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V ..u ) ,.~. . . ~Ya ..._ . ..._ . I nstitute Newsletter PREPARED . FOR YqURINFCRMATION BY THE INSTITUTE STAFF 1 776 . K STREET, N.W.,WASNIN(iiqN, D.C. 20DM • 7i6;N^!4 WASHINGTON INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION granted bus oper- ators a 30-day extension (to April 22:)! of the effective date to limit smokers' seating to 20% of space available on interstate buses (Newsletter 94). Meanwhile, operators asked ICC, in' another petition, to increase smokers," seats from 20% to 50%. TRADE COMMISSION announced "tar"-nicotine tests of 128 cigarette varieties available nationally. Trendiwas to- svard lower yields. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, the Federal government's "landlord,"' quietly told all federal agencies to ban smoking in conference,rooms, elevators, audiitoriums andishuttle vehicles, and to segregate non- : smokers in cafeterias. Reasons given were the warning on'cigarette packs, and "studies by the Department of Heal'th, Education, and Welfare showing that' an atmosphere contcam;nated with tobacco smoke can contribute to the discomfort of many individuals.," ~- : , . .... _ . .. .~ ~.- . '.~ ._.. _ -~. . .... ANOTHER PIECE OF LEGISLATION to ban smoking on commercial airliners 1n'the U.S. was introduced'in the House by Reps., Kyros (Maine) C. wi~Tson (Calif:. ), Obey (Wisc.), Edtaards (Calif'. ) and Hechler (W. Va. ), all Democrats. CIGARETTE CONSUM'PTI~ON: Department of Agriculture revised! ,upward its '73 figures, estimatedlper capita CJ.S.-consump- tion at 4',155,, highest since '6'7 and only 19'01below the "63 record. Record production wa's,estimated at 644.2'billi~on, and record export at 41.5 billion. WHITE HOUSE Special Action'Office for Drug Abuse Prevention issued new qui~delines to all govt. agencies involved'in drug programs. Amongi other things, any new,published materials should include aimessage that "society has an inconsistent position regarding the use of chemicals to alter an individual's mood.: Some„ tobacco and alcohol, are legal while others are ille- gaZ'." Materials shouldl also refrain, from saying that "only illegal drugs are abused."

r - 2- _.,,:•. • Arizona Senate approved a bill to expand the state"s year-oldlantismokingilaw. (Newsletter 94:) Antismoking:crusader Betty Carnes told the Phoenix Republic she was °furious!' and, "heartbroken" at the joki~ng! manner in which the sub- ject was handledi, and disappointed because the new measure is less severe than she wished. The measure rests in the House., HEW'RELEASED first data dealing with iron deficiencies, from its ongoing, national-sample Health and Nutrition,Examination. Survey (HANES),. No~reference was made to the status of vast smoking-healthidata being accumulated in the survey. But an,offi~cial said all data are available to researchers who ,may,want to make their own.,analyses. STRONG' WORDS: In M'innesotas--,the Te:gislat~_re adjournEd after nonsmokers won subcommittee approval of a bill that would -,~•restrict publi'c-smoking,. -Former SurgeoniGeneral Steinfelid,. now at Mayo Clinic, testified at the subcommittee's hear- -ing that in "some future time a heaZ'thier, group of'liumans will Zaok back with horror and amazement on these three or four centuries when people voZuntaril'y commit'ted a sZom form of'suicide through smoking and foisted a noxious environment upon their nonsmoking,companions. FFuture ctiti'zens," he said, "will regard'aurs as a primitive, un- heal'thy„ unwnt'ell'igent era, inexpl'icable except for the greed of those who manufacture cigarettes and of the governments which derive revenue r,.fran the taxat'ion thereof."_ .., Iowa Gazette in Cedar Rapids applauded a Massachusetts antismoking, bill, said, "The idea of riddting pubZic pZaces of obnoxious fumes is attractive both from the comfort and anti'-poZZution standpoints;"' and recommended the ,_.Iowa legislature adbpt restrictive smoking legislation. ; ,SMOKING BANNEID: _.. . .. .~: „ + ~ In Pittsfield, Mass, city councill meetings. ••In Redlands, Calif. city council meetings. 25 people attend. 4' In,Corona:„ Calif, city council meetings when more,than • IniRiverside Cbunty, Calif. where the board' of supervisors banned smoking at its meetings, directed the county health ."dept. to develop smoker segregation plans at its facilities " `1%'and asked Riverside city council to adopt a ban. In Palatk,a„ Fla. town commission meetings. ."the city council recently made the same move (Newsletter 94')1., • In Sacramento, Calif.: board of supervisors meetingis:after r In Lubbock,, Texas courtrooms if'one or more jurors request a ban. t

