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NEWS . Dayton, Ohio August 8 ~ 1962 DR. ALVAREZ SAYS: Coronary Linked T oHe~ ~~ S111Uke~' . .r By WALTER A1.1'AREZ,IH.D., Emeritua,Member, Mayo Clinic. I think mosx physicians have accepted the results af some 18 or 20, statistical studies which indicat'e. "gtiofigly that anyone who smokes from two to three packages of cigarettes a day is much more likely t'han a non-smoker to get aa cancer of the lung. t i' m e - showed that. as compared wiith non- smokers, heavy 'smok- ers dlied earlier from a number of causes: T h e r e ~ v U`y' could be no O Dr. Ahvarez argu m e n t about that, because some 20 1or ~ 30 per cent of the heavy smok- ers in Pearl's group were gone. Of late there has been con- siderable suspicion cigarettes can make the person more sus- ceptible to a coronary att2ck. THE LATEST REPOR'r; sub- mitted by live dbctors„ is, based on observations of 4;120 men who at the beg^lnning, of' the study were free from heart disease. • They were studied in two communities. The men in one group varied in age from 39 to 60 years and lheir course 'tvas followed for eight years: Some,"smoked cigars or pipes. . Back in_ tt1e '30s Dr. Ray- mond! Pearl+--perhaps the great-ect medical statistician of his .aday. They were dividedl into those former smokers who hadl given up cigarettes; those who smoked cigars or a pipe; those who smoked less than 20 ciga- rettes a day„"'and. those who smoked , more than 20 cigarettes JOURI!T,AL Wilmington, Diel.. Auguust 9, 1962 Better Health Stop Cough, Stop Caneer By C. A. DEAN„ M.D. ` As more is learned about I chroni e coughs, it becomes ap- ., . Many years ago a, publ'iciparent that' most do occur in health campaign was started'to mokers: In fact,, many of' my stop spitting in, public places: atients admit they have ~~smo ~'his was done to reduce tuber- ers' cough. "These people have Zulosis since it was felt that i'pbserved that, the cough disap- ; many cases were spread in thislpears when they stop smoking. manner. Time has proven it~ lIt is this observation which Has helpful n even though we haveiprompted the stop-that-cough not' completely eliminated tu-;;campaign. berculosi's: . ~„ as is well known, • A new program, -stop thatl are more prone to develop lung cough =i's being proposed! You cancer. Since most smokers may wonder how and why this! 'icougH and since a cough is the . should be done. ~ commonest symptom of lung Coughing is an important, cancer, it is felt that; a con- symptoih since it is the com-jnectioni exists between the two. ' monest sign of irritation in the: By eliminating, the smoking bronchial tubes and lungs."habit a, person can cut his Many coughs are due to infeaI'chances of developing, lung can- tion, last only a sllort time and ~ cer to practically zero. At the are treatable. However, this issame time he can get rid of hot the type of cough I am re-''an annoying symptom. ~ t^,», ferring' to. Rather, It is •the' It is clear now that lung can- ehronic; dry, hacking cough cer is preventable;, if everyone . seen so often found In the jio i n e d the, stop-that-cough ' heavy smoker that needs curb•, movement. ing: .t (CooY+iRet:, 1962, General Feathres Corp.) THE I HEAVY cigarette s'mok - ers experienced a three-fold incidence of heart at'tacks, andl their mortality rate from all' causes was higher than that' of' the non-smoker•s- or of the smokers of pipes and cigan•s, or of' the men iaho )icrdl once sntnl:rri' ci;:au•eftes but later had quit Cis;arette smukinG had a Icndency • tn prnduce severe pain in lSe chcsi with effort. Cheering is thr fact that tho. once heavy smokers lost their decided tendene,V lm heart at, lacks.