a waste. It is a downright shame.," CHICAGO SUN-TIMES' endorsed nonsmoker efforts: "to~ reclaim their share of clean air from smokers...Who knows? Maybe someday people will collect antique ashtrays as they collect antique snuff- boxes today." LEAD PARAGRAPH in a halif-page story in the,Detroit Free Press: "Those who would walk, a mile to smoke a cigaret soon may have to do just that,, because in Detroit as elsewhere in the nation, space alloted,to smokers is shrinking." 46z= THE TRUTHiWILL OUT: Lawrence Lamb, syndicated'doctor columnist, wrote': "Tobacco is associated with a lot of hea3th, problems,, but you can have health problems and'never smoke."' A!DALLAS MORNING NEWS columnist said he e:ntered'a Los Angeles restaurant andiwas asked if,he wi~shed to be seated in the smoking or nonsmoking section: "When.I summonedco.urage.toadmit' that I smoked.,, I was led to a drafty tabl'e situated romantically,between the kitchen and the men's roomi" Q ® ~. ~ The: writer then raises a question... "Can't you nonsmokers have a little compassion?' Or at least:a little toIerance?' Nobody, is pressuring you to smoke. EVerybody is pressuring us:not to." ~ ~' --~

-5- FOR'EIGN HEALTH MINISTER'VEIL kicked off the first antismoking drive in France, promising warnings on cigarette packs andla ban on public smoking next year and admitting that she smokes in,private. The Presi~dent,foIlowed' up withia request for no smoking at cabinet meeting,s, and the Min- ister of Finance forecast alprice rise for cigarettes to:hslp re- duce a 19'76 government budget deficit. . BURCH & CRITICS, CONT.: Dr. Donald Goul!d, writing i~n. Sept., issue of British New Society,, admits Prof. Burch is no crank and may be right in his doubts about smoking- lung cancer link. Or Sir Richardl Doll, long-time smok- ingcritic„ may be right. Gould saiid, "Ri'storical prece- dent favors the case of the informed:and intelligent rebel ... Meanr while, it would seem sensible to continue to regard tobacco as the Devil's own weed'."' PEOPLE BENJAMIN BYRD, a Vanderbilt surgeon and president-elect of the American Cancer Society:, told'a Chicago news conference it's his personal opinion that cigarette sales should be banned. TqBACCO S:UBSTITUTES ~ COURTAULDS' and Celanese Corp. spokesmen quarreled with a B'ritishiresearcher"s contention that tobacco substitutes yield more carbon,monoxide than tobacco. They claimed in letters to Lancet, a British medi- cal journal, that thei~r,products yield less CO. The Courtaulds man said "much effort and,money have been spent" to red:uce,, in, substitutes, what he called "noxious substances"'in tobacco--"tar", nicotine, CO, cadmium, hydrocyanic acid, phenols and aldehydes. RESEARCH SMOKING-HEALTH research~among: primates is relatively rare--partly because it's ex- pensive. Associated Press distributed a story on a $900,000Nat- ional Heart and Lung Institute project in San Antonio, where,ba- boons are smoking cigarettes in~a study of heart-lung effects, if any.. MISCELLANY TAKING THE GLOVES OFF: High.school auth- orities at Cherry Hilil, N.Ji., announced that student,smok,ers will be issued1laminated I.D. cards with parents" permission, and that non-card carriers caught smoking will! be punished...In Houston, a psychology prof. announced he's gotten $135,000 0 from the.Nati!onall Heart and Lung Institute to teach

- 6'- j'uni~or high kidLs not to smoke. He'1l!.give them do-you-or-don't- youiquestionnaires, then check up on them with "volunteer" saliva tests looking for nicotine. SHILLITO,'S,, Cincinnati department store, sponsored a SmokEnders ad as "a public service". Jack Griffith, tobacco farmer and Ky. Farm Bureau V.P.,, wrote a scathing letter to the store that said in part that while the company had a right to its opini~on... "it does not mean that I shaT1l continue to patronize a store that is actively trying t'o take my,main,means of living,from me." ~, WOBURN (MASS.)' TIMES, said the Seventh Day Adventists have had over 117,000 participants in their "'5-Day Plan" to stop smoking programs since 1960. The programs were first offered at New Ehgland Memorial Hospital by Dr. Wayne McFarland:,,who says he originated the concept. STOP-SMOKING WORKSHOP has been initiated at Jefferson Cbllege (Mo.) by its Office of Continuing Education and, according to a news account, participants are charged $55'for a 16-week periodl, "QU I Ti" CAM'PAdIGNS REGISTERED NURSE iin Colorado iis conducting alstop-smokingi program of her own at $2.50 a session. On the theory that. "kickingiths habit" works when "quitti!ng" won,"t, the ,Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph reports, the program combines group therapy with taperingioff.