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21. Fresno, Calif. BEE November 17, 1967 91%0f Doctors a . ~ ~~f a~, On P~~o'~~i Ciqreffes ~~~. SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - 4Ciuety-one per cent of Califora:.,physicians b e I i e v e cigarc:: • sntc'..~ng is a serious h e a li h ii~zu:d. And 62 per cent of the doctors favor banning cigarette adver- tising as one step toward reduc- ing disaases linked with smok. iag - lung cancer, heart fail- ure. emphysema and bronchitis.' These conclusions were an+, nounced Thursday by the Cali- fornia Medical Association after a_year-long study of .dcc:,~rs'; views on srr,oking. The survey was financed~ by the State De- partment of Public Health. In a sampling of~ 4,388 ph}•~;i- cians, one- doctor in five re- ported he s m o k e d himself. About 40 per cent had n e v e r smoked and 20 per cent had quit in recent years.. The doctors were asked if they discussed the hazards of smoking with their patients. Only 11 per cent replied a*firrn- atively: About 40 ;ier cent said they brought up the subjpct if their patients' diseases appeared to be a^gravated~ by smoking. Aimost 95 rer cent of the phy- siciar; said they based t h e i r be1?,~[' that smoking v:as un- iheal:hy on scientific reports and! rc>earch.