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.0 . -.. .+ ~.. ,, SOU'1'HTOWN ECONOMIST Chicago, Illinois . ~ October 5, 1960 A Penny for YourThoughts Each person Is given a penny !or his or her thoughts on a ^''question selected by our editor. T e d a y's Interviews were conducted In various places. The question was: "DO YOU THIPTK SMOK- ING IMPAIRS HEALTH7" Mrs. Dorothy Lesko, South Shore, housewife: "I donit think smoking helps anyone's health, but it's better than some other habits. I think smoking in moderation is better than too much of anything. Im my mind„ MRS. n. smoking and LESKO health boils down to this: if you enjoy smoking, smoke; If you don't enjoy smoking, donit smoke." . Ted Stofac, Mt. Greenwood, student: "No, not in relation to lung cancar. When I go hunting i# the Winter, I find a lot of cancer in the lungs and livers of rabbits I kilL The rabbits' disease is the same cancer khat afflicts humans. I think TED both r a b b i t s STOJAC and people develop cancer from some other source than cigar- ette smoke:'' MRS. S. PAROW SKI built differently so that some can take smok- ing and some can't. A trial a n d error method to find out what sort of person you a r e shouldn't be harm~ful. $ealth comes first, then a sense of well being, then a nice place to 1ive, and last, good food."' • Mrs. E. Anderson, EngIe- ; wood, housewife: "Sure, it llurts your chest. I have bron- ohitis and when ,,,..y~~,„~ , I have an at- tack, I can't breath. The doctor told me I not' to smoke or I would be siz feet under. ` I have cut MRS. E. down on my ANDERSON smoking, but I still' take a cigarette whenever I feel like it. The results knock me out." Robert A. LaCivita, West' Englewood, supervisor: "No, but it• may depend' on how m u c h y o u smoke. Now that I am past' 60, the three packs a'day that I smoke is too much. I have . been smoking since : ` I can recall. I "' "-` : ' think it does R. A, something• to a LaCIVITA person, relaxes him. I've heard there are 16 kinds of bodies and I assume that smoking af- fects each one differently." Mrs. Stella Parowski; Eiston, air.insurance sales: "Noi' I don't think so. I guess we are all