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AUG i;4095 ~ AQtZONA REPUBLiC AUn 1 3 t595 Some burning nues~~ons about ._ . _ _ s o_ ln thep~ to stop teer~ -ag e m k' - ~_ __ ~ basflllm strategy, one that cannot seriousi.y be Survey Reseatrh Ceater'c o1Lu on okirt ~ steadii~ thought to be a realittic soltuitm. smoking and health, otTets some T stocsZ473, from 26 pacmt to 16 percent in 199L Some of the tteua stotien taeatiotied insight. He said youag people tal'e up It rose slig)itly to 19.4 percent in that White Hottse insiders consider etnokiag to gaia ahat the~y regard as 1994. 77us, pnsidettt qiaton the anti-smoking issue to be a gosd freedom and control by defying adult p~t~ ~~y~ is a mt~ oae for the ptesidetu regardless of dis:pproval, and then find they ~~ tm avialyims , Maybe- whether aayt6isg comes of it, baattse - caattot quit. "Ivitaotine addiction is the All of the teas awoking happens to n sltoWs atm actsag prwdatttal. nldteuce lat of fnedom and M ~ be ilkial: yet it aoauaua. The reduction si.oa 1975 ttycks the redttcuoo in adult sasoktng ta the country. PAtbiic he.lth oAiciall are ,>larnud over tlte recent up-tick of teea smoking because they fear it tndicata they'!1 get hooled and burden thetmeives and the health-cate rystan .•ith greaut medical costs and pre.entabk iliaesses such as heart disease. luog caoeer, ete. [f the arguatent txops at ltand-.uiagiag ovet bwr ttadesirabk te.en amokia, it, tbere would be few quatsels with the pr®sidot. It is a probk,tt. The tough question is what caa be doas tlt- .roo14 be elCoctive. Swell. Retaembes. it is supposed to a: illepl for yauths to buy ~ci~arntr~ Marylaad recently eaact~stntip xtt laws oa teea aaokiag. Oae get-tough peovision requires schools to notilj the police if a ststdettt is caught smoking. Result So many calls to police that the provision now is for polia to be called after the third sttmkittg wc-Aent. YC " d"endenct, To be fair. Dr. Erickaeit said that as PA!!L =1T Editor of the Editorial Page: 27seArizast Republic He said that 1,000 andents a day amdcin/~ttd addad, "We'te begut thdr parents tHtd It It up to us to prtxeet them.w I agra, bat vohat followed frotn tiu president igtared any influence parents have on tbcir children and instead ptoposed a vtsst faderat I.ea etJorraomet, srbethrt local, t+mo iag because af increased stste or tcdtral, is tiot !t"kely to be nbk kmwkdge of ita daa6ai, plus greater to keep up .rit5 every youth who emphasis on fcmesa. 7etats wll smoke toteaka a s+moha Sinoa we tan't even because it s.eatt -up and tough. control tbiogs twds as drive-by And rebellious. 'I~y aa defeat sltoociap or gsag ntatbles, aity vAtald ss^ooger federal laws and get sre be abk to dtvote tu!liaast -~ tbe satas .ar they jet manPowa to iOW g SMg'• Locally. the rule of thutoe in juvenile coort is that a youth can atdl sin att beforc aoosetFtu~ aerious happens. Is it logical that we will b: - able to pursue federaa eafotretoent 13( smorcing violatioas? The thtust of Giawn's ittiti.tive, of oourse..woW b.a cipttette wadiog machim reqtsire proof of age to bu,y tobaooo, probtbit outdoOr tobaooo advestisiag withia 1,000 feet ata schooi or plapg3omsd aad force the industry to ooauibute to a public eduatioa ampatgnap~ast Also, we're told, the Food ~F Adoraianuoa oould do thiaga such as prohibit dgarate bgoa on pm bags. Hatmm. Imt as b.ntting peg ~ ans and pdcets got rid or gang We sbould keep in miod why youths tmoke. Dr. Michael FricJcato, head of the Utaversity of Michigan buildup to calling for federal acrion. But he obviously bas a grrater faath in federal action thm I do when the behavior being controlled is individual social behavior. The asc aa be aude that regulation ham't had near the isupact an taaoking than changes in customs among petopk. Adults reduced aicoitol aad drugs. It would sesta~thst the tatgha the adttlt disapproval , ths tuore likely eo®e trixns would want to continue smoking. President Gintoa thinks that probibiaag tobacoo advertising on bill0oards near a sebool can cut down aa taea sttsokiag. I question that. !4e' have ettouo trouble even gettutg•... some of these kids to come to school in the lisst place; their knowledge of , eigrtetta is auch that a billboard or two won't make much diefereace. A public education eaatpaign tmght. over time, prove rnsonably. . dfeetive. 1rhat part of the Qinton propoql makes iease; some youths would altamatdy yield to the heilth tisl•t+ Kao+viag ho.v youths like to rebel, the way to cutt slaolaIIg ta for pat'Qati to order tbem to smoke. 23at'1i• puf a stop to this habit. 89278391