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( rI om: c k ty WILLIAM F arettes t.o ~.co ", ,~~ , source :kJ ; if all the oer pdiSons were not bad' ~~ ~' t h~as,l en wri teri; p eFe~nougti, the radioactive polomuinTound`7 ' ~, onttis about toxi~ wastes.,, e've all ,, ln cigarettes "is carried b~y the.circufa-~: ~! { ead ~bout the Love Iranaiz and other ~Y tion to evety tissue and cell ' in the body. ~ fdiumpaxwhere tons of fo*chem~als are ~~ ~,~ Think of it; It would require thousands ' of Love Canals and hundreds of nuciear- ~1 4°~ y; 'e ~f ,.;accidents to kill 350,000people a ear. If R t;~ ~D~ ~William Fly~+nn, ~tt ~long time ~~ch;'cat~; were to happen, '' ~ t~ale t esi d~nt, t$`: thelchiu.rman 'of ~''there wouId be roars of outcage and pro-~`, ew RalieXle Flosp:tat and Medical ' test from one end of the country to the .. mm:ttee , T.his Opin ~'other,: but because the ever-present~ en~er~Caricer C ,.Y.<~ ~ s, s cigarette is the cause, nobody gets ex ~age essay it,4 ezcer1hte~d from hu ! dted. Cigarettes, are so-ordin~3'~ ~ •~ ~letter to t~ee medical center's hospi :They're advertised everywhere. How ~ ; lamsly vid the ursfituteott'S tnternal ~an they be all that bad? How indeed. the government recently.c c ~ 'r tried to requue~igarette makers to dis close the chemicals in their "flavor en 1 ; hancers,,' substances '.; which ; may ;' lowly eating their' wgy out of steel , ums, and seeping into .the drinking w~~lves 'cause • cancer., However,,' wa'ter' su rters .leaped _ to `:.the ind ~~ S' -'s ~ q~ PP1Y.~nd~a;vg heard a lot about anPim ~ ~e~,,~,~e Isl,a, Indian Point,and the ' defense and protested vigorously. ~ angei• inherent; in nuclear power ~' HYou'orImanufactureshoepolish,or s lants. What would be your reaction if insect rePellent, or toothpaste or tomato~ x= ou were told that' 200 to 300 Americans sauce, we must state the ingredients o&"*,- s' ig every day because of 'other toxic '' the label. Not the tobacco companies II, astes and nuclear poisons? Would you '%°md 200 to 300 Americans die per day It ~. ~ be frig~tened or angiy? ~is one of the supreme ironies of our da}t`'. ? It ' a fact. Two to three hundred-of$as~ 'that one of the. largest tobacco,eom ~' e e ch day as'a result of exposure to ip~~ ~ makes a lot oEmoney selling~` :~ese toxins: They are, radioactive aluminum coffins ~~~ ;:k*1 t{~ ~ ~ lonitim,°hydrogen cyanide, volatile x' Don't become a'statisttc 5tand,up for~ ydrocarbons; carbon monoxide, tar ;yourself and your family. You're too "iind eicotine, They are found in their mportant to them to just disappear like j~ ~ Inost;concentrated fornt in cigarettes. r~ ~ puff of smoke. It s hard, but 50-million~. ~•Dr. R.T. -Ravenholt of the National ~ther Americans have quit. Are their~; nter for_Disease Control has proved Jamilies more important than yours? _ ~,,~;that: "The American public is exposed .ive your family a priceless gift ~Quit;..1 far.more,radiation from the smoking ~pday! 1~_ ,.;., ..hpl~...a~ #; e•. .~ X • J{ .. +N~, 7 A y',-ij~of tobacco ffian;etivy arefrom dnyothet' a