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COURIFR EXPRESS . Buffalo, New York April,8, 1962 Warn Snicoker, Docttrrs Urged PRDVJDENCE, R:L, April 7 t!! - The time has come for p4ysielbts to do something about eounteracting',the menace to health from smokfilq. the ..Rhode Island Me ca tiurnal says in an editorial in the ctu, , I ~ sent,issue of tbe publication. 'Physicians generally should make, the facts clear to theit• , patients, and those among them who have become addiets should at~least, shift to pipes or cigars and give up Inhaling tobacco smoke," the editorial says. Switching over to pipes and • cigars wouldl at , least tendd to mitrimize the leth'al.eftects of the smoke on the, respiratoryy system: . the editorial says. Vermont Doctors Recognize Link Of' Smokin And Lung Disordiers. 4WIS:AlM - Family doctors,air sacks which results In sbort- meeting, in Ru`,land Thursday, voted to mcogniu the apparent link betweea cigarette amoking amd lung, d6ordersm tl'bey urged cigarette smokers to beware. Members of the V e r'm o n t Chapter of:the American Acade- my of' Glneral F4actiae met , at the Rutland Hospital for a medi- cal i seminar, The highlight of the session was a, seieotific pa- per delivered by Dr. W illiam SchiIIhamnter. p3wfes®or of Med- fcine at' Dartmouth M e d i c a l School, Hanover, Ir.H. Dr. Schillhammer, discussing C6rooie pulmooary Emphysetua, told the group of' family physi-s cians that about 99 per cent of the people suffering from this condition are or have been heavy smokers. fit h'as been clinically proven. be said, that cigarette tars and the beat of the inhaled smoke deshoys the membranes of' the bronchial tubes. ife 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 iapottant factor. Emphysema is a condition in wh'ich',t2ie lining of the bronchi is dama,,ed. caus:ne;lho-,blAckage of uess of', breath Follbwing the ec9entiLte se•s, sions; the executi.ve eommittee of' the family doetor organization voted to recognize the apparent link between lung disorders and cigarette smoking. The extreme seriousoeas of this matter is stressed by the fact thatao estimated 1,o001ti0o.oUour prweot population of school ahil- dlen will die of lung cancer : i!7 . eigarette otroking trends e: Ia addltioo, s e v e r a l tbat tltunber wi}1 deveibp lung diseaeea oE a oeri- ous and prolonged disabling' na- tlxe. The American tAcademy of General Pt+aetice, is aw avsocia- tioa of', family physicians who meet regularly for programs oi'f postgraduate medical l education to keep abreast of the,many new advances in the, science of inedN oiae.a Rc,iARD Harkensac.k, New Jersey r~ April 5, 1962 } 0 VJ.~ 3 Three WhoWcid Cancer Svore Smoking In T alk To Students Youngsters Told They Are Targets Of Constant, Subtle Advertising' LOST VOCAL CORDS Richard Grossett; John Ryan. Mrs. John Gesner of the aer- Passalc Chapter of theAmer- o Cancer Society are known ass the Lost' Chords because their vocal cords were removed in can- eersurgery on the larynx. Mrs. Gesocr told the sahool as• semblyr audiencee that'young , per- sons are subjected to a eonstant Rutherford - Three former cancer patients' yester- day strongly advised some 600 High School students against what they termed the dangers:obsmoking; 1.. ~ . ..•a0.... ~.,! ~-- ~-- ." ..•..~~,f,.. ~.'V _ •~ .. bombardment , of eigaretW ad• vertising. She said'.that television eommercialss allvays depict ath- letes or youngg persons smoking. "You are the targets."'she said. "lt's you they are trying to cap- ture for the habit!" Ara S. Boyan,. principal, also warned against smokinf;;, either in or out of schmnl,.for bealdh rca- son.. Each of.the formercsncer vic- timssaid heusode too be heavysmoker. Alli bave relearmed bo tn speak by making the esophag vibnatre with musoular sction. Thcysaidlt takes manyyea tn.learn.to speak..in thts way:. . , 'I'HE WASHINGTON STAR Washtington, D.C: hray 16, 1962 Tobacco-Cancer TORONTO, May 16 (AP).- The Canadian Medical Aaeoola- tlon aald yesterday it now is t aceepted' In medical and scclln- tlfdc: circles that't smoking, , par-; tlcnlarlp. cigarette emoking, causes lung cancer. Careful studies suggest; how- ever;, that a protonged period of'enposure fa required before malignancy.developa.in auacep- ,tlble persons, It told the Royal •Commission on Health 88rvfcea. Efforts should be made to discourage smoking among young people, but legislation aimed at prohibition was. "not highly regarded," 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. Nf.SUSW:ffiC April 2, 1962' SMOKING: Starting Young The Kew York City Board of Educa- tion has a mandate to inform its young coart;es about' the evils, of alcohol and opiiun \,::v, according'to Dr. Jacob H: Shack;, acting associate superintendent, it has decided to persuade its pupils that cigarette smoking is "a major cause of lung cancer and coronary arterialldis- eases:" From now on, weekly no-smoking instruction will start in the fifth grade with the 1fl-ye.a-old4. Dr.,Shac+k explained that in city high schools "we know smoking is far too prevalent forus to be comfortable about"' and "there's no question that some ele, mentarn•-school children do smoke." One first-grade (8-year-olds)', teacher said: ".# couple of mp children used to sneak' s[nokes in the schoolyard, but it would be uufair to say that all or most of them smoke:" . ~eek