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. Pf'~'"r+(^«aNt~ ! 4~Y ~~+Ta~sa+MtT^; ,9d:-r nM r 1 to •..,, fq V. r, a p.r vMF } ~ s r Steincrohn previously has writtl dlith tbe en coumnseaing woaco ~ t j .,1 t , v 1 , A. ~ , IV D ) 1.. t di F ~ ; ~ t ~ ~ .. ,. ~ ~`t~CO i, zlaiSrry i~f t.,~~ t~41'Llh r tu t l , L sp t y{j''~ ' Jf l, ~ .tc, l)~ 1<r a ~ r. ~'1 r tr 'h ~ff 1 ~ t ^ ~' ti' ' y ~ t ~+ f.s „ r ( j y j' , r i~ eHs diaeasee and peop le: nlth ; . / f } 1 ` good for you-tfut you preach physical laziness. It is accepted' in many quarters aend the wora euc through ; t, )thtY co1umn fhat you,had 6et- thtlett sol;snusinb , you haie the courage to state your convictions. Everybody is saying exercise is my tobacco, and lmmediately , hih du tl cronccougaeo asua rt¢ ©~ Our ~r¢a~¢~~ ~robC.¢f)2~ :due.ae. ': Cigarettes and lung.cancerh „i.a, ,Theree fa muctt evldence but 1 , 1 the facta are not all In-wr " Kt `- ` B}•PETER J. STEP.1•CROHN; DLD F A C P ., . . . . . -r eoncdusive• WTen they are ~y `Yha~ I lik abu " ' ' yu clmn wrtes T ofetrit ,r...o,tc. Mh ig th0 a I'll be the first to throw away e conv } nce : ea knotv thatalcoholism is one of ourgreetest prob Until then life b ing rela ; , t ~fems-but you su gest that , . - - tively short for all of,u I (rcial ea1ndeY :e yh cuefUg canet y r e-uou say ter do likewise. .r, ,,+ you ate not t ^ id W ll e ' } e ma or t s o the rl ht tcen oovr .,- karm ' tS,t Cochtaa OF. g J y ~ fellows. advice. .-•. • . ., , less~' pleasures until the . are '.highball before] e o . t; g e .age of 40 take tfiew-rath of man ^ ut their thank d f hi bit f ^ . statementsthat msx• call forth Thouaands of patients have thlnk we human bein s ha. t II dfil G has brought eomtortor exantpe, ,ven. aay. toentlyproved to bether- dlnncr. :' ~'hi faoeeotnwo agwscan ptet,oypre, •a ar~~ ~ au ;,ite a ,~that a,- I tske a highball before l i ~i ' spec a y w h e n entiel dangers of th scs_ronio. a1- arettes and tfgars "aze out .l ntiting is to tetl such beY:efs arise from per- coholism; but I recognlzeal- ~ • ~ : , subjec:;, but w•hy1! it being sit dow•n to dinner. and two ~or three cf ars. a da your mail• ~Iycourageous to aa w•hat one Of course, I realize the y p p g I ,ma!n~.reason:fory Pm' WhenI~~take to mf q cf } • belia i ~ E ll t ' heart patients than relatlve atvea to arterfostletic t Plk "D ~, 'ihat you receive ,~P ~tir ~,,ros.oeopeas,:o you your. . sttenu, ' Jnactnit5~„ I maybegoing tension-tired business menselfdo~asyousay" I domany 1 against present opinion on the who came home too tired toI smoke about 10 elgarette 1~ atta abjectioaa in Fr# ~ - ! number cf uas ire on yonr aide. 19$1T 4 -, '~~'e like. your reasonable ap- "proach~yovrw:llingness to . seeboth sides ofthe prob- lems," . . , ,j>"SGts%ver-I appreciate yrour. kind tvord#. But I w'onder if, ~ , I teallt dc~serveanye credit: I .,never hked'eiU.it:g on ap:cket fence: +<~1 r ~ .'