-3- SMOKING BANS PROPOSED's ~ By Largo, Fla. city council,,`to prohibit smokingiin cer- ' ' tain public places. 0 By Longboat Key,, Fla. town commission to ban smoking in certain places including elevators and theatres. (Ed. -` Note: The town has no elevators & theatres)'." ' a` , . . . , . z.. , . . . .. .`'By a legi~slator in New York who has introduced the 14th ' bill in the state to ban smoking inicertain public places. SMOKIiNG BAN PETITIONS : ii• . - -. - • Being signed in T ler, Texas callling for a statewide ban -3_-- t3n--smoking, during public meetings.- - 1'. , .,-. -. .. _ ..v~~. ~' Being signed in Woodland, Calif. asking the city councili there to ban smoking at its meetings. In suburban Long Beach,, Calif., four restaurants, part of a chain, have segregated!smok,ers. The nonsmoker sections, reports a Long Beach newspaper, occupy about 15% of available space and are "extremely suc- cessful.,^ =A U.S. Dept., of Defense official„ the one who i~ssued the order to remove cigarettes from "C-rations" for GIs, en-- dorsed a Laguna Beach, Calif. board of ed'ucation proposal to~ban smoking at its meetings. ' ~- LACKING ENOUGH VOTES FOR APPROVAL, San Die o city council postponed indefinitely a proposed public-places smo~g ban. Beforehand, aiSan Diego Tribune editorial sai~d:! "An unenforcable ordinance would be worse thann no ordinance at all. ..A simple suggestion to most smokers would be enough, to per- suade them to desist as~a,courtesy to nonsmokers. Perhaps a ccmrpaign of public education roould'accomplish more and cost Less than trying to enforce a too-broad, ordinance.n .._. si,-,,.... ,..... ..~... ~.1......,._... ~.......,. .._ 'i:~~_ _y_~. _ . .__ y . Bremerton, Washington, Sun noted'ineffectiveness of segre- gation of smokers aboardiferry boats~andisaid that Gov. Evans, at a recent meeting, "hinted at t'otal bans on smoking if - the offenders don't shape up." . ~ .. .., . . . . .i ii, _ _ . .,. .. . . -. 4 The general manager of the Sacramento Solons baseball team announced that there will be a nonsmoking section at Hughes Stadium, where the ball club plays. FT., WAYNE, IND. Journal-Gazette, said in an editorial' that "smokers are often on t'e efeTnsive,. offering weak excuses for con- ~ tinuing their habit. As it becomes less socially acceptable, pressure ~7 may build on,smok'ers to either quit or curtail' their smoking. Social (~ pressure may succeed where health warnings faiLed." NEW:YORK STA71E Medical Society voted'to ban smoking at its meetings. Cd ~ -

-4- RESEAACH RUSSELL, a London~psychiatrist, wrote in Lancett that "a smoking control strategy wouZd'be more ZT~ to succeed if it abandaned'the prohib'i'tionist position which seeks to turn us all into the tobacco equivalent of teetotalZers and'.aimed instead'to help us use tobac- co as we are now~able to use alcohol " NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE decided to look for drugs to help people.stop smoking, has asked for bids on a contract to assemble volunteers to test various methods. It''s also ,-looking for a contractor to organize a consumer panel to. ..:;;react,to_-various "less hazardbus'' cigarettes. ACCORDING TO THE LOS ANGELES Herald-Examiner, British researchers, using ultrasound equipment to,detect chest wall movements in fetuses, rrdi'scovered'that_if a mother smokes,,.tlie baby's breathing is immediatel'y affected adversely. The baby can sometimes be seen-to gasp in the womb, ,,,pOver a,~Qrrg: per- zod; the oxygen shortage caused by smoking can stunt growth of'the baby,and may also cause brain dcvaage. HEA'LTH'A6SOCIATIONS CANCER'SOCIETY annual report discloses it took,in a record $93 miTlion last year, spent _, .b2.8 miTlion,for "awards and grants" and $25'.4, million for salaries.Better than a dol!lar of every ten,taken in went toward'fund-raising expense. 7 f .'iT': 1~.. 7:.__ ~ . . . , -. .. - United'Cerebras Palsy Assne affiliates.have developed new TV messagesthat include cigarette smokingiamong various, asserted hazards that should be avoided by the pregnant,. mother. (Ed.Note: Almost six years ago, a U.C.P. PR .:ehad.irector complained that the Cancer Society and Heart fundLs going all out to monopolize" TV pubTic service time. He . ,_t-jEsaid then:that- [JGP_ would increase its own efforts. RAUSCHER, the Cancer Institute director,, inter- Iviewed on tv in Washington: What could'a per- son quat ;~qin<~;~nrl ~s~ug,; hims~lf „fzom, cancer~ :,"Tobacco car~umx?tion is a ma,jor inducer of lung cancer. ." After cessation of smoking our risk:reverts aZmost to norrvral." Moo youi consider cigarette smoking a form of committingi su:i- cide ?' "WeZI,, it certainly, is. ..,guaranteed not t'o insure continued'.gaod health,." 7r On an airplane., .•.what protects that non-smoking passenger. _-a.Lr.from the poisonous fumes?' airplanes,. .. there is, a rela- tiveZy small'.,risk,, but,, .-.that should'.not be endured." . Does personallity affect your succepti~bili~ty to cancer? "This is one of'the most. ..under-studisd aspects. ..t'here is sorae data to back this up, that you get cancer not because you smoke but if'you didn't smoke you might have had an inordinately,:]ia;gh risk-tacancer anyWay,... We simpZydon't know:" A recent study. ..shows that cancer is escalating among the black:popul!ation--i!s increased'drink:ing and smoking responsible? "What probably is happening is that as the,bLack population becomes more affluent,, they begin to smoke more, theyy drink more.:" . _ ._ . _ .. N . ~'v!. .. _. . ... . . _. . ' ~

