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, ~THE' 1VEJW' YORK TIMES 1NNew York, New York S':Ootober' 7, 1962 ,} ~., la_ t~s., z•.. ~su :, a., l,t.r however. that there is e~•~idencc that gift•ctgarettes are no~;• b~• tile llni.ie dSi Ate, Publit ,.,_,t ;,( ;.< <::~,(l -7u( ,tion:t' of Ct~TQ~"~,tf QS, of a linl`, bet'ween clgarettc er accepia'ble." L The direetive went' on to ctit lt~ f' t~ b t rt• ' Air FDrce 1=orblitll'S Servicc has argiled for year:;. has informed tobacco coml 'i;ll those hf:int; cnndr•a:ci Govcrn:n^!zt Thi: f ublrc Flealtll tirm stand on thts issuc •ar•,l `~uou1~-! arldttloaal st.uues. !n- , d not taken tion of ciaarettes' in our hos i• h h A . . "Td allow the frea di :rt517- FaY' I tS HOSp1~~QilS' An Army spokesman said s ' . ~mUK:n„ anw cctua~~a, w+o~.a-,..o:pla4n!:', -~Uhe^M•etll I•lal?ll:•th.I• ~ l Cl^a.i ~ ~ in tnc,.c ,nstC tc: ! t•et±~m+~ lnr nl[t rm,dt':nn .' - G~c~tr~r::l Jcn~a:~,s .~•ii hi_ spc~•1-:. +so,rNe.YOrtz{Times Marlne Corps ta en ac lon. effect', condones ciearetteamo!c- nttre c• ith an exn,, :;,,, .r •'I h rmy a t913k t . c similar action against cigarettc• tals and in fiigllt-lunches sli;:• By JACK RAYMOND •• smoking: Nor has the Navy or AirtsFOrceu Medical nSer~ iee: t in ,,• k t• WASHINGTON. Oct. 6'-Thr President Kennedy said at a ln¢. - ttl , ri„ M_f ~:rt. ~;tr S offiee has ordered Air Force he wou'Idi take a personal inter- overwhehning evidence of many: tnat he t•, rts unaM;lnc hospitals and clinies to sto dis- est in studiies of any relation- medical research teams work- Q ei+ific event' that ltwl ..u ' ;~~*4j~ ~'A1r Force Surgeon General's news eonferetLce last May that' "To do so Is to repudiate t; s An Air 17orce .,pnkcsn ta 44 p ing independently on a:vrorld- tlie Air Force Silr rc • u:o 1''s s~= ' g ::: 1 n -tribut ing free cigarettes to ship between smoking and can- wide basis." n issur the dlt-t vc 71 , : e patients, cer. In June, Surgeon General The directive conclude(It ' ~ :OF-e,inan sri(i that vit t.r:%(lY` A similar protubition,has becni 'LutJner ;<.. 'rerry announcea una: nencertlr(n„ a rr. clgarl ,li i-trottr eonl ;• . ordered on the inclusion of' he would appoint' a 12-mar, ~~•ill not be accepted for frec !,;,,{ ..at t•( ;;t ,,i ilt, t,y trae dl:- .J d Stzlnution to in atients ' T p oi ~•ir I"rtt,;; , inquiry:, cigarettes' in ' the packaged boardl of ' L i S - ' n ted t1itCS Air Forrr hn :1i .., ,t va jq ~t !: lunches that are prepared f~lr The President endorsed the i^ ~ r 1. setvicepersonnel on longflight5g idea and said that it would en- tals, nor will they be placed in T!r 5!ugew,u(.Ieneral. i'nit^rl .' ffi~hf l h b " unc or es ~ . Ma. Gen. R. L. 1$ohannon, gage in a painstaking and ~ tatr,., Air Force, is obliged to j s that would Ak' fhe same tin~e~ that the• {ecifne your offer because. . f ' the deputy Surbeon General. length ' y tnvesti ~ gation hat order wa:+ distl ibut'pd to x1I , l, ., ~- ' said,in:a stron^1y worded direc~- '~gP into '6.;." major air ~,onlnrands, Brig, Gen. 1i "ecent evidence which su ^ bet~c•c~^:: tive that tltt&"'ever-increasinp The names of the members of li T. Je»kis of the Air Forcr as further relation rm;,.tte smoking, and il' . evidence" of a link between the boardi have not yet been: Mrdi~ a9 C~;rps, sent out a cir- , t,lcrr other pulmonary : ~ul.+r ;citer to ~•clfare group.