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..The activities of the American Cancer Society in high~ schools continued, tirith =prominent mention given to the use of the anti-tobacco filmstrip. a 'THE FRF.SS-.Tf1tTRNAT. llli;'1'HOi'1' 1W1~:VI5 ~,vrui*.uv uvutuve~, ~Englewood, New Jersev Detroit Michi~gan Lorain, Ohio 'lugtzst 18, 1960 I OO _n 4J't 33-1 Z: September 1, 1960 September 1y, 1y . , , . , . _ ~ung Cancer-Smoking Links Cancer Fllm Rilm Theme , f or Area Students `; to Be Shown -_ As the significant relationship cer: . 1) cigarette smoking, 2) air .~. between lung cancer and ciza- 1nollution. Statistical studies indi- L 6 Students Cancer Unit . . , ~~ 4 * . Set~ Meettn - ..g•.. F or Sept. 29 ~ The American Cancer'~So: rette smoking becomes more ap- cate#that ten times as many smok- parent,, the efforts of the A.meri- ers as nonsmokers die of lung can- Evidence as to whether cig- can Cancer Society to maJce known cer. Studies show, too, that the laret smoking is linked witll this relationship have been -sub- more you smok~, the greater the cancer of the lungs will be pre- stantially stepped up. "In the past' risk, in the city .or in the country, sented to high~ school students six months alone it was stated Consequently, smoking has been this fall in an educational Ihe various private, parochial, and shown to be far more important campaign sponsored by the ., pubhc schools in New Jersey have received 285 film strips~ entitledi than aid poTlutfQn as the causal i •~'To Smoke or Not to Smoke." factor in lung cancer." Oren G. ' These film strips are presented by Hunt, president of the American ~ local chapters of the American Cancer Societ{~, New Jersey Divi- Cancer Society to those schools sion. Inc. $aid, "The fil~ti strip, ' whlch e;press an interest in this program. The purpose of this film TO SMOKE OR NOT TO SMOKE; strip is to present to junior and enables the viewers to see that tars ;enior high school students a in cigarettes contain a number of' I straight forward, unemotional pre- agents which which will produce sentation of the facts on cigarette cancer in animals. The film strip smoking and lung cancer. For in- '~also illustrates how cigarette atance; during the. last 30 years, smoking weakens the natural de- ryhile the death rate, in general, I ;decreased and'the death rate from fenses of the lungs. Once normal' all cancer increased slowly, the 'lungcells aredamagedti: the can- ' _ lung cancer rate mounted rapidiy- cer cells may develop, grow, and It is still mounting rapidly: In crowd 'out, and finally destroy the 1930, 11250 died of lung cancer. normal cells." In :960, an estimated 36,000 will -die. If the present trend continues, about one million youths now in schools will die of lung cancer. . 'Scientists have • long , suspected tWo factors in the rise of lung can- ATLANTA CONSTITUTION Atlanta, Georgia September 7, 1960 ciety annual meeting will be held Sept. 29 at 6:45 p.m: itti town Crier Restautant, Rt: 20 just off the Ridgeville ShoA• ping Center. Dr. A. Clair Siddall, chair-, Aroerican Cancer Society's iFnen of the' Professional ed- Southeastern Michigan division: lucation Committee, is arrang. The drive against smoking :ing an informal panel diseus• by teen-agers will, be centered 4sion oh the subject, :"Ta I around a filmstri ,"To Smoke Smoke or Not to Smoke. . p (Miss Nancy McMurray, d!- or Not to Smoke,"' which was rector of nurses at the Lor4,14 previewed yesterday by school County Health Department, `and health officials and 'repre- will be panel moderator. The Fsentative high school students. panel will include a coach at The series of pictures,, ac- Oberlin' College, a high school ist'udent, a woman smoker and companied by recorded com- a physician. ' ide Imentary, presents ev nce be- The cancer committee of hind the society's position that the Lorain County Medical smoking cigarets is the chief Society and the• education factor in the increase in deaths committee of the American from lung cancer in this coun- try from 2,500 in 1930 to an es-, Cancer Society are' coordinflt• timated 36,000 this year. I ing their efforts in trying to Dr. Harry M. Nelson, presi- dent of the Southeastern di- reach every high school stu= dent this year with the latest information on cigarette smoking and its relation to schools. i lung cancer. "The approach of our teen. Election of officers for the age program vn cigarets and 1960-61 term vvilli be held.4t lung cancer is one of teaching I this session. rather than preaching because /`53rf'~$ our studies have shown that , / ~ `~ teen-agers prefer to draw their (,own conclusions based on a ra- • tional presentation of the facts," Dr. Nelson said, Students To See Film on Cancer, Smoking Cancer risk of cigaret smoking will be outlined to teen-agers in Georgia by the Georgia Division of the American Cancer Society. Mrs. R. W. Huff of Rome, state chairman for a special program aimed' at' junior and senior high school students, said the program has been endorsed by the Council of the Medical Association of Georgia. The program is built around a film strip reviewing the relation• ship between cigaret smoking and lung cancer. All materials w'tll, be provided school officials through local county units of the Cancer Society. Cancer Society officials ex- plained the group believes teen- agers should have an app^ecia- tion of the hazards involved in vision, said that educational kits will be available to high cigaret smoking before they establish the habit. "The aim of the program Is to teach, not to preach," Mrs. Huff said. "Our plan is to place the facts before students so they can draw their own conclusions and make their own choice." This is the Georgia unit's first major cancer prevention pro. gram, Mrs. Huff said.