-9- - _- --------~ HFUMMOND, in the New York Times March 4: "Negativef resuLts in testing a i substance for cancer-producing properties are meaningZess, and a eZever-enough re- - searcher can make almost anything induce cancer in animaZs„ but his findings may have no relevance to humam exposure:." HAMMOND, in the New Yo:rk Times March 23: "Tf you take the view that any substance that eauses cancer in animals should be':~ banned from human use„ we would be gett'ing,rid of substances that '_`'' are reZativeZy innocuous, to man. ° . SURGEON ALTON OCHSNER,, writing in Preventive Medicine,, claims that_ "cancer of'the Zung is a new disease which has deveZoped'ng my 2'ifet'ime."' NOBELI,ST LINUS PAULING told an 'Oak Ridge audience that '-" "the smoker is cutting his life short by about Z'S minutes every = ; ,aa.gax+et#z hz smokes '~--- - - -~ = MEDIA IIN MEDICAL WORLD NEWS (which reaches all doc- tors), a three-page update on the "egg industry_ counterattack"'on cholesterol. Banzhaf'and American Heart Assn. have petitioned'FTC'to stop egg industry claims that their product i~sn"t harmful. Egg eating is dbwn. Some doctors defend'eggs. Heart Insti- tute Director Cooper takes a "we don't know yet" position_ ANTISMOKERS Gori and Horn are billed to appear on N~BC"s "Today Show," April 3rd., Advance notice said", "14vo g,overn~ '- ment:-researchers" will discuss "the link between cancer and eigar '- rett'es.n, Minneapolis Tribune Sunday edition published almost,two ful!l pages de- voted to U.S. Public Health Service "quis" that "tiraay, heZp you quit smoking." It pointed out reported psychological factors in smoking and asserts reasons why certain types of individualls smoke cigarettes. WROTE Marianne Means, syndicated Washingtion columnist: "The to acco growing states have finally battled the nonsmokers.lobby -.-----' -_-h,o •cr atandsttiZL-a.n- Congrees-R--- the- Sena#s's-nae~ de~at caweaanar..el~n ___ i::u~ pion, Frank Moss, D-Utah, has aeknot,aZ'edged'quietZy to colleagues that the Senate is no Zonger in a mood to pass' restri'ctions}on the use of tobacco." NEWHOUSE'NEWS SERVICE distributed' a story saying a Dr. Scheinberg at Einstein has recommended that air crews abstain~fromismoking at least six hours before flying, because of carbon monoxide implications. Air. Line Pilots Assn., reportedly sent his views to members, with a ques- tionnaire on their smoking habits and attitudes. DIXON, editor of U_K.''s New Scientist, wrote in:The Guardian further defending his publicatilon:of the 180-dbgree smok,ingr lung cancer switch by Burch. (Newsletter 94) He said the mag azine has "exposed'to wiler viea a serious disagreement between scientists--one with wide sociaZ implications. . . To minimise„ or censor one side of„ a serious,scientific disputation wouZ'd'scarceiy promote public confidence. .,.If anything, there is a grave risk that the re- verse raouZd: happen. "'

-g_ Lond'on Sunday Times published a full-page listing of Britishicigarettes including theiir "'tar"-nicotine contents and a picture identify,ing each brand., Brands were categorized into five groups ranging fromi"low tar" to "high tar." The table was~ labeled',, "Choose Your Poiaon+' and included the following message in bolid' face type:: "All ci,garette smoking can cause premature death. If you literaZly, can:'t st'op, use these new Goverrurrent tar, and nicotine tables ta help you choose a safer brand: " TRADE PUBLICATIONS NoTEDTHAT The Cigar Association of America has been, formed from merger of four other organizations--Cigar Mfrs., Assn., Cigar Institute, Cigar ResearchiCounail and!Cigar Tax Council. #4 #