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., Cont~aCostalirmes Pape 12 A - Sunday. Ji,ty 25,1982 t7cun 5 Eeat.« Nwas++., JK. w.n.wq . E Jl~,u JWN, ML"4v w.nuyNy 1 ~1N.N. M.I~n A4Hnae: Ah~N~wn P.u~r E'~,kr,u Doa GrafflTobacco lobby Cigarette makers set greed record F OR CALLOUS, CALCULATED greed in market- in 5 percent otdiagnosed cases lead tooral cancer. Also ing, there's no beating the'tobacco industry: E#•er decreased ability to taste and smell, receding gums andl since the iniiial Surgeon 6eneral's report identi+ discolored teeth among other denaal problems: fied smokfng, as a maJior; national health hazard, pro- '"The ads never discuss the health risks or social is- ducers have been: saying it iSn't so and, sues,;' the society notes. "•it'sAheir jobito make chew- misusing the research that supports the Indictment of ing and dipping, appealing." their product to keep smokers' buying. "I1tie ads and the labs aren't the only fronts In the to- 17tey continue to flood the market with low-tar, low• bacco war. It's: also being fought In Congress; which nicotine cigarettesi pushing, these supposedlY safer has passed new price support legislation. It is a cons4d• branda as the answer to the concerned smoker's prob- erable retreat from previous support progra!ms. shilt- lem. The ads would have you believee that low ratings ing, the bulk of the subsidy burdi n from the taxpayc•s• according tu research standards, far from being mea- inigenerai to the growers thentsulre•es. who will be a~• surements uf relative peril, are~virtvally.. equivalent to sessed for a fund to cover losses resulting, from hok% seals of approval. market prices. They have betny nonably successful. The low• branti.~ Even so4 foes of a'"killer crup" were narruwiM1 dr act:ounc for about a third of a cigarette market that i% fuated in an effort to make the new prosram even mun pushing $20 billion a y,ear: n"strictive. The trutih uf'the matter is that there is nu safe cit;,, The leadrrr uf the a!ttack; Scn.'il}iumas~iiagietun. U• rette - or even saifer, if, lower-ruited brands thad ui stu,, is himsrlf, as'muker, which lid to a brirl Senate- smoking more or innading more dcs Uty_ There is al.u fUw,r ezehan'ge uf' last' wordS on the subjc-cE of tobat co1 the carbon monoxide produced by the burning pruces:, and health. nd the still unknown consequences of ingesting the Challenged on his tw"ack-a-d:+y habiu b~' Sen. ~ti'al• ~a chemicais that producers don't publicize - trade se- trr Huddleston, ID-Ky:. Eagdetun described it as a cur.e erets- but add to the tobacco to vumpensatr fur trstk and rued the day of'his addiciion- lost with,the removal'.of'tYtr and nicotine, "Don't blame the little tobaceA farmer fur the wKak- But Ldve the Industry credit. IE< It could produce nut ness you have;" Huddlestonireturn.d. only a tarless but a smokeless cigarette; perfectly safe , lltaybe not. But what about ttire others In' a bik in all respects but In effect' giving the smuking public industry that takes over frnm him" mNlh/hP (-r /fa." mnnnv h,,. ............... ...-. _. .- 1. 1. . P -2