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N.1! ~. ^gMD.PU:Dih`T JUl 141982 _A~[ : Doc#or doubts smoking harms non-smokers BY MARILYNDE4'ROYE.4- r Cigarettc~ smoking„ accordtng io Dr. ase) de"vdop thaangina faster in a smoke- •'}:issing aSmoker is like Licking a-Dtr '"; ".Louria, does not cause canccr, bronchitis, flled-ro`otn than in •-a- smoke-free at. 1 ty Ashtray:" the anti'-smoking bumper, -` heart disease, ori any other hazard to the mospheit :Dr_ Louria- said- that these ; sticker, once unthinkable, has become _"" health of those'ncarby .~;" ...... :. same peoplc`rtiay remain unaffected by commonplace now that state law restnca '" " ' ~" 'others 'smoke if they arc :merely sitting smokin m ublic laces. _ x• It may make others cough, oo imtate _ g p- p •• .~_thcir tyes, }le said,but,_lhese art:Dot 9mctlyinabiu~laneorrestaurant:- -. - Last month, New Jerse} passed& laws - +disease conditions - nor is thc'temporary ~hcre is3simply, no _Justificadoo for ro tbatt m ki in classrooms and ~ increase in blood carbon monoxide ex, banntng ~fiarette smoking `in.decently- p-. ~^ -~--i-~ :^-venGlatoB ubli' laces,;':he eoncluded.. _ elhators, and requiring no-smoktng perienced by so-called pissive smokect p S P ~ ~:EtscwhereMr: Louria called 1hr8nti- w•aiiing areas in doctors' offices, elmtcs ' br `:L~6uria; in a rrsrntl ublishcd " and hospttals ' yV p smol.tng1obti '"hystencal ° ""_ ; book entitled SraJ Welf, cnticized the y ~3 ~-"- =~ ~ Behind the new legislation s a body ot -1981 report on p..ssive ~iatoking released STILL 1vOT RECO>•f sfE'VDED = echsuggestingthatiion-smokerscan-"h b}'-_Takeshi~ Hirayama~of,Japan,_M~~ Despitelusattcmpttosoftenthcimpact resar I of' the ~onsmokerys_: n'ghu. movement bc harmed merely by, breathing smokc,Y,._.,blirayama; he' said,'assoaated ~assive Dra hardl 'radvocates agarette • smoking with increased incidence of lung:- filled air . Anyone wholtaa comeclose to asphyx tumors, bunfailed to say wliethei thelung - iation in a heavil) smoke-polluted~bar or , tumors- were of, the typc'known to be - NO SMOh1JrCr- elosed vehicle can attest to the subjective - related 'to cigarette smoking.. Further. ._ SqPC DROP IN CANCER' -• '` truth of the allegation.' - f more„ the study^ seemed to show lhat the : If ~~no one smokcd, lung eancer in- ~~nald Louna a risk to wives of light srookers and'even of cidence in America would drop by 80~pcr But surprisingfy Dr . ,, professor of ~ preventive medicine and =_tx-smokers is ]ust as gieat as the risk to eent, he `cknowledged in Stay if'e11.' This commurtity- health ai =;the -Ntw 3erscv ~: w(ves -of hcaty smokers- a finding which would mcan about 80 DOO. fewer cancc MtdicaliSchool1 elatmsihat evidence do~s ~ Dr: Louria called hard to belteve: deaths;per ycat z: a g- ~~ .'- not substantiatn the charge`that smokitig =. : f.lttiough he admitted'that sufferers or-- Heavy smoking is lnowti to'aggravatr (patn on exer, the risk to ihe smokeg not only of lun~ iniures the non-smoker °~ Tteart disease with angina } ~ 'eancer,` liu a~-so. of: emphysema and or . ~.~ ,~.. - •eoronary ficart ~usease.-ln addition, preg- •`,nant women v+ho smoke heavily risk giv= 9nF birth to underweightbabies who stand a greater ance of dying 'in their first :month. ~~"h .. z...~:;-.F, . ;- f_:... . ; But smokutg, a habi%for 39~iu of mct. and for '29ain of women in this country, seems herelo stay. Dr• Louria'sconcerr is that those who have chosen to smokr :will assume ther have already defied th. Tules of, healthful l3ving and will ignor: :any warnings at : ' --_: ~c. - HALF,C PACK NOT DANGEROUS '. The good news forsntokers is that, ac iording to Dr.. Lotiria,;in tnosfcascs, ut lo 10 low-;ar; filter cigarettes a day pos no appieciable health hazardr=_ fYhilc agreeing.with health experts wh maintain that tobacco is a poison, tl• :doctor. -gointed 'out thaf many otho substanccs ingested oi inhaled by hurnar .every day are also poisons.._; ' L Most drinking W atei eontains toxaii.s, I said;.cvcn smallamounu of alcobol-r r

.- a , 9 1 Af . 0 .it .. .~l - " ~ toxic to crrtain cells in the body. : residents °_ be aggravated by even ~'ii,ny~-amounT bf = of some western states ate exposed to tox- ~ smokin '" - g: . - =..- .:- '= s--- . .. ' ic radiation occuring naturally in the soil. Thepregnant woman'should smoke on- :. , Moderii public-health practice .recom- iy very occasionally;,or~tettesyet, not at ~ mends the establishment, for all toxins, of ~ all, If she does smoke more_than one•to~:: ~ three ' dosage . categories: totally safe, .. three cigarettes per day, `~she is not show~':'= i reasonably safe, and unsafe. :" ing proper concern for her unbornbaby,":.g j ~ For the heaithy, nonpregnant adult, ' the doctor said. ; Dr. Louria'said, one_to three cigarettes a TFiE BAD NEWS ; dayis the totally, safe level. The bad news, which most peoplc know-. z ' - ..Half:a pack aday; while not"to•..aliy intuiuvely; is that only'.a very .-few oT the~- c - ~ safc, is still a reasonable level, with in : millions of smokers art ablr.`.to limit t ` ;•crcased rjsk of cancer or heart disease themselves to a daily ration of half a pack vcrysmatl or even noncxistcnt. of ciearettes or less.,_::"-. =" ~ ~~' EXCEPTIONS TO 10-A-DAY Dr. Louria,'who is-not and'has •never. ~The 10-a-day ,"safe" level, however, .- been a smoker, u•arned heavy smokers: `.`I.: 4~may not be 'safe for-persons whose work should make it entirely clear fhat;f-you - exposes them regularly to arsenic, nickel, - are smoking ovcr half a pacl~ pcr da}~ and ; chromium, asbestos or,. uranium_ • To ~ •.if you cannot manage to cut dovwv-to and.; minirni2e.~'their -nsk;;.af ._ developing .•stay, at ten a day or less, then fory `u to~ta) ~ wqrkplace=relaicd :eancec; " ~hese pebpk °" abstinence is the oni;y alter~native: bould'•probabiy aot sr;ioke' at all flr ; „'From the perspective of the -ts bmated - •.Louria said.- s.y ~.4, --t_--~ ~ 9p ~;o of hcavy smokcrs who clai~ ihey~are ~ ::.Chronic. ~• bronchttts; 3igh ' blood - atnalnIe to quit, pcrhaps the bcst;ad~ce to~ ~ pressurc' or a htgh Ievd of ehoiesterol in 7: young people.z~s to leave tobacro`stnctly~ the_blood are also risk factors which may alone. ,