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; ~~...~ . ~ ~ Institute Newsletter ?"n` bR'EPAiREO FOR YOUR INFORMATION BY THE INSTITUTE STAFF 1776~~.K~ STREET, N.W.', WAS,HiNOTON, D.C. 20006~~. •~ 286N9R~ M Fel5ruary 18;', AFTER CONSIDERABLE PROTEST MAIL from the public,. Stocktoni('Ca1if.,)' City Council~ members sent ai antismokingiordinance back to the city attorney for toned~-down, redrafting. SOUTH DAKOTA PASSED an Arizona-type bill: No smoking, un- less segregated, inielevators„ theaters, libraries,, museums,, buses., HAWAIiI IS CONSIDERING an Arizona-type bill''. It declares smoking a "public nuisance" and includes restaurants. - WEST' PALM BEACHicity council rejected a smoke ban.. A FORMER'TEXAS STATE SENATOR'S WIFE kicked off'a public smoking ban campaign in Austi!n. - CHARLOTTE (N.C.): CITY COUNCIL voted down a smoke-ban'ordi- nance applyi~ng,to public recreation facilities, 4-3., AN ARIZONA-TYPE smoking ban bill,was reported from a Nebraskall'Legiisla- tive committee and awaits floor:action. A leading pusher is the lieu- tenant governor's wife, a member of the legislature. THE MAYOR OF CHARLESTON,, S.C'., urged citizens to quit, smoking in public. Sandra Kessler, Flori~da antitobacco militant, came to town to help kick off "Smoking'Education Week,. "' RALEIGH'NEWS & OBSERVER:reported1that "complaints about smoke in pub- lic'places continue to pour into the Research Triangle A',ssociation, offi~ce." I

-2- A SAN DIEGO COUNTY COUNCILMAN wrote in the,San Diego Union that "an . a1l-out drive to increase the awareness and empathy of smokers for, the feelings of non-smokers" i~s pre:ferable,to smoking bans. LUNG ASSN-in central Illinois petitioned nine hospitals and 40 nursing homes to stop cigarette sales, segregate smokers. CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER did a feature on aiDr. Goldstein, director off a newly expandedirespiratory disease center at a local hospital. AA nonsmoker, he conceded there isn't proof that smoke harms nonsmokers,, but he thinks it does because,"if you've been to aiparty and smoke permeates your clothing,, I can"t understand,how it's not permeating your lungs.," IN'DENVER, the director of a regional H'EW office rescindedl an underling's memo forbidding secretaries' smoking, after the latter complained of'discrimination., THE'"GASP-ASH" organization in,Rochester and Syracuse is distributing cartoonipropaganda built around a "hate smokers" theme. MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE devoted a page-and-a-half:to anti- smoking activities in the city and' state. WASHINGTON BUS OPERATORS'haven't decided whether to ap- peal Interstate Commerce Commission's smoker- segregation rule in the wake of a U.S'. District Court decision affirmr ing it., Like ICC', the judges (Robb, Smith,& Parker)~ found no health hazard for nonsmokers, but did cite "discomfort" and' "irritation." M'ost,of their 24-page opilnionidealt with:procedural and jurisdictional issues. on the practical matter of the bus operators" protest that the reazmost f_ifth, of'seats is insufficient to accomodate smokers,, the court suggested that other smokers would have to refrain from smoking,, and' perhaps nonsmokers would ride buses more. oftenr. -`46 ASH PETITIONED Federal Trade Commission to ban cigarette billboards,, alleging inipart that they're a"subliminaL" influence to expand overall cigarette consumption. MEDICAL W'ORLD' NEWS notedithat ReP. Carter (R-Ky.), a physician, willl become ranking minority member of the House health subcommittee after this year,, that he represents a tobacco-growing district, and that the subject of smoking-health "embarrasses him." WASHINGTON TV AND RADIO STATIONS owned by the Star-News broadcast an assortment of antitobacco edi~torilals for five straight days, invited TI, to record two 45-secondiresponses, and broadcast those sparingay..

