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~t ~. ~Itt@;. ~ng ~eply a ietteT:€rom Lr ';; Quinby of Chappaqua in which; ~he;qttobes the Surgeon,General's recent repottp,`'~ on ;~smoking} : saying ~ thata "bHealt~y non-smokers eitposed to ciga~ , tte~"s~i~ttokee hsveaittle or no physiolo.~ gI~~~esponsef toipsmoke,ahd - -what' response does. occor tnay be due to psy k ehological factors, ~a .If ~Ir r,Quinby"ca~ad`turther a thei~ ~urgeon."f eh'era!'a~ a~eport he would hav_e• found;the,.following,;;'C~ga~ rette.smoking ln.enclosed -places can produce t<4; levels; well above.the Am• " bient- Air~ Quality<Standard (9 ppm)~ ;even~where ~the Ventilation ~ i's ade- Fquate'" These~levels can be harmful to . ~. . people ~vit vaseul at~ or;car-0n8ry~;t~ ~ery,dis as~Alsq.~'.;~Substantial pro~or• eslth16&adults;af,experiencea ~rrtta~io of eyes -arid, nose Vvhen'"ei i"eii sed tb cfga ttesmoke~hahges in psy. ~htlriflotar~, '' funetion, 1 ^expecially ~. fl 1 fveri~~s ~`at d - ~t ve €unetion . ~ COgn +.. tieen noted, In•children of paren nchftisi and pneumoefa ru e~imon during the.firstyea r n~of_~~(non=sEmok4/~ a~ild}..9 n3 9.. liiYt:l~L~ ~:.: ~,.M'~C~ 0 0 ® a ~68 ® ~ s Qriiur~io!~ets~oP, peci~a `si a "smqking;fn"piiblia'plhcesti°Many smo~~ Iers now realize that other~are affect : by their s~noke::Oneywonder9, about th ' motivptton itf•ttiose,who d0iot reali ' ,fl~ispFAre they $aining finarlilally tzro " 4fhe public's,use of_tobacco .?:A the 4 ~y It3eapable~o#~confr~litng •'theiwn. ~moking irt,_publie~,~Are th~ just @lairi' selfish? Or•are,~they:truly~unaware q he effeCt0f'their srrlAerbnkoth$rs? ` aa 0 {respee ed~'ot~rn81 ~ ~ nnd f na' °th~eia~n;ambfenf~smolie o~the,nori$ai bh°~mp~er """ Al~~t}te~iterature~ , ~atY saya~,th~exact~opposite;~Besld flov~abou~,alL of :us' bnpr{nat :nonsrii e ' Qtdpb~sr~letter,lte curtl~ ug~gest~a~ (3e11er~ead.the i~edicn t' au_ Id 1~ rQuinby~~o~ ~sil~ttfmt 1 _D~' i ~ e " f-f,o Xelu s ~are~~ m ~ ~cA u9~~{'ou~lf~`n (.~er:~an~ s S~d~seas~ ~ ~1 s~ r~i+d ~s 7e a sy. tii "s a y" d sagre~e;,with rr~e are: nuZs't :.~' ~s~who~avor~:restriction ~!oh, ' `rtiokin s neither,t~fluts~,?'nar ~ r~ . `ers~ W~are'=believe - itt~and YF~edO.y4ur~; free~lo 2 SmoF i . F • . ~ie "- hd• ce ai u~ ~. te~A rt urp_ b ureos burv~jfre~dq~ta~b. athe~f~ * ~. X. bk~ ' arm m- `Th'os , nn ei~ moki ho~nes utdr~alpot,ttr io` pla~e~`hettr's all ~c6iitsidet'atlon1of : ~the~' v s~itoke~~were''~o lwould still~be'° ~ t~ng a , ~ a 0 0 tMonnt; ® 0 ~~0 4N ~ Y~nfort~a~Ion the.iiarm~s` { ubstance ;~orrietfines'^ comes~slowi `~Fom;a number,,of,re~earc~iers~~~ one ktime herotn wAs`hailed as a,non•addie; iive 'substitute;for • morphine;,DES• was5 ~a;wo$deir dru~until evldence<of its. po~ iti rtential ; ta,cau9e haFin; came":ao' ght, Thalidomide waa: thoujht taA,be ~arrri~ less.at one tiflie4And;cJgarettea;wexe.F considered hot dangerou~ unti4at east= the 1950s'~ R ~*~ ~ `~'~ ~"'~ ~ ~_~~ ~t wThere l~ow~ery1ittie daubC tha~ t~ xnokingaohacco can be harmfulktfirthey smoker,.Itit°fmation 3s boming out~bit? $y bkthk inhaling.;ambient,ytobacco~3 =smoke a be'~.,harmtul' to the non= 3moker;,e`s cially children~iind os with ; allergfes,ti spir.atory"'or~other Pheai'prpbler~©ne` stu:done.Jn b= ~Pennsylvaflia fu 19?~-;a~op~8,000 sh ~ectst~found;that~ no~l=smoking;~womerl~ married to as~okers died~an ~v,eiage,of #our'~ear~"gatllei~ ~an~iia ~'F,mQkin- .women~`~ina1ried~to~on-sihok r~`~Thi~ - ~hows-r~correlationI ~iot,c',aits3it~n~: du` owl ~ u amoking ~ ll znot"ec~s '~vifefou ~atasoon . Cco_ ing'to: ~ reee}it txallu~ pol , , w~ercontr~f~,A, ntericans;~moke", nc~ ~~ :#~Y3t9i6''3M-`~.a1YwF'~ • Tua.f:yi! ® Q ® 0 „ a.mn rs , , rrio rela M1 < { , ~arinett Westchester Newspapers: ~ . ~ m -tudy M 51939 ra,ay, _1,..: ...r .