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F. _ By WILLIAM BOQUIST [umiear aeieeea [dilar. Next time you stop at the tobacco counter for a pack of .dg$rets, you won't find a skull and crossbones on the labeL Yet the jolly roger could well be among;drastic govern- mental , restrictions on , ciga= reta that are "inevitable," .two lung cancer experts de- xlared yesterday: The Governm ent c'r a c k- dcwn could come on cigaret ad4e.rtising; or in new regula- tions requiring a, label on every pack warning',that ciga, rets can, cause,lung cancer. NO JURISDICTION . But the tobacco industry last' night at Civic Audito- "new disease," which began rium,,presented by the Inter- a meteoric rise in the 1930s, national Temperana Associa- with just the right time lag tion, to develop after men began "If the tobacco companies to smoke in great,numbers in were really sincere," said'1914: Doctor @chsner, "they eould' In a recent Florida case a give smokers' a completely jury found that a man died of nioctine-free cigaret., cancer, and smoking caused CAUSE OF HABIT' it, but,the tobacco firm was. "But the nicotine causes not liable because, Doctor the addiction, That'would be Ochsner said, "at the time like,a dope peddler selling a!t'hiis evidence was not •fizr with all milk sugar, and knownP• . leaving out the heroin. In another case last month J4 think the Public Health in Kansas City a federal court Service is going'to be forced jury found the Philip Morris to' do something. Our govern- Co: was not liable for a throat ment'can't continue to ignore cancer developed by, a eigar- the problem when so many ette smoker. i others are acting,"'he said. Foreman of the jury said lobbv will have to be over- .. Britain, Sweden, Norway, the 11 men i and one woman come to change the law;, "_ K"" b- Denmark. Holtand, and italy agreedl from tne outsec,inaL tt ~ t N ..,. n+l...,.s l+,>,a .r wt, agamst e gge mer erou ones have all cracked down se nerther t h e y nor medtcal which iionically now does not ••• a~ have any jurisdiction over the on cigorette Poek" verely on cigarets, Doctor science could say with cer- effects of smoking on health. Ucbsner said. . Itainty what is the cause of These points were made burgh attorney who is prose+I Lung cancer, he said, is a cancer. yesterday by Dr.,Alton t)chs-I~6 an historic lung;cancer tt h Ir ' k' geon who has treated~more Myera Tobacco Company. lung cancer patients than any I They were here for a press other man in the world, and conferenoe at the T o nv n e- Jamea P. McArdle, Pitts House and a public meeting suTANDA'RD TLMES Hew Bedfor'd, hJasa • ~e T, 1962 'Chest Expert Says Smok`inq .Ccrts Life, E;;pe:twr~cy : - ~ sad. The smoker who shifts If' y=i artr a smoker, c+hai the 00ay ae°nneiut:ve dn ,•cs; irom regulars tb filters acttrallv:: of the,impart of tobacco adverii3- are Youc life will be oine years, and canccr arec•ncountivede more Rn most'~ cases.. increa.S esttrs dady~' ietg upon lhe health: and h'appiness. shorter thann the lives of yoaarfreywentlyink+ ~,term i~raloro- consump2ion of cigaretss by the of tbeiraudienee. _ noa.smokingYruend;, Dr. Birhard•than im non~mlo6ers:" heaies 'same qereentageIh'at the filter; y. ••Tne Nrisdictlon of Ihe. H. Overh'olti director of Oi•et•holt Cite•_ Fiftrcta . hasextracted ntcotine from.eaeh tobacco traffic should be placed T6oracic Clinie.in Boston,, toltlspeakingat thea.~cmu -t, cig'areU smoked.'' . underthe.PureeFood and Drugmorte than i54; members of the annual mee!:n~.at the La+rter1.i The body' ofthef long4ersni Laws. National legislation shouldNew Bedford 1liberculosis . and brary. . Dr. O+urh'nlt polnted n:n smoker requires a replenished be so directed. Health Assoeiationlast night:L theimpurrancr nf'Yhriun,s' 1u supply for a, feeling ofwell-br 4. importatrt ofall. Dc:OverAolt'~said smokers "find. good I!ralth.i He said. Lomg.ing, andd theaddietion~~ iskepl It necessary too consult'~V dactons term cmnklers.sudter from mela-smaldering,and satisfaction comes there should be educational pro- more often..requ've.h'ospitlalizatioa boGc ctisease: stomach ulceas, eir-:, onlyby increasing Yhee number, of grams foryroung.people.who luvee satdarets , smoked with a filter, h'e, not yet acquired lttfe habit." i with greatertreqaency and ifqil too eulatory tronldcs ; otthe . extremi- e A business . meetingof . thn71u• ixspondlto~~treatment of su¢h,dis- ties andrnrenary, artery di~ease" bereulosiss andHealth As~ocEation eases as bronchitis, tuberculosis.: by more; handouhle.thefrerluen-fi~n~uter was a wise choice preceded Dr.th•erholti's ssx+eeh. dilabetesand heart't trouble as.ey fac~ed.by the non~smeker:" yforthey tobancoo itt- andd an Informal receptidh with promptly asnon.•smokers." Dr..Overhntt haspraaNiced!chest dustry because it hass resvltedlin~~edoMor follownd. - He said the smoker is the vie.' surgery ini Bostmt more than70, a hi~ghereonsumption of eigarets.tim of a true drug addiction thatt years and ischmcal professornd bythlose who have continued toTtiss. Isabel G. Filzgcrakl. rNcauses, "shortness of breath: surgery af. Tufls Medical Su•honl. sni Dr. Overholl . added: tired supervisor otf puh'4ici health l ital atf0iations nurses in thee c'rty, for Jay~ars. wfieezing, fatiaue,, dizziness . orI3is PrinciPal hosP - Program Proposed was p.+escmted aa citationn by, tfiredness:" are the New6nglandDeaconecs ligHOhead . Dr.. Oivenholtt adi Rh'at "the Hosp,iRal and the SewEn;lanal Proposinga i fourvpoint program Heahh Association im act:nowl- relationship of smok'ingg to lung Baptid. Hospital in Boston. }Ir, for an effective reduction in to-edgementof',her ou0slancling serv- eaneer has beenestablished."' Is alsoo consultant th'oracncc str- baeco.use;.hesaid: Ice.to.lhe,oommumtye in th'econ- He expleinedl that Ycaro': of geon at Sassaquin HospJtal„Kr+v1. "Persons tinuing fight against tuberculosis of'infloence, suchNdrespira0ory.diseases- smok'e inlialation cause a loss of Bedford. as teachers, ministers• doctors absorptive membranes in the Referring to the effnrR of ci- athletic diretrtors and movie and lungs that speedsup cancer, aret manufacturer.% to redu+r TV'stars, should bepersuaded to.H'here.thewaste productsleave nieotine and larcnnlent.ol r!,,,- seta good example, arets without'detracting Ccm llie- 2, ••Persons who control press. pleasure.of'smokiag,.Dr: Ocerhott radio.and. TVshould,he intnrmed