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...t,w~~• ~~~,~ t~~ ~ 3~a<faif~f~~i ~ - Related developments, such as Senator Neuberger's speech and subsequent' ~ resolution, received limited attention. ~ : Gf 'every, commerciall and real- ~~ .dentiali building fa~ our~ ~ "dountrY;'• . . Sen. Neub'erger, descrtbing, herself ~ as'& a former ~ smoker,, sai6.d she would "introduce~~ legl.alktlba to deal with this " tragic problem." she did not Indfcate what' the bill would provtde, but hinted that tt might lnvolde higher taxes on, . cfge`ettes to finance cancer research. Such a suggestion was made inareportn by. a~ committee off the Royal College of, Surgeons ht, London. The committee concluded that heavy cigarette smoking greatly increaaed'the risk oU lung cancer among adults. "The evidence is in," Mra. . Neuberger told the Senate. "No Jury of' 121 mem and women could possiblee escape the conclusion that tobaceo, In the . form . of cigarettea, fr a poison more lethal than the deadllestnarcotie,." , TM CfRISTIANI SCIENCE' MONITQR , Boston, Massachusetta 1%, March 19. 1962 -, . -1VIrs. Neuberger V "~ ~ ego , ). o ( Oo resolution callingonPresidentg cme, educauon, commerce, and Kennedyto.appoint a eommis-agriculture. ~ sion on tobacco and'health. It' Mrs. Neuberger told the woulfld launch a program to.Senatethat evidence that'cig- ~, tntorm ~~ thee public, she said, ot; arette smokingcauses lung °the. har,ardss of cigarette:rancer.continuestop~lcup.and smoking:" declared: Thecommission would'.bej "The federaligovernment has directed to cnnduct a full.l in-, a vital role to playineliminat- vcstigation; seekmeans to . rc-. Ing this scnurge:"' RERALD,TRIBUNE Nex.York, New York March 9, 1962' '.'."( Ex-Smoker Maurine Neub+erger 5enator Asks Congress :,:To Restrict Cigarettes ft w.kaa rrar1atm,.eto.et Sen. Maurtne.B. Neub'erger, D.. Ore., aaid yesterday the time has come for Congress to'do something about c(ga- - rette smokingaa a menace to health. ' She told the Senate that. -'the . Federal government can no more permit the continuedd unchecked poisoning of our population than It could per- mit the unrestricted sale, of' narcot!cs In drug storea;, ' aupermarketd, restattrants,. "nesrsstandi and In the halls. As1i's. Study Of duce~~oreliminateany.haxarda,. i ~ T _7 and to deal with econom cTOLL1i~cCo I1d~Ld~U:problems thai would arise from aa. ~weiaera rrer. ~~ ashar~p curtailment in tobaeco aa . oonsumption: ' Washing'loa , Members ot'the commission Sen. Maurine. B. Neuberger would bee appointed from the introduced' a flelds of public health, medi- n f On D TIME March 16; 11962 Convmced that."tobaceo. in the'Y`tirm. ofl ciRarettes. isapoison.more lethal'than , the deadliest narcotic." Oregoei s Demo- cntic Senator Mourine Neuberger, w"ho' gave up hen own addiction six years ago:, rowed to "introduce legislation to deall with this tragic probbeml" Her probabie, bill: a new tax on cigarettes to subsidise, caneer research.. TNy' NEW YOi2.K TIh"3S New York, New York March 1'962' A, Curb on Smoking The British Medical Journal and iThe Lancet both welcomed L~ L ASRed' in /Yen~narK' the report's recommendation ~, that.the Governmenttake stepss to discourage smoktng,. They [InLullg'CanewerRise ~e~~~ao,~° e,nt'fe"s?O"ng, - i~ne aounu.~ auaacaaeu •. awrwterera..TOrttmespossibility, of introducing cig- aretteswlth'a reduced tar con- ~ ~ ~ COPENfiAGEN; Denmark, tent. ~ March6-Deathsfromlungean- "•It'the medical professlon-- ceramongmen In Copenhagen andd the. Ministry of Health-rose~from 4.5ph 100,000'.in..19810 took the dangers of smoking, . V. to 70.6 in 10569 and'.66.7 in 1960. Serlously:y they could I at~ least C'-These figures were given in a eonvince'the publYcc of their eon- l~-report. published today byacern and stop the saleof cig-~ commission of . doctors:. health arettess in hospitalb; " saidl the authorities and members of the Journat• Danish~NationaliSocietyforthe It addedi.'Theduty. of in- Combattng of Cancer. fluencing public opinion does , TTtt~Cancer~RegistrationBoard nott restsoillywtth doctors, has tound that . the death rate The Minister of Health should. fromlung cancer among,women ~kesteps to keep hi~mself'and Q rosefrom5.5'per 100,000. in ~e~mentfullyinformedabout 1g45to13.3, in 1960. p demicof diseases.assoc- Q The report' sald! there was a lhted with the smoking of dg- definite eonnection between ~t-es•° ~t snoking, and the dlsease. It The Laneet' asked: "Can a recommended that: 2emocratic government reason- 9Smoking, in~ public be for- ably seek to restrict smoking by b[d'denfor personsunder16"statute?" years of'age.The analogytn~~ezisting statu- 9Th'eprohibition of.f smoking, toryrestrictionsY concerning the in public transportation facili-,salb of alcohol and drugs wasties, schools and libraries b'enot comp!ete; Itsaid., t_:ause extended, theree was nothing to.suggest~ 9Taxatlonbeehangedn to pe- that smoking directly harmed . nalazecigarette1 smoking tn anyone but the smoken 'favor of pipe andd cigaremoking, - 1Tlie advertising of tobacco, SenatortoIntroduce.Bill .. especially of cigarettes, . bee ta- t,yAS~7G4pN, MarchE strictad or aDolished. (UPI) - Senator Maurine . B. Bdtlshdoaroals Agree Neuberger, IDemocratof'Oregon, said today, the time had come LO~TDONI N[arch B(UPI)- for Congress to do something 3zeat Brttainta twodpoingmed•'ahouto oigarettc smokingas a - ieal.Journalttodty supd~ed6me.nsce, to health: theRoyal,Co1lege of Physt@taru' She told the Senate that "the report declaring, that dgarette.Federal. Government, can noo smoking is a~ probablee cause . off more permlt~ the continued un- tbe increase 1n lung cancer and checked poisoning of our popu- other diseases.L lation~ than it't could permit the. unrestricted sale of narcotics.."Ittra: Neuberger said shr~~ would lntroducele~slation "to deal with thistragics probiom."' THE NEW YORK TIMES New York, New,York March,22, 1962 3 British Cities Press Drives'Aguinst Smo'king. LONDON„ March2~1 (AP) -A campaign~.gathered paceln three Hnglish cities.today too ban ~ smokingin theatres and movie.e houses. . Moves ; by civic commlttees . In London, Manchester and. Bristol followeda, report ear, 11ee this month by a panel of doctors that there was a, definite link betweenamoking and ~~.lungg cancer. . Theiondon CountyCouncil, announeed'it had called fora.' . . . special report on ~ whether /t . could put a,no-smoking clause in the licensesit Issues forplaoes of publicc entertain-ment: In Bristol,, th'e cityhealth~ committee said it' wasatudy-Ing~ plans ~~ to ban smoking in i theatres and other such p,laces ~~ and to set up,aclinic to.aidl heavy, smokers. The city healthi committee In lifanchester orderedd an in-vestigatlon, into the possib4]-Ityofcuttingout smoking.oni Manehester's~.l•450 buses andl In movie hous~~a and'~t'leatrns.. ~ _