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tSL'A17F:SM1tN - . Salemi oreB• Qarett Control Mar- 19 , 1962 $ritish medical authorities have urged 'high taxes on cigarettes with the purpose of discouraging their use. The reeom- mendation,is based on findings connect'- ing lung cancer with cigarette consump- tion. In the United States Dr4 Michael B: Shimkin; associate director of the Dia+ ~. tional Cancer Institute, proposes federal legislntion desigtted to limit' use of the ~~ "filthy weed." He would require labels on cigarette packs to Identify their tar andl nicotine content. Also he would have fed- sral laws `to prohibit sales of cigarettes "on an unrest'ricted' basis" to children , - I:~ and adolescents. He, condemns also, the "u b idled h k te i " i i d n r uc r s sm n c garette a - *~Z1. 'vertiaing: All tobacco products in Dr:. Shiinitin's opinion, should' be put under ~.-,regulations at least as strong as those. controlling'food!and drugs now: In some burst of fear for the public health it may be possibti•,to abolishI 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 obthe tobacco companies proves: People would shy away from prohibition of cigarette manufacture or'sale. What is left is edu- cation,, which seems to make little head- - way against'the sales promotion by'man- ufaeturers and the tastes of those, who cling to the "viee'."ofsmoking;, •, Alnf>'t]oer `Prolaib'itiolr" Era? `t ~4Ah.Editmiot Fuomfite.lackaom?ilir, FIn.,.Timea-Uaioa 1 " GREAT BRITA'rN . has been suited in theignoble and,dahas-• V) thrown.into a.uaybyareeent tn.2 15-year experimentin r"_ t- ~t report of the Royal College of lating personal "morality"undef t~ Physicians szippnrting the theory, thcEichteenth AmenAment. that smnkinrz nauses lung can- Ei•enJhe BritisF,.accustomed ~J cer. La~~fesi re-uh of the storm to sncialiaedd recimentatinni off t~.. of controyersy arou..cd by the much ot'.their, privatee life. aree t~ report is atian an alll tobacco unlikely; h'o.vener, to?all victim. (V!~ advertising hv the Brifisk Sted- to such a riiiiculi+us extension nf' lcal Journnll nfficiall organ of thcthenry of patcrnalistie: prn-(Yrn' the~British Medical Association. tPUAive.and all poxnrful,govem,Allhou(;h thc. Royal Cnllege+smnM. ~rejiort.has bccn challrnged,by*' * * O the tobacco In histry as only a TIIEItt: STILL RF.M.1'I\S' a reha~shof p e, ieu.mr..nedusice shnn_.enouch spark nf.cnm- findinash,vn:! •: roscar,-hers. itt mnrr.er.vonallriFhta.anuf \.has.resulict in awide~variety tndi. 'luatinitiative in thre ev- f of demands• ranging frorn the cra; Rritish h breasttot reject ridiculous;to the unenforceable, the danccrouss theory.that.it is from every type of crusading, the rg:ht and duty ofgovern- ` organization. ment4osave,th'e individual from tk t * .THEFI:L'RRYOFdemands that the government "do something" to.halt, the saleof tobacco, in fact:,ih'reatens. to.fol- low the same hcsterical,pattern whichswept the Unitet' Stetcs mora than ~.90yean-ago ,and re- himscif and tell him • wha,t he can~smnke, eat. drink or think. Gnvernment.t has itss respnnsi- hilitics, but as was so drami- icall{• demmnstrared tiv, the di.. Fraceful eraof "Frnhi:iJinm" ~d the United S-ates, rezulatinnnt' per~nal :"mmrvlily"L; nol one of them. TIMES-D1SPA1'CH' Ri¢hmond, Virginda oriL 12, 1962 Have a Cigaretr, lsEditorial From.thaNorthcros Nirgiafa Dailyr 17CEM HAS' BEEN much studies on the 11,IxIp from Oc- •qrritten 1n theipress of the na- tober, 1946'to August, 1960, re- tlon, and, for, tliat't matterr in veal thatdespite a cigarette thesee columns, about the ~ rela- mnsumption iof doublethe na+- nono[cigarette.stLkin;~ to the tionall average, themortality rapid rise irt theTncinnee of ratesIwthe group wen29'7e. _ lung, cancer, especiallyy amonC belownormal,expeetancy fromm" men. In fact the data pre- all causes; 30% below normal t~ aentedfrom,ttmeto.titna has expectancy from.all forms of~y , appeared so alarminglyeon- eancer, and 29:'7.b'elow% normal vincing as to be absolutely expectancy for respiratory or t\ devastating to the nervous sy3- lung cancer. tems of: regular users ofciga• * * * rettesL TO 'I4'dE INVETERATE IIG1s to:our friendrwhoaresntnker thts Is good.newr: Dr.ll/~ dlnrotees of the weed (you Rigdon Isan experieneedlcan- ~ 7. knowth'e type)„wh'o dtilyre- cerresearcher who, has pu6. solve that theywill positivelylished many studies on thee tl.l"atop amoking,beginningtomor- pathology of cancerandlthedn-row, that we are glld too passs eidencee off cancer in humans.. ~alongg thee rather reassurungHe is also the authorr of one of' O facts, iustreleased, which, lndt,the- mostcompletet revie+vss of' . eafe that cigarette smokers canscientifieliterature oni 1ung` again take hearL cancer. Dr. Rigdon was care. futto.point out that, "The tech ;ntquestued too establish the, THE REA'SSURANCE: cnmeaa amountt smoked emphasizee theInithe,.fomnoi.newfacts; whictth uncertaintydthe data ob-are said to be"verydiffieult. tained by others, eveni includ- - _ torefute."'reported! byDr..R: irtgg myself.°H. Rigdon;,professor of.pathol-whatconduslon do we reanh ogy„Univessity.of Texas. 'Phis frortt~ all, t_his7. Itwoaltll ap- newdata is incorpmated in aa pear.r th'at, it, Iss still, an open atudyknown as theCohen- questaon as too tbeamount.of Heinman Report and is pub- harm , done . by smoking. ,cii;••a- lished in theMarvh issue.of In- rettes. The real ancwerr li.ea dustrial~Medicine and Surgery. aornewheree under the moun.. Dr. Rigdonii findings.come.as tains.of..scienttfic data aceurnu- a resul.t.of 141 years of~research lated',.bybothAheprosand the - tnvolvingg some 11,000 tobacco cons:.. . workers who reputedly smcke So. Rentlre reader,, whether twice tts much as most' of us, you smoke or whetaer ymy - and, livr.longer; don't. Lt ann individual l deeisimn 'Ifie authors. !n re~'iewing that onl,vyou can make.~ four separate, but' consecutive. Ho hum: Gotta match' SENSINEL Lewiston, Pennsylvania March 13, 1rn52 Swearing Off Reopening an old debate, Btdtainls Royal College of Physicians demands a government eampaign,against ctgarette smoking. Affirming charges long Iamiliar on this side of Itlte water, the British physicians'blamrcigarettes not only for lung cancer but for bronchitis, coronary heart'dis- ease and tuberculosis. Cigarettes aLso retard the heal+ ing,of ulcers;,they addl The report has produoed a predictable reactiow from the tobacco industry on both;sides of the Atlantic. Again the validity of the supporting'dats is challenged and smokers are reminded that,scientists are divided:, The industry, needn't get so worked up. It has something 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, wiil'last'until the,swearer-off tires of'smoking his friends"cigarettes and decides again to buy his own.