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Y NE:JS Detroit, Michigan March 6, 1967 -vPI Teleutioto HAVE A CANCER - The newest thing in smoking is Cancer cigarets, promoted by Stan Hartman, owner of a Beaverton, Ore., phar- macy. Hartman and two other druggists put out the cigaret to "slow down peo- ple who just can't seem to quit smoking." They say sales of Cancer, at 50 cents a pack, have been brisk. PRESS Grand Rapids, Mich. March 5,1967 New Brand ; Of Cigarettes Is No Gag BEAVERTON, Ore. (UPI) -Three pharmacists have marketed their own brand of cigarettes with the word "Cancer" lettered in white M`4 on a black package. --lnis is a cigarette ae- signed to slbw down the people who just can't see r to quit," said druggists How- ard Steinbach. "Some people think this is a gag, but it isn't."' The druggists are develop- ing an advertising program to go with the cigarettes, packaged for them by a New Cork firm. "Some people squawk a little when we tell them our Cancer cigarettes cost 50 cents a pack,"' Steinbach said. "We reply that' can- cer isWt cheap. "We believe we'll develop a national market for Can* cer. You get a little edgy each time you, pull one out of the pack and it sure makes a! guy wonder if he doesn't' want to quit." ~ ~ \ 37 Berry's World "But, by the same token if God didn't want us to " smoke cigarets-he wouldn`t let people manufacture them!" I .