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THE TELEGRAM, Bridgeport, Friday, September 8, 1978 - Nonsmokersnot harmed~- by smoke; pa~:el t~~:~ inpubiicpiaces. ~ ans Administration Hospital' in Long WASHINGTON (AP) - Some medical' witnesses' told' congressmen frorrr tobacco-producing states Thursday that cigarette smoke is not harmful to nearby nonsmokers. - They said no scientific proof exists that can link atmospheric cigarette smoke to lung or heart disease in people who may inhale some of the fumes. . Rep. Walter B: Jones, D-N.C., chair- man~ of the House tobacco subcommittee,, who held a one-day hearing into the issue,, said he is concerned over growing local and goverrLmental efforts to ban smoking •proposed rule thai would ban cigar and pipe smoking on commercial airliners. The board, reduced to three members by retire.^.izats, said it wanted to defer a vote until!it had:a full five members. That may be anot:ner month or more. •`The.^e• is a small group of vocal non- smokers who have a special interest in trying to convince people that environ- mental tobacco smoke is harmful to their , Board on Tbursday postponed action on a troubie could not exercise as.long as f ~ TI - Lwn<~° flarrct:itor'r9 ~r- ~1 - SCI~TI LTN,r i7- AU - LETAI AD Al l - H1J I SL AU - Et'F~C1~ GJ ~I Sr'l~aCtIL1=1:r Ir+ AU - EtpUHUYS A ar7 ts(•)(~'i~;3~t X SLl - Ari l t=r='r~T'tE,-fT'f1LC 1nS rA~ 1977 '77A~-?R3 AB - WEEF' CC7]='Yr:IGWT. )3I'GL ALtS. Re<:>t~irator'-sssrnr~~-L'crirl< _9'crirl<_9 r~li< ( ,<~ d , t arl y . 1 r Iril<I' fl lnra .; m'r, L~i.,rs.,, :-~F i Iri-i r-=rfi r'i 3 7fi f'zm'i 1 i n,° I1'ii l t) sd'fF, t}1 i 1 rir a l w}1C7 t;a t t r xci> a erd in a srtrv ~i 3 USA t 1~ „e~nowris.ar'entali Smof::in;t h d . no a Afif~rf nrr r^tni'lrirr~rr`~ s~uro>.,{nn,~ a nri liir,d f, 1'}i t~ rr' W~ t, o ' ~ ' Vlr E ( rl( (c t}laL } 3',~ ri1V(5 c>ITIC3!;111~' 31 i E't '(?r7 E"17, )t:.'I I. ~.' .Iri.•t'.c)rrr~, caI rinl I I : rir 3 ~Ilri_ ,1i)I'r c~r` of at~lf-re}; c t i ~r c~c cau~~tt anr~i/or >;i'rle ~ rTl Ln p orlitr I rj ttT •,~ , c r F?reva::.~ C'IILC' o'f' b.7~11':'(P (:? 11'1 }''i3rL'1i'1;9i i3r'lr~. j.}fltT'1 T'` t:f(11111F.~t'r*T (}1.L 1,~.r'(?Ci9 ci)ilr~rc_rl. Ttic~r~s W-x5 a <5 t` iCi3trt ~ , r: . . the Civil Aeronautics Beach, CaltL It found that men with heart I~ Meanwhile rt)r) r~. .. health," said Dr. Edwin R. Fisher, a pa- ~ thology professor at the Utnversity of Pittsburgh. But, he said; "there is a: lack of scien- tific information incriminating atmospheric tobacco smoke as a health hazard." A study published in the July: issue of. the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that breathing the air in a roomful of cigarette smokers can be dan- gerous for peopie with angina pectoris; a chest pain associated'with heart disease. usual after they saL in a room with people smoking cigarettes. It also reported that some of the men also ha&premature ven- tricular heart beats„a disorder associated with sudden death. ' Fisher said people increasingly are suffering from "smoke-aphobia and cancer-aphobia" = an intense fear of cigarettes and cancer. He said this appre- hension is being fed by some scare books and newspaper headlines. - . T"Ei'Sai}':+:L!rc3'L(JT`t.t disease, afid ' SiT1GO1{' 1CI '('c31Ti11''1es Iv r) r• I'. r, rS ,., , t h e 'f' o r sidmific:arrtl~ asSociater.i witrt aParenLal his;-Lor~s o~F' astt'ilrrar and , • r , 0 4: . LJ n ci t-r r m~o LtlInF3 ) to' i: h:i. l r.]irt~Ci' s llilrll_{ f'IJ7-1(:, t a L,l-) i n Jitrrisa l colnpa red', LU ttle e_e.Ff'.tT' b,1Ki? 7..c{~i'IIL~ 0 (: 0 () r'r b F, -t: r , r r LJ E' , a`ith /T1'c3e EVt?I7 i3'f't(?T" <3C.'C."Ul..lf'ILLI°If:£ (]T` rl('J.,~3'Il't9 WC?1~7'ltY 5i(';: afld nr <<s }^arent'a 1r,Jn5 ' franction. Woweuer9 'the t orltrit,l-itxarI,of familial The study was conducted at the Veter. 'T 1' s ' (3 ~ on