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VINDICATOR Youngstown, Ohio March 12, 1967 22 Quitting Is Just Too Tough- Despite Cancer Alert,Smol~ersPuff Away BYROBL'RT GOLDEdv5TEINthereaeveral factoriT go, says that while stwtistics ting lid that holds one package. ,s.rn.w ttw sdmo wns.ri The American Cancer Socfety. „e,•m t° .,upport. ihe thenry th'at The tight lYd prevents the pa- CHICAGO (AP), - Juet~aerting "far more muaC& be ,•igaretle..mnkinc. ~:nts'rs lung~ tient from reaching Int°~a pock- Over three yeare ag0, the d°ne in the field of smoking and ~ cancer ~~d ~-ther di.~cases,.. lh,ry.y et: or purse with,one hand to health,"le planning to pushitah alao su rt othcrtheorics. ~p~t~ on c btotA~lmnt and back U.S.. surgeon general warned educational campaign in filMs„ Themain alternative to the that eigarettesmokiIIgwasi cartoon bookse workshops. pam- smokingtheory, he s:rys;,is,thr~ of, the ca..e are.labels reading: Injllrious to healtb. TOday;~ phlets and youth conferences proposal that.the kinds,of people"Do I nsliv want a ciRarette?" - 7igarettesalea are at an all "dayy in and dayout~ and in ar•ho smoke may also bee the"Manyef. the heavyy amokers- sustained' and systematic man- kinds . of people who, are morew'ith whomI have come . into timehigh~e ner." 'sttsceptib'le to certain diaease IherapeuticI contact tiave been Healthh warnings now are re•'TheNationalCpaiRass of Par- because of heredDtary, or geneti . able to cut their cigarettee con• Iuired on cigarettepackages„ ents and. Teachers, suppartedd in Ilrrfluences, sumption by as much as W to,73 nedical repottss contending.that. ~its first year by.8aT,000in funds I ^Myopinion ta that the tsur i per cent within the first~three or - tmoking is harmfW continue to~ fromthe U.S. Public Health gemt )teneral'nl committee haa tous.dsys.by.thesimple appldca- -:`] up and anticigarettee cam- Service, has undertaken aa na. .note.stxb'1ishrd'therasetor cau-.I tion of this principle." he said. ieigns are widespread. tionwide program in schools . to~sality in lungg cancer." he .said.. ' The no-smoldng periods are Yet somee medical authorities keep sevenah- and eight-grade, I The Council for Tobacco Be-1'.Increased by one hour at.suc• latimate fhatt rnch day4,000. children from smoking. Key.. search- UiS.A., the tobacco cessive three-dayintervals until fuung.persons try smoRing,forpervnnnel in~ the vucational industry's sponso.nng a:g,e.nc.ylthe patient issmokingatmost .hee firsn time. Cigarette with+ program will be. PTA repre- ,for a programm of research into I only onee hour, three times a Irawal clinics report consid- sen0attves servtnc a. "rnom ~qnestions off tobacrouae andll day, trably more failures than aVC-- mothera" inn inditidnal cUuis. health - takes the same posi~I ' He wld: Cigarette smoking •eases. In leading smokers to rooms. fioa: 'by this time /s usually under 10 :heirgoal off breaking.thehabit. Thee cigarette induxtty, con ~Smoking withdrawal clinics cigarettes a day andfrequently. What happens next?tendtng lhat~ no real pront ha Ihave had vanable successs in lower. Tliee problem of total~ A surveyy of the situation~ been put forward that smokin h'elping volunteers breakk the ceasatiorc from-thia point on be-shows thatt antismokingdrives,is harmfW .. too health., has, allo I habit;, c°mes considerably less ditfl-will. be intenistied, cigarette'eated,nearly X20milleon to Inde Roswell Park Memorial Insti- cult. -eommercials mayy be dropped pendent scientists for resenrc tute, New York State's cancer 'YluougMwtall of theme suc- on television ~. shows . that appeal on thee catv e of such diseases a research treatment center ln cesaive reduction phases• the.. to youth, and scientists wiliicon• ;cancer and heart.disease. Buffalo, reports that none of thee doctor slnuldemphasize tn.o the tinue efforts to find what tney' ' IndustryFires BdCTC 20 men,wno: volunteered in its patient that he should smoke regard ssa"aafe" cigarette. The Tobacco.InsUtute, re firstsmokingciinic were non- only when hehas.a real desire.:Actton is proceeding onthese . the . industry, snid inre smokers ayear later. Onlyy one and not from automatic compul- y ~ pn~; senting ~ abstained as long ass eight sion. Much smokingg is done on. Scientists working under a'a statement: months... : an automatic, subconsrioua. IPV- grant from~ tneAmerlcanCan-i "At thee presentt time, vrwe d However,the Hlnsdale Sanl•el ratherthan~r from a genuine~ cerSociety sey theyy developed~ not.prestune to know the causes tarlum and Hospital in theChi•~ conscious deiire." a very promising tecfinique forof such diseases as ltrngg cance cagu area„ which has enrolled Researchers have had con•testing whether a cigarette.canor heart disease. Norr do wew be- more than.1.000 smokers /nn flfcting reports on the value of be m.a d e"safe"' or "5afrr" lieve the criticsob smokfn ~~drawal ~' cllnlcs, estlmatestablets containing IobeBnesul- when smoke is,innaled directiykn°wthe answers. We intend;t that 30~per cent.were not smok- phate in,breaking the cigarette into the lungs of experimentall continue too encouragascientist !ng one year later and can bee nabit!. tobeline resembles nieo• animals to investigate allfacets ofth classed as.nonsmokers: .. tine b'oth, chemieailyand~ phar• Various researrh groups are question, without fear or favor:" Willis C. , Graves, who deals macologically. Like nlcoune, working with filters. modified' Thee cigaretteadvert(sin with the psychelogical i aspect. of tiut to a lesser extent. . it has a' tobacco and tobacco substitutea code's. "youth t'ule"becam . the program at the sanitarium, stlmulant, effect on the central in efforts to~ comee up with- aa effective in September. Itt atI was asked whatitt takes to- nervous systtem, "safe" cigarette. tempts to pro4ide a buffer zon break the ha:bit. • Whyy do people emoTa'r -- Tne secretary of health, edu• between showswitlu youthfu i"Ittakes a firm decision," he Some researchers believe psylcation and ~welfare snd,the Fed- appeal and'~ commercials sell , said:. "You've got to really want chotogy, mayy play a powerfull eral Trade Commission willcdgarettes._to quit In the first place. We ro1e. They say a cigarette rep-I takee a newlook this year at cur- It is apparent that all the re have no magic lnjeotlon,or plll'., resents a reward' a amoker can rent information on the healthsearchnowh under way will no !that.makes tteaey." . offer himself w h e n a v er he consequences . of smoking and yield, new answers for.r som tqravess said follew•up studiea~~ wishes and thus p r o v.l'd a s aI the effectivenesa of presentt time, perhaps_ yeats.. For th i, showed that in addition to ttie! psychobgicalliftl warning label9 on cigarette nauoti s millionss of cigarett . more, than 300 smoking cures Althnugh the e pa ~ smokers. the problem and deci credited directly urgeort gener- ck es.. The FTC will make .~~ haveNt changed since th to hiacllnic, a1'a °ommattee labeled, etgarett newrccommendatiom toCon• a eon~ general's committe 2~ °therpersons-relattves or smoking a aigeificanet heal h ss, friends of Iheenrollees~Wt, ~ reryrt on smok' and ]lealth, basaed: tt concluded there ma The Fi'C has decided to test i" ~ smokingpn their nwni be beneficial etfeeta from amok. cigarettes andpublisti~ its find- Hit Lack of Proofnoct°rh as a group,hluce, been InEin the.area ot, mental health. ' ]ngs on the nucotmeand tar con- ; Tnee smoker still facess these fairlysuccea.vful in breaking tha ••An, attempted evaluationn o tent.oft the various branda. A bill choices: Continue the habit un-~~ cigarette habit. *- smoking on.mental health be before Congress would require c h a n g e d. cut down on the The American Cancer Society Comes more realistie if one 1 cigarette companies to publish amoun4.of smoking °r quit en- estimates that~ nnly30i pr c•ent 'wWfng to confront thequestion the tar and mcotone content on tirely., ofthenauon'sdoctorsnow tidiculous as St may seem• labelaandthe FTC laboratory. The AmerinanCan-•rr.Society, smokee clgarettes eompared: What wottldd sausfythepsy would ma:ea close check on, the. American H-rt; Associa- with 80 per cent b'eforereportae eheltkied needs of T0milllo clalms- tion, the. Uia. Pnhltc Health Af, health hazards in smoking Amerlcans who smoked in 1 The Amertcan, Sfedlcal i Aaso, ~ Service and various nrthrr medi- appeared in ~ the medical litera- lf they, were suddenly deprived elation Lsupporting more than cal groups and researehers ture: of tobaceo'. Clearly there is n r0o researcb projects which its atateflatlythate research h;as 1 A technique for aiding lndlvid- definite answer to this ~, spokesmen sayoottldy produce 'shown cigarette smokingg is a iuals who have been advised to question.,.:• Whstever the!!aa+wers to~ these questtonr. 'serious health hazard:. iatop amokiag because of chronic reaaons for smoking, more ctga !,I How. does tobacco smoke: I, ~ the other side, and fewe 1ttt1~k stomach orcirculatory rettes are beingsmokedg at- produce damage to the human. In num~er; spmee physicianss diseases which threaten their though,not necessarily on aper- body?Why, do some people ap•reaeamh personnel and health hvea.has been developed by Dr. capita tlasis•. The AgrlcWture •pear to to6eratee the effects ob statisticians contend no~ptoofof Irving Perlstein oGthe Universi• Department estimated total, smoking better than others? Is this has been forthcoming. ty, of L°uisville School of Medi-- constmtption last year wass at a there a single factor involved in Prof„ K. A.. Brownlee. statisti- cine, record high. 2:S per cent above tobacco smoke danger or are ciann at the University oL Chiea- He glvea patlcn[ss a plastic the preWOUS year aod35 per -" . cigarette easewith . a tight fit- cent higher than 10 yean ago. , ~