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Sprin I I I I I I t9'Brien A setback ' ~ for nanny ~ I~ AS FAS as rhe World can be evcY•Yrned by furrher Health OrCamsat,en ,s rrtrarch, wnd even if oabive smek• I cenbrned, good news In( does not cause cancer in non• It bad newr. Thu u m sokers. it may stJl cuuwe asrhma why, as we rn•eal anC nronrn,ut m ch;Ldren, which u ~ today. It has choten so tar not to hadenaufh. I , i peblishtheRndlnesoftheaxtenelve SriIL rhe WHO debade sneuld reseaf<hwhKh,tGGmmissiGh<dIneG llert the public to nco fa<t tha4 ,t rl:G allefed aitaclltion GetweCn Ca3• iSn't only tabaCta eompamcs whlch I I sevesmokmeandlunecancerinnon- have vested interests, canrrary to smoknrs The research luled to find wher the aoti.smoking lobby might Ij Lfly such alipCqtlon, thus dcstroy, tay. Oreaolsatlons which claim to ~ lot cne of [he articles of faith upon work dwn[ereste6ly for the gswd of wblcb the church otantl•imekln( ii the general nuhlic rapidly gain ~ fouadcd. Can anyone doubt that if vesudinterauof[4urpvn,evenlf Ihe rasurch had uncovered a posi- they didn'c have them to begin wsth. trve association between Das=tve The trvrh Is rarely pure, and nevrt rmoktng aud lung cancv In non• timple. /mokers, it wauld have been Llven It the public is pot to be agitated the kind of publicity uaually constantly by paCltt over bealtb rtsvvcdforthesaslnofrilmsnnT hasards. mast at which surn out In ihvs are two reasons for the be Illusory only a few weeks or W HO'edaepreluctance to b•oadcast months aftu they are tirst raised, it the ARdmO or q own study. flnt, wIll have to keep a few simple cpn- of aourse, the orCani had stderahonscpnstantlymmindn airaady taken up a atrone position Our ape is by far the hultniest en tha nartofulnus ef pasnve smek• which has ex,fted m the history ef mcand, Ilke every organisation and humaniay A statistieal association mdividual, doea nct I,ke to admit between a diseaaa and an enviroo• toat to might have been -rCag, mental faeter d<es oot prove tause Second, to srronp har and effect: yet wide the faith rn the cvds o[ -rt .f'~ publicity is pvan to imoksng bePnme that y~s0 tayylgGl$ of every claim that such mahy ptaple fcouinaty causal relationships feel that any lotaltec• P3SS19e exsaa In eon«ast, little tual stuettt of hand Is or no pubtictty is (}vep ! luautScd. as long aa It smoking are to evidence thac they ~ cooducar to Ihc donot,Tharesultisw . greater, indeed [hC talked up for strengehentheinpres• ervtes0. eood. that is rron that nco wedd s~ to say, the total ehml• poli[iC2.1 ends ever more fYll of hae• natlonofemoktn{frant ards aad daneen. tn therepsnolrcothuman benavlour. faa, sM nvctaa u trve: It ia ufv . There ii yet another, dcepCr thln ever before. When a Large pef• raasoe. tha WHO is a huresuenoy. oenta{.Leerealem.nsklsrepoRed wbCrn institutional reuon d'2RC i3 - say, the dan(eTa involved Ia eat• ~ to interfere as widely as posslblt in ine beef because ef SSE-1t is -enh thedaytc-daylifeofasmanynepple asking howgrcattherrskwasinthe ' as polfibie. The mora urfeus has• lintplace. ~ ards tn the health or humanity it ean Thc daneers of eastive smokine YGCUver, the mera plausible Ilt hava been eroatly eng{erated for alalme to lavifb fundlnF {arecr political ends. Smoking remains an stafts, higher penslons and better unplesaant habit tur thnsa wba do eaptten facllitiea. not [hemsalvas smoke. and it is Ite position is not fundamentally undoubtedly bad for the health pf dUferene from that of the Lrlasb these who do. Dut lhere can be faw 9apartment nr Heatth, which only srnokcnlsftinthedevelupadwodd last weak was /oraed finally to con• who de not knew this. and thwtort ' ceda tCat red meat may not be .a dtcof.orin.~pronntt. 1 CatdlotaYlc ae prevtouely alleged, The eYq~•rqriteY! fervaur with Again, the reason (pr ministars' whick the antiumuksni lobby car rduetanrtteadmstthisMforeuna ties ea in anivstses results not ao bard to junf. If red meaf is danev- mueh fronm the desirc to do good. .out. then the Covtrnment hfl butfromthedeairetonaveacaYsa anether exbuee to Intarvene in our in which to believe and vs4h whieh Qvu, [Sut if it Is safa - heaven for• it ms> esen public influ.nea. Onee . bid that it should actualty be good smuulni haa beee urterty sup- , faryou:-theGuvatnment. need do prusnd, -e may be aura that v'e i .nothlnp And It there is one thing shell not bt left in paate lo ep to (pvetnmpnts hate mote than any Helt in our own ..ay. Vlrst tobacen. ,' other. it is thn need to do nothinC• then ma6 cholc.terol. atcohoL Something far n.ofe precious than salt. chocelate, fYeir, Offelne - mltt lives is at stake nere. dbvern• (he llat is endlesa. we shall ncverbe mmtlobaandminlstertalpower, left to ellloy, anythille unselfconP t•ha ann•anersmekcrt should not clously aealn, and In the meaaume ~ refelcefoosoon,hGweveGAlllelen- healtn ourQeucrxc•ax .,II have I tlflc flndints such as those of the wased uncommonly, and unneatth- ~ WHO msenrch are proat,onit, and dy. fat /'P1 ,..1. ._`.•~ ._._..._...... ~3S2I9 0 0\I21d5 cOCt T8t' T1TO SF3 BT:ZT .\0x SI3. C0~80