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i 1 0 0 (.1 7a'171111"27 A"sraokeless" cigarette has been developed in the United States. From this cigarette carbon monoxide or formaldehyde is evidently not carried beyond the smoker's own 2unqs. Women, the poor and the young smoke in the U.S.A Washington Maisa Salo a Smoking still causes the premature death of every sixth person in the United States, concludes the newest report by the federal health authorities. At the same time the country's tobacco industry engages in an impressive advertising campaign. The campaign accuses the authorities of strict restrictions irritating smokers. The report by the Department of Health Education and Welfare was published on Wednesday, thus marking 25 years from the moment when the first convincing research results on the health hazards of smoking had been obtained. C. Everett Koop, the Chief Executive Officer, expressed his concern about the fact that despite the decrease in smoking, cigarette smoking especially among the young and women is more common than before. Smoking has decresed in the United States in a quarter of a century from 40 per cent to 29 per cent in 1987. And, almost half of those adults who have at some time smoked have given up this habit. However, according to another survey published a week ago, the increase in smoking by women has led to a manyfold increase in contracting a disease, e.g. lung cancer. 2500104093

k l,i-2.i UYNHTEn i u r 358 0 5Y-4k~08 S. td2 2 f of At the same time this survey shows, that now when many Americans are increasingly interested in their health, the poor and the less educated smoke more than people on an average. The tobacco industry of the United States has embarked on its own attack. Last weekend it published in the country's biggest newspapers advertisements stating "this is enough". "Enough taxes, 'enough legislation, enough control, enough cencorship, enough persecution and enough discrimination", declared the headings of the advertisements. "National research shows that the majority of adult Americans does not support stricter than the present actions against smoking", stated the advertisements. Health hazards no longer denied According to the advertisements, the research information had been obtained by interviewing 1 500 adult Americans last December. The tobacco industry's representative who appeared on television news on Tuesday evening accused the Department of Health Education and Welfare of discrimination against smokers. At the same time he convinced, however, that also the industry is against the starting of smoking when one is very young. In the course of the years the tobacco industry has been forced to compromize its standpoint according to which smoking wouldn't cause any health hazard. ~ on 0 0 ~ 0 ~ 0 10 ~ ~