..That'ssvhat many'y peoplee do. Tfie}- ate willin; . en suf- " fer privatelY f br, keeping,their s" thoughts to them.cetves,; ta:th', than jump off and'~ make eona enc ese te[igohl hnCiaim . d nner ab outt two or three heart tfen at t SO -- -- - -- p s cr over .. years' . _ . . _. And w•henIsuggest that alcohol in moderate rsnounts le an excellentt medicineforYhe middle-aged and the eld- er1y-I sayy so in spite of the fact that I recognizee that: chronic alcoholism iss nne of our most distressing proolems. It just happens that in~ iny medical eNper,ence,. I havee never made a drunkard out.oft an}ronepast i0whontI ad+ t•isedito take an ounce orhco- (no more) ofliq•,or a day.. ^' s^` times a week, and ask my I euppoaeyou nave reference wife to "remind'!' me to take to my havingg said ecmething one on the othrrr days. like, "I don't odvtse nr-smok,As for exercise, I continue era to begin emok,ng;; neither to be.'•physically lazy:^ . d d _ a~ I a vise' alt emo<erai to Unlike.l•ou, Mr. T. T., manystop. For many, a is a h'arm- readers vill be. eaying I'm an less enjoyment: " ••a.vtuli man," I tell manyy people to give up ~ tobacoo,, howevea-ulcer patients, corona.rypatients,.y manyhypertensii^es, people with, arteryy disease in !heir legs, emphysemapatier:ts,a asthma and chronic bronchitisaufferers,-tliose with Buerg- .•., How to STOP KILLING YOURSELF By DR. PETER:J. STEINCROHN THE wAS.=rc'TC.•r STAR Flashingtca , D. C. October :, 1959 . Medicine, He was giving a . 25-year tveluatfonof lung cancer, coverutgnearly 800 eases., . In connection, wlth that report, Dn. Rienhoff said thatt he tiad found "not'the sl,ght-estevidencethat cigarettes are more likely to causecen- eer than: are the air pollu- tants that everyonebreathes Tobacco: CUI'JC' or SolpCe? ---such as exhaust fumes, . ' a'ayas sus,a as I wass con- CIGARETTES B RI NG I continue to get mail from readers who ~ disagree w•ithmy attitudee toward', cigarettaa smoking and lung cance,, Man1'of you may recall that 11 have notbeen convinced beyond a doubtthat tobacco Is.the cause of cancer. I have sa:d that I'd feel safer smoking . a half pack: of cigarettes aa dayy than being caughtt in traftcc for S or~ 10 minutes behind.the exhaust pipes.ofdiesel buses. I have said imoderate smoker that I am) ~ that. I'd be thenrst'to throw my.ta- bacco, pipes and thefest vinced~that.tobacco is really solacetomanypeopleand theculprit.. And I'dd tell you I see no reason to scare right ewa.y, too., smokers to death,"' sai&Dr. Tobacco is bad for some. Rdenhoff„ himself a non- (cardiaes,., ulcer patients, smoker. . , thlromboangitis p a. t i e n t.s, As.always,.I tryy to.prepare etc.):but it appears to be against the many letters I harmless for manyy others. receive followingg sueh a Whenever I reed anything, column as this. People will !h medical: litxrature which~ be accusing me, as they of- comes from a good source ten do, ofbeing an ownerr andwhichreinforeesmyof tobacco sectuitles(which. thinking on.the subject,,nat- I'nt not), and of being on urally I tell you about it. the payroll of the tobacco For.r example., in Scope eompanies(ditto)h Weekly. I have.been reading But I am hapefull tha6of a report given by Dr. Wil- manyreaders wlllcontinue 11am F.. Rlenhofii jr., asso- to look atthe.problemcooly etate professor of surgery 1E an&objectGvel til yun wefiawe . .. ~ .. ~ the Jotins. Hopkins School of~~ arv unequivocal answer..