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ting across and there are 33 mtilh ex- In eptte of good lntentlona, kaowledge ot of 7rhat It means to come the a•ro ~ . amokers in the Onited States's As a result, the hazards, anti-smoking alds, tirsds from opvery nB :. an increased aaarenrs of haxard and a familyand frlends and warnings from pbysi- wa~ risme tecling of mdfgnation ig replacing the elans, all~ too many women remain fixed in ' - as'tax[.cra -- old, resigned, complacent attttude. What the habit..One often bears: "I've tMed, God iHescnn J. P- Beuy. J. B.• meiss, J. W. Inan- I was once considered as the.^ln^, the "every- knows howw many times, but itis Impossible oen'. J. T.. Honeyman„ M S.: Por[y Years of body doea it", thing to do, is no longer fash- to atop'• Cancer lnoitlence [n Conneeticut 1o3b-1B4/. In ' lonabie. More frequently, one hesrsboasts Perhaps those who react this way may be Pres` about persunaX trumpha over the`habit mcouraged'to ltnoww that professionals who I ' Yuune. J. I., Percy C. L, Aeire, A. J. Eda, Sur- Nun-smokera are Inerezei~-ot ve(11°^ce. Epldemblope and End IViul4~ Incidents outspokea at deal with smokecessetlonprotganls have and Mottsllty Data, 197a-77. National Cancer inst4 soeial and b¢stnesa gatherings and openly loundthat the.IDa7ority(70 Pervent) •" are tute aaonopapb No.67• June, 199t, express resentment at beiag pawely ex- eapable of quitting and do so by individuall9' 'Doapm of SnmMno:. Henellts of Quitting and posedto the amokee ezhaation of others selected methods and time schedules. Some . 8eiadve 8ieka of aeduoed Eacposure- pmennn er,er gec~ety Inc.:NY• NY• 1882• p. 17. ~ ("Stop smokuig, you'te raping my lung!"). stop easily and forever following their pby- i Cano Restricted areas for smoking are being set s;ctans advice to do so: others stop and start ~ See ref. 3, p.1B. .. . , . I aside 1n public places Legislators a[e trying, many times before finally qultting; some •See ret.9, P. ai. -~- • tochangethePnesentlnaocuousand"lnvisl- quit usinggrnup therapy or by being In- •Am. HeartAemrlstlon ble" warnmY label oa cigarette packages Report o('~ ~~- aplred 6yy the thoughLpxnvokmg peusee of mlucr on Ci¢arette Smotln¢ and C.rdlovaaeu1ar I . and adve :isamenta to ones with stronger the annuslGreat American Smnkeout Day. Dhwa&e•Am. Heart Association Document 11/10/ messages. The young are beieg exhorted by -Wte a few arelnfluenced by a cancer Lm.g-r;. 'I I - role models, athletes, lecturers and Hlms. edy }n someone near and dear.. Still many . y~~re ¢om'~ e,1.nel Smoking Nattoonl ~ Health Slogans abound: "Smoking stinks^,'-With a_~n mtrgnz3gent and seemingly tn-thral] Data available from the NauomU Center tor~ , cigarette for a ir(end, you don't need an . to the babit. However, 9 out of 100 of the . g[attspiy,pnbucHrstchServ[or,a1D, enemY", "~okina ia punisnable by death". . .- •8ureeoo Oenenra '. .- 872n clgarette manufectUTenw. rCCOg¢lLltJg most Inveterate amokera find themselves suddenly capable of, quitting under one.set ,'•SuxgeonGenerWsHeport.lB7B.R6-'_"1. ` ~. I.. Reporl, 1e71, p.8BB-390 the Public's coneern, are 90% mmmltted to of droumstances: when they first vlew4he I .."M+rt~>yederick. M-D. Peuomi commuyer - filters and vie with each othefpr la[ver -LeIl,tale ahadowm their oumlung x-ray ornoo' - tar/nleotlaE levels (their tac[f. albeit'xelua '~ fettdwith the loss of their vocal cords ~Uer. N: ]i A National Iwe-Temi 8tudyol- tant adtnlssionthat ©gatEttes are harmful). .. .