<, ' ' er nnounced, howex . sc t,Ps and with certain car;iu cigarekte smoking and oanecr :r nn ounced, ,1 auctite com anies and othrr p rn+,,4 and certain other diseases "no Eatlier, in Dtarch, a report by (lur., ~:= of free cit?arettes s s ular diseasesl longer can be ignored." . ' tnr. esrlusn moyat uouege or ••~t•,, regret that ~se H•i111 nui'. The order was distributed, to Pi~;~sioians said, that "cigaretlk hl• ah!c to accept }',,e,, gill u- "all major air commands." smoking is a cause of, lung car- frrin;l of cigate+tc:` for 'rrc -.-_lvelfarC rou sl and cl arette . CCl' " (1 t. a)IItiiol lll A7rFilrnC )i:)idt7- c:ierafJilr{. ••rri+r T+r • t1 lr The Ai F di ti h ' v r r ~ oi ce rec ae ld •companies ha e also be n to11 ~i that gift offerings of the cigar- General Bohannon was tbl lon be acce ted. ~9orded in put'ting an end to thrr ettes can no ger p distribution of free cigaretl^.< The Surgeon General's direc- that customarily have bern tive and a circular letter to cig- given to hospital patients;. arette donors were dated Sept. "The ever-increasing ev3denre 17 and became known today. linking cigarette smoking, a•ith' lung cancer, pulmonary di.- Endorsed by Kennedy, eases,, cardiovascular disease!t: They appear to be the Sirst etc., can no longer be ignora•d,•• DiAIL'',Y NFW& THOSE tTSAF' (;IGAF+tETS The U. S'. Air Furee's Surgeon General stons distribu- New York, New York October'9, 1962 '"T,_, tion of gift cigarets inl USAF hospitals, saying there is ~"ever-increasing evidence linking cigaret smoking with r~ lung cancer, pulmonary diseases, cardiovascular diseases, etc.~. ~ Ignored are the facts that there is no laboratory proof ~ of this charge (it depends on statistics only), and that the ~ great majority of' heavy cigaret smokers don't get lung cancer. ~ Where do we go from here? To cutting, out potatoes. (sx, bread. spaghetti, cream and sugar in USAP"messes' because these food_i occasionally make people dangerously over- . S~weight ' . •To denying the boys an occasional' shot oi" houR'- , scotch, gin, vodka or beer because some people can~t. ~ safely drink anyt'hing, with alcohol' in it? Then, what dio, we do for fighting fliers if' USAF re- cruiting' goes' into a serious decline because American he- men don't want their personal, habits policed b,v old ladies in otniifornt?' . .iiitTct action against cigarette he said, continuing: ,mokin' by any a~cnc of the "The Surgeoni General. Unitril g g Y States Air Fc+lrr uits t ta r•• a lv~ll ;3':'8$(;B rr,i, 1i 5'Ocu,: l New York, i-Yew York October 12, 1962 Actl`anl Against Cigarettes The Air Force has become the first United States Government agency to take definite action to try to discourage cigarette smoking and the Navy has indicated it will follow suit. Nn ban has been placed on smoking as, such and Air Force persol are still free to buy their own, cigarettes and smoke as much as they please. But the distribution of free cigarettes to patients in Air Force hospitals and clinics has been!halt'ed, a's has been the inclusion of cigarettes in pack- aged' lunches for personnel on long fligtnts: `. The directive issued by the Air Force Surgeon General's office asserts: "The ever-increasing evidence linking, cigarette smoking, with lung cancer, pulmonary diseases, cardiovascular dis+ eases, etc.,, ean no longer be ignored." The scientific debate over this.question is'still. not endedi and a few months ago the United States Public Health Service announced it was in'quiring, into the matter. The results' of its investigation are awaited with interest and im- patience. Meanwhile, the high probability that immoderate smoking of cigarettes can and does , have injurious effects warrants such moves as those of the Air Force to discourage the eiga- rette habit by means short of prohibitionl