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CHPtONICLE DeKalb,-Illinois 'August 27, 1g64 PjJT THIS IN YOUR PIPE ... A breath of fresh air - In the form /lf a pamphlet entitled "Tobacco and the ,Health of a Nation" =- has' penetrated the miasma created by our reformers Who do not intend to rest until they ;= have:reduced man to a well-behaved mol- luk -=- secure in his protective shell of Inhibitions against aR adventures and aatisfactions, 'This reassuring little six-page leaflet by, The Tobacco Institute, Ine:, notes -that more Americans are living longer, - with greater life expectancy for every ~ 4ge group. Within this century, it points ~" 'out, the average length of life in the U. ~;. S. has been extended from 47 to nearly 70 years! K3' Death rates from major lung ailmerits (including lung cancer) were 700 per G,- cent higher in 1900 than they are today, ~ having dropped from 430 deaths per 100 to 60. Age-adjusted death 'rates for • major heart diseases (allowing for more people living into older age-brackets) have declined from over 500 per 100,000 in 1928 to just over 400 per 100,000 to, -:day - lower than at any other period in this century. ' Today's young men are. taller and heavier than their fathers and grand- -fathei•s. The physical measurements of 'freshmen recorded at annual enroll- jnents by one m a j o r university have gone up more than two inches in height and over' 20 pounds in weight- since the turn of the century. And certainly no one needs statistical studies to realize that tl:-- girls are prettier than ever. Tribute for this progress, says Ed- ward F. Ragland, vice president of The Tobacco Institu±e; "should certainly go to the medical profession and the drug industry as well as to nur high stand- ards of nutritiom" As for the extreme charges that' have been made against to- -~acco ever since the peoples of the world .'first began enjoying it, he ubserved!; "Those who attack cigarettes by blam- _ ing. them for all kinds' of health prob- lems lems seem to overlook the fact' that these health imarovements have also oc- curred during the same period that the DISPATCH Henderson, North Carolina August 31, 1960 Tobacco In'stitute Offers Evacdence OnHealth Gains' rv WASHINGTON - The 'Tobacco Institute, ipc., has cited 'afftcia{ .~;, figures on the improving health and longevity of the American of our people since the beginning of this century. Tribute should cer- tainly go to the medical profession .and the druo industry, as well as people.as a challenge to "health scares" attacking the use of to- bacco. .A pamphlet entitled "Tobacco and the Health of a Nation" notes that ever since tobacco began tol be enjoyed by people throughoutl the world, its opponents have aT ways attempted to make extreme charges against its use. . In announcing publication of the pamphlet, Edward F. Ragland„vice president of the Tobacco Institute, said, "This leaflet gives facts and figures from U. S. Government and other sources showing the tremen- dous •advances made in the health iments have also occured dnring the sa me period that' the . cigarette was constantly gaining wide= spread favor as the most popular form of tobacco use." 1. More Americans are 'livi4g longer today than ever before, with life expectancy higher for every age group. The average length of life in the U: S. has risen from ,about 47.years to nearly 70 years in this century. .~; .2. Death rates from maJor lung ailments in 1900 were 700 percent higher than they are today, with lung cancer included. These rates have dropped from aliout430 deaths .. per 700,000 in 1900 to around *60 per 100,000 today. ; ~ a 3. Since 1928, age-adjusted death rates for major heart diseases, vyhich allow for more people living into older age brackets, have de- clined from over 500 per 100,000 p4pulation to sliahtilv ovtir 400 = to our high standards of nutrition, 100,000 today, and now are lower for helping to give us a longer, than at any,other period in' this healthier life. ' . century. ' "Those who attack cigarettes by 4.,The average height and weight blaming them for all kinds of of young men have shown•a steady health problems seem to overlook increase since• 1900. The physical the fact that these health improve- measurements of freshmen record- ed at annual enrollments by one cigarette was cunstantly gaining wide- spread favor as the most popular form of tobacco use." But, Mr. Rag'land suspects, "Those who are against tobacco will probably continue to try to scare the life out of those who like to use tobacco - regard- less of the facts." This, we think, is for sure. The world being w-hat it is, we are not likely to find vegetarians endorsing beef 'steaks, nud- ists excited over the falI fabrics or hear any general chorus of assorted misan- thropes in a spirited rendition of "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" I~ But living is still the best thing to do with a life that we know of, major university have gone up more than two inches 'in height and more than 20 pounds in weight since the turn of the century. "Those who are against tobacco _ -will probably continue o to try to scare the life out, of,.those who. like to use tobacco -, regardless of the facts," Mr. Rogland added. The pocket-sized, siz-page folder i's being distributed by The Tobacco Institute, Inc., 910 Seventeenth Street, N. W., Washington 8, D. C, The Institute Is an organization of manufactuters of cigarettes, smol- ing tobacco, chewing tobacco and snuf,'.