- -- >~rmatal HarJrd4. DriaentM at 8[h World Con- 8owesen p_vmLsing these facts end I1g[aes w bladder. - Ress of oynecolaBY-0batetr(r+. New Yort, ep[1f . may be, the bad news at(Il far wtvelgha ~ bborn®okers, the angtdsl[ thatremtttnds 11~"t~lll Eo•~ve . proup for the. Study of Btruke In, tbem, fpr a ma)br threat ofholomnBfYC pro• this ce~rophS crophSc moment and thee remorse ', Youne W~m- Oral Wntr.oeptives and ctrokt tn, - portions Persisis 37 mflltan Ame[-raaa will felt when It Is realized that this tragedyin- ro~ °•o0ep'a°sOm•~ ~ iwtora JdMA the pleIDSInrC1Y -f}vm ®okiog 'relatCd IDl[YC 41a422. Aei,mary 17,1fIla. . . causes unless effective measures are lmtii- the-matdhg was self-mduced and prevent- mle; (f they could ordY imagine the devas- . paMann' J. 1_ Vesser. aL P., Tharo¢ooa. at, Don, tuted a•ltl[ou'delsy. -- '- tating impactt of this news upon their c. W ~refe~ renoe to o[eontraxpu~ contraceptive pr.Wce- grLLl This ceear present and future danger „Iamlly, -frlendss and economic status, it Mediral .wiana)k7s1-24B,May3.1976, cannot be d 1 n[ without a oontinmus, might joltt them out-of their complacency "COmmehemfve Smoking Prerentton Feumtlon ff//. ma7or effort by all segments of society in- ~dfeeble excuses. But unfortun3tely as ~~ ~"= bef"re the.SuDcoa[m1[tee on Heyth , eluding goverament, physicians, teache[s and the EnvmomenC Statement by Edward N. ; and antismoking eocieties. It 1s an ara 1n with forewarning chlldrenn persistent smok- Brandt Jr., MD. esalslent Secretary for HeauLl, . which women m parUcular can play an ers do not believe they will become victims Waahingba D.C. Match 11, 1982. enormouslyeffective role and aitboud[ per- or will ever die. . . .'•Glaarette Smnkfna Amone Tem-Aeers and haps this is Ies.meL+A•*^'_,t[e it MLmquPB- ~e final point about Quitttng: Liber-~ . Young Women. National Cancer InsututC. DHEW tionably equaitn Importance to their eur- stion-a "burt" word these days, Partieular-) Puburauoo Na (Nfar 77-1so3. - `. _. ` .' - ]y In women-ean take many forma It has ',',~''~. 7. P: 57. rent conlmft[mmta agafnst.slcohol aad drug .~nused by many ex-smokers to describe ~ Me°ting of the Cbmmlt[eehn To6emo- and abuse In the pplmg. To do so: wamenmust first n»dastrtad the feeling that follows cessation of the 'Gncer. American Cancer Sotleby NY NY, Nosm- :bms, 1esz -- - -that there is m"aate^ rJgat•ette m matter hablt: as 1f they were "reborn", or have eemoking and Health: A Program to H.educe the 'ohatt the filters and low tar-nlmtlne levels "come alive^,-ar "reloined the living". No HUts nf Dbease m Smotera Pubuehed by the xa- xugge8t- Secand,.th.ey should feel a eenee of ..longer are.they eoslaved by frantic searches . :tional Camar .InaUtute rnd the. Nstloeal Heart. outrage at the way they and their etlnA,o.. - Sor cigarettes lb.purses or 1n one's home-on L~ cnd Bloodin.[itute, Bethesda, am,December ~ .- have been manipulated by the to0setlD fa- oeekenda Gom are the expense and de- 'i ..~ Smoking DIaM:)~r$ Report - on a terrsts. T'hird, the main thrusts of-St[elr -meaning ComPlus(on to buy several c8rtona Nauon alctuig the Hm[t National C.ncer in.tl~ effortmusthe ditatednotfu8t attJ]~rown - at oace Qe6t one be "raught short"); or to tyv 1BTJ.- . . I habit but at preventing ehlidrm tt~ atarL '.118ht: up-1n publle p)ac•ea, soclsU Satherihes, -. smoteoders Ac• Norralt, Coun«e.inlt t961 ~. Ing and encouraging them to Qnit As ' 1Ahen uamg the teleDhone, drinking poftee, `?.vcobw, ammerma)or harard In chudten, la a anyone who has dealt t3tkh young awaken doing office work, etc. In Its place a long .ro-nri'+1•ogen and In combuuuunw(th tubnou m- know4 this ls m easy aeatgngyst Neatha- -loffi: aense :of well-being and fitffieas retm•na I ,°~ the p•obabi[itr of ancer fe[mettua ,~ •1ess, women's perauaedon wIIl gsin atatme 'which,fa m amall way. Is augmented by the -]n the pme tateo to read this arude (about a and force if the vast legions of .>®oke[a shedding of the nagging feellng-of guilt `w1Dates/' apP[vauoately 10 mudeen have-staetede -.~m• ~ a"t ~ed~ haee died of , mