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4VREPORTS : NATBONAL-MIARICET COYERAt3E TRANSCRIPT FOR PROGRAM DATE SUBJECT PHILIP MORRIS N.w Torka 212•30H•1400 1 Chkaypt 312-541-20201 Dattoih 313-341/•117'7 Los ~ AnQa. r: 213-4 66-612 4 1Nashinylon, D.C.t 301•656,406'8 lostan: ,61'TS'36-223'2 Philad.IPhia: 215-367J600 , San F.anoisco:213-466-6'124 Miomi: 305a58335;8 STATION WABC-TV & THE ABC TV NETWORK ABC WORLD Ii1EW'S TONIGHT CITY NEW YORK 0! 3' 6 4 0 P'. M. A'UDIENCE EPA SECONDHATID' SMOICE REPORT BROADCAST EXCERPT FORREST SAWYER (ANCHOR) : And! now medical news. For years', doctors have been warning about the dangers of secondhand tobacco smoke~, and now the Environmental Protection---_Ag_ency is about to classify passive smoke as a Group A human carcinogen, and that make's~itone of the most dangerous cancer-causingiagents. Here's ABC"s~George Strait. GEORGE' STRAIT' (REPORTER) : Breathing in someone else's cigarette smoke is a direct and imminent health hazard. The EPA says every year in this country, passive smoke causes about 3000 lung cancer, deaths, among non-smoke'rs--'-and .- 3'00,00i01 bronchial infections among children. By designating passive smoke as a Group A carcinogen means it i,s as dangerous as substances like radon and asbestos. A few years ago, when asbesto's was declared a, health hazard, the' federa'l government ordered' it removed from wherever the public does business., Now there will be pressure to; ban all smoking where.adults,work andchildren play and learn. FRAN ' DUMELLI (.AMERICAhTi LUNG ASSN) : You're almost going to have to~have a compSete banf of smoking around children., Because their lungs are still developing till adolescence, they're at greater risk of disease than, say, an adult. STRAIT: Already, 44' states have some laws res!tricting smoking in, public pLaices', and in three: years, there is an agreement to ban smoking on all' international airplane flights. In an, effort to reduce smoking, tomorrow'the AmericaniHeart.Association will call for a, big increase in cigarette taxes and for the federal government to regulate tobacco like a prescription drug. The tobacco, industry vows to f ight any attempt, to restrict smoking, but it's clear the future for smokingi in confined public spaces is limited. Georg,e Strait, ABC News, Washington. YJhile Rbdio TV Reports endevvoes so assure the ~occurocy of moteriol suppiied by it, it eo<.wwl be responsibk for mistales~or~omiasions. NSo/briol supplied by RodJo I1V Reports moy be used for flle and reference purposes only. 11 may not be reproduced, sold ~or publicly dbmonstroted or exhibited