-3- REP. VANiDEERLIN (D-Calif.) put in the Congressional Record a column by George F. Will calling for repeal of the cigarette broadcast ad ban., Sen. Moss (D-Utah) put in Terry's Jan.11 "nonsmokers" bill of rights" speech, also callled'colleagues' attention,to FTC's renewed calli for a stronger package warning, but said that changing i~t "i'sn't,a critical matter." RESEARCH TILLACK, Washington Univ. researcher supported jointly by tobacco industry and Public Health _ paper on certain cell structure findings next month to the American Assn. of Pathologists & BacterioDogists., AVIiADO, a CTR grantee, will tell the Society of Toxicology in March about "Commparative Toxicity of Aerosol Propelilants."' GARGUS,, of Hazleton Laboratories, will report to the toxicologists on the tobacco-industry-sponsored "Mouse Dermali Study of Smoke Cbndensate from "Chemosol" treated Cigarettes,." AUTHORS OF A NEW S'TUDY on blood pressure--they ex,amined nearly 43,0q0,men--report it "confilrms the little influ- ence of smoking., ..found'by other epidemiological re- search,groups." They found systolic pressure lower in smokers, diastolic variable., SCIENCE carried "preliminary publication" of results of work by an Einstein medical college team, supported jointl!y by NationaL Cancer Institute and Council for Tobacco Research,, showing cell differences betweenicancer:patients and controls which,couSh lead to earlier diag- noses.. H;EALTH,ORGANSZATION !I NATIONAL COVERAGE,RESULTEDifrom a,Waldorf- Astorialnews conference by Cancer Society ein and,smok,ing-heal'th consul'tant,TerrY, who announced a new drive against smoking:, 'Baniall ads, put "tar" and' nicotine scores on packages,, restrict public smoking, conduct more stop-smoking "'clin- i~cs"', etc. Terry said industry tv ad money has gone heavily into wom- en's andiblacks' print media. Also, contradicting hiis '64 report, Terry said "there is actually a physiological addiction" in smoking. NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS' ASSN. will mail smokiingr-health material, ineluding,suggestions for:classro:om "debates," to 9,000 science teachers. Cancer S'ociety material will be included. TI material was refused. READER''S DIGEST WARNED about inefficient and eveniphony charities, in- cluded AmericaniLung Assn. and the Cancer Society's New York City dil- vrision in its criticism.

-4- IN'THE'MEDIA "BUSYBODIiES'OF THE WORLD are going to~be up- set," readsithe 1ead-inion a story in National Review Bulletin about latest smok:ing-healthifindingS in Swedish twin studies. "Doni't Sell Nicotine Short" is the headline. The publica- fiion is aniadjunct of National Review magazine. VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL STORIES initwo smal'l dailies (Viictorville, Calif, and Altoona, Pa.) disclosed that "the Human Resource velopment Project Office of the U.S. Navy has signed' an, ~~ agreement with the Temperance Department of the Seventh-day Adventist-Church,that will offer help to its personnel who c= ~ - want to kick the smoking habit." The papers said the Navy wi~ll "take over and' operate the Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking 1 developed by the Adventists."' ~ r... ... ~ . CHONOLULU STAR-BULLETINi didn't take FTC"s renewed call for alstronger cigarette package warningivery seriously. Noting the continuing rise in cigarette sales, the paper said!the manufacturers of whiskey, beer, autos and!cholesterol products may feel discriminated against. BROCKTONi(MASS.) ENTERPRISE saidi"tobacco firms. . .all along have wagedla thoroughly unscrupulous campaign to:play down the negative aspects of smoking." WASHINGTON POST carried a new attack on eggs by Harvard's Jean ritayer,., who said!the egg,, salt, sugar andlcigarette industries "are not acting in the best interest of the health,of millions of Americans." FORE IiGN CELANESE CORP. announced in U.Kt that its "Cytrel," researchedlfor ten years with cooper- ation of'three British,tobacco firms, may be marketed'i!n a couple of years as a tobacco substitute. It said U.S, consumer tests showedi70% preferred it to tobacco, and that it could cut "tar" by up:to six- sevenths. EXPLAINIiNG HIS'GOVT'S. NEWi"TAR'"-NICOTINE SCORES to Parlia- ment,, U.K. Health Minister Joseph, said "d'ifferences between brands of up to 2'mg of tar can generally be ignoredl." SUNDAY TIMES of'London carried a full-page ad from the Health Educa- tion Council, headlined "Choose,your poi~son." and depicting pack-fronts of a11,U'.K:. cigarette brands, with their "'t"-n scores. U.K.'S'HEALTH EDUCATION'COUNCIL and A,SH scheduled a national conference in Londbn in April on "Smoking--Whose Problem?" HEC expected controversy--and got it-- whemit published a new poster in its campaignito cut women"s smoking. It"s alphoto of a nude smoker, seven months,pregnant. ~