Tobacco Documents Online

1003Cq Nylb STATESMAft Salem, Oreg. Mar. 19, 1962 C C i arett Control British medical authorities have urged' high taxes on cigarettes with the purpose of discouraging their use. The recom- mendation is based on findings connect- ing lung cancer with cigarette consump- tion, In the United States Dr. Michael B. Shimkin, associate director of the Na- tionali Cancer Institute;, proposes federal legislation designed to limit use of the "filthy weed." He would; require labels on, cigarette packs to identify their tar and nicotine content. Also he would have fed- eral laws to prohibit sales of cigarettes "on an unrestricted basis" " to children and adolescents. He condemns also the "unbridled hucksterism" in cigarette ad- vertising. All tobacco products in Dr. Shimkin's opinioni,should be put under regulations at least as strong as those controlling foo&and drugs now: In some burst of fear for the public health it may be possible to abolish the unrestricted sale of cigarettes, now of: fered in vending machines readily acces- sible to juveniles. But, in spite of pub- licity, cigarette consumption continues to increase, as the increase in profits of the tobacco companies proves. People would shy away from prohibition of cigarettee manufacture or sale:. What is left is edu- cation, which seems to make little head- way against the sales promotion by man- ufacturers and the tastes of those who cling to the "vice"'of smoking. TIMES-DISPATCH tect.~/ Richmond, Virginia - I yV 1/ ~ April 13, 1962 Another `Pt•ohibitiotl' Era? AnEfl+t-rvt Fiom.Nte JreCksqnnl/r, Fln., Times-Uuion 'GREAT BRdTAI\ hass been, sulicd inthc.t>;nobleanddc.has-- ihrownn imnn a liicy by a recenE. in.- 15-year esperiment in regu- reportt of the RnvalColdege. of~ la;in;,,per,onal "morallty" under C Phystclans ~up~rnnz the:theorry that. ~mnk,r_r iusez lun; can- cer.,Late~i re-ult of,the.storm o6 cc.^.troversy arouncd byitie repnrt is a hn n on ail totiacrn advcrr-,cih; h% Ir.e Il'itisti Merl- Ical, Journ,il!: official nrran oi titeBrift:h \;edical'A:c=nciatinn. AllhouF~7 tnrRn.al' Cnllege's report h.,. born rhallenC~ri by the tobaccn.rndushyo as onlyY aa rehazh of; p-mn:< m-nclusi.e findlnCc hy -••-: r.hers, it .has re.ultrv.i ;n.a wtdevarietyof' demands, rancinz from the ridiculous to rnn unenforceable, fromeverv type ot crusading organizatLon. Yr • t . THE FI.Up.f.YOF drmands than the gncernmcnt "do somethin:" tnn halt~ the salenf the Eic.hleenth Amendment:. Even tlie British, accusthmed, to socializnd regimentation ofmnch at their privatee life, aree unlikclc: houevcr, tb~fall victim, lo surliia ridiculnusexter.sion of: the thenm of pa;crnalistic.. prr>• trc;ivo. anrl all twwertul govern- r,,, nt. * * * TIIICi:P[ ~9'Ii.L RE~fitIYS s .rrnnx rnouch spark nf com- mnc -.,. "- pcr.s.nnalrlChtl an,i ihdit':rwah initiativee in theav- cracnritisR breast to reject the dan.croustheory that.it is the ri;ht and! dJttyy nt govem,ment Insavethe individualitrom. himseidand trlll him•what he can smnke,.e:rt, drink..or think. Gnvnrnment has itx re:<ponso- hilnics, btu aswas smdrarna.i- icalll• rlemrrn.lratrd hv the. dic- tobacco: in fact:,~h'reatensto fol. FrarcFul ci ,f "Prn'n,:•liinn" l low the Sameh~slertcal!retterne thn l'nilcrt R1 ,,tc<, rr_uletimn nr which swept Ihe Unitu' Stateepersnnal "mrirality" ienot one more than 40 ycarsaFo and re-n(them. ~003~,yy~ ~6 TIMES-DISPATCH ~ Richmond, Virginia ,~pri1 12, 1962 Have a Cigaret! Ait Editoriol From the Northern Viryirtia Dnily. THERE HAS BEEN much .written in the press of thee na- tion, and for that matter in these columns,, about the relA- Uon of cigarette smnkingto the rapid, risein thetncl~noe of lung, canceq especially, amon,men. In fact the dataa pre- sentedi fromtimem to time haa appeared soalarminglYcon- vineing ea to be absolutelyy devastating too thee nervouss syr- temsm of regular users of cika- rettes. It ts to our friends.who ace studies on the 11,000 from Or- tbber, 1946 to August, 1960, re-- vealthat despitee a cigarette consumption of double the na-tional average, the rnortalityy rates In th-! group were: 29:a below normal expectancy from allcauses; 307 below notmal expectancy from all formss ofcartcer; end 297ebelnw 11otmali expectancy forr respiratory or lung cancer. * * *' TO THE INVF.TERATE smoker this Iss good news.. Dr. devotees of the weed tyou, Rigden Is an experienced can- knowth'e type), who daily re-cer researcherr who has puo- solve that they will positivelylished many stud.iesow the stbp smokinglleginning.totnor- pathology of.cancer.and the In- row;,that we ere.glad too pass cidence of cancer in humans.: along the rather reassuring He iss alsoo theauthore of one of facts,. Just released, which indi- the mnst'completerevievs of cate thatcigarette smokersca.n scientific literature on lung again take heart-, . cancer.. Dr. Rigdon,was. care- * * # ful.to.poiht~out that,"The teeh-,. niques usedto~ establicti, theT~I-IF. REASSURA`CE cnmes. amountt smoked emphasize the. In the form oQ newdactsw which uncertaihtyof the data oh- aree said tno be. "veryy difficultt taihedb'yd others, even includ- tn refute."reported by, Dr.. R:ing myself."H: Rigdon, professor of 7athnl-what concluslhn do wereach ogy, UniversityofTexas.. This from all thts2 It wnnld ap; neww data is incorporated in a pearthati it ls stillan openstudy known. asa the Cohen- question as to the amount of Heinman, Repom andl la pub:- harim done byy smoking ctiga- lished In the March issue.of In- relles.. The real answer lies dustr8al Medicine and Surgery: sornewhere under the moun.Dr..Rigdon's findings.ecane aa tains of'.scientific data aceumu- a resultof141 years of research lated by both,the pros and the Involving some 11,WQ~tobaccn, cons. workers who reputedty smcke So„ gentle reader,, whether twice as much ass most of us,.ycw smoke or whether y-nU and live longer. dhn't iss an individual de~cisirn, 'Ihe authors,.. In reiiewmgg that nnl>. you eanmak.•n four separate, but consecutive, Hohum. Gotta matr-h'. SENTI.NEL Levistor.,, Pennsylvania , / March 13, 1962 Swearing Off Reopening an old debate, Britain's Royal College of Physicians demands a government campaign against cigar~ette smoking. ~iffirrrling charges long familiar on this side of the water, the British phvsicia n:; blame cigarettes r.ot only for lui~g cancer but for bcanchitis, coronary heart dis- ease and tuberculosis. Cigarettes also retard the heal- ing of ulcers, they addi The report has produced a predictable reaction from the tobacco industry on both sides of the Atlantic. Again the validity of the supporting data is challenged and'smokers are reminded'that scientists are divided. The industry, needn't get so worked up. It has tomething going for it that is better than a monopoly -captive customers. After each scare there seem to be more cigarette smokers than before. ` This one will doubtless induce some swearing-off which, on the basis of past performance, will last until the swearer-off tires of smoking his friends' cigarettes and decides again to buy his own. ;r