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Vr03oy44 31. COURIER EX1'RESS Buffalo, New York April 8, 1962 < Warn Smoker, Doctors Urged PROVIDENCE, R.I., April 7 t4t - The time has come for physicians to do s o m e t h i n g about counteracting the menace to health from smokinQ, the Rhode Island Me ci`3""aT-JburnaU says in an editorial in the cur- rent Issue of the publication. "Physicians generally should make the facts clear to their patients, and those among them who have become addicts should at least shift to pipes or cigars and give up inhaling tobacco smoke," the editorial says, Switehing over to pipes and cirzars would at least tend to mlr.imize the lethal.effects of the smeke on the respiratory system, the editorial' says. < FREE PRESS 1 DO30y y y.36 q Burlington, Vermont April 2, 1962 Vermont Doctors Recognize Link :Of Sm~,oking And Lung Disorders -trtiUTl~AhID - Family doctors~air sacks which results in short- meeting in Rutland Thiusday,' voted to recognize the apparent link betweert cigarette smoking and' 1ung. disorders. fPhey urged cigarette sncokers to beware. Members of the V e r m o n t Chapter of.the American Acade- my of General t'T-ractice met at the Rutland Hospitali ,for a medi- cal seminar, The highlight of the session was a scientific pa- per delivered by Dr. William Schillhammer, Professor of' Med- icine at Dartmouth M e d i c a I School, Hanover, N.Ii; Dr. Schillham:ner, discussing Chronic Pul-monary Emphysema, tol& the group of' family physi-s eians that about 99 per cent of the people suffering from this condition are or have been heavy smokers. It has been clinically proven, he said; that cigarette tars and the heat of the inhaled smoke destroys the membranes of the bronchial tubes. He pointed out that in the treatment' of this con- dition, the patient must' s t' o p smoking, and' that this is the one most'~ i-nportant factor. Emphysema is a condition in which the lining of the bronchi' is damaqed, caus:n, the blockage of RECORD Hackensack, New Jersey April 5, 1962 ness of breath. Following the scientific ses. sions, the executive committee of the family doctor organization vote& to recognize the apparent link between lung disorders and cigarette smoking. The extreme seriousness of this matter is stressed by the fact that' an eatitnate& 1,000,000 of our present population of school chil- dren willi die of lung c~ ceYr, if present cigarette smoking trends continue. In addition, s e v e r a I times that number will develop chronic lung diseases of a seri- ous and prolonged disabling na- ture. The Asnerican Academy of General Practice Is an associa- tion of family physicians who meet regularly for programs of postgraduate medical education to keep abreast of the many new advances in the science of znediy cine. Three Who Had Cancer Score Smoking In Talk To Studel"ZIS Youngsters Told They Are Targets Of Constant, Subtle Advertising Rutherford - Three former cancer patients day strongly advised some 60& High School students what they termed the dangers.of smoking. LOST VOCAL CORDS Richard Grossett, John Ryan, Cd Mrs. John Gesner of the Ber- Passaic Chapter of the Amer- n Cancer Society are known as the Lost Chords because their vocat cords were removed in can- cer surgery on the larynx. Mrs. Gesner told the school as- acmbly audience that young per- :ons are subjected to a constanl yester- against bombardment of cigarette ad- vertising. She said that television commercials always depict ath- letes or young persons smoking. "You are the targets," she said. "It's you they are trying to cap- ture for the habit." Ara S. Boyan, principal, also warned against smoking, either in or out of school, for health rca- sons: Each oE the former cancer vic- tims said he used to be heavyy smoker. All have relearned how tn speak by making the esophag vibrate with muscular action. They said it takes many yea l.n learn to speak in this way. /00 3014y9Z6 S THE WASHINGTON STAR Washington, D.C. May 16, 1962 Tobacco-Cancer Tie Emphasized TORONTO, May 16 (AP).- The Canadian Medical Associa- tion said yesterday it now is accepted in medical and scien- tific circles that smoking, par-. ticularly cigarette smoking, causes lung cancer. Careful studies suggesl;, how- ever, that a prolonged period of exposure is required before malignancy develops in suscep-:: ,tible persons, It told the Royal -Commission on Health Services. Efforts should be made to discourage smoking among young people, but legislation aimed at prohibitiom was "not highly r`egarded," the report' said. The association appealed to. ahe commission to help educate. the public, and particularly to prevent young people from tak-- ing up the smoking habit. . Starting Young The New York City Board of Educa- tion has a mandate to iiiform its )wung charGzs about the evils of alcohol and opium. Now, according to Dr. Jacob H. Shack, ac+.ing associate suoerintendent, it has decided to persua~e its pupils that cigarette smoking is "a major cause of lung cancer and coronary arterial dis- eases." From now on. weekly no-smoking instruction will start in the fifth grade with the 10-year-olds. Dr: Shack expliuned that, in city high schools "we know smoking is far too prevalent' for us to be comfortable about:' and "there's no question that some ele- ment:uy-school children do smoke." One first-grade (6year-olds) teacher said: "A couple of my children used to sneak smokes in the schoolyard, but it would be tuifaii- to say that all or most of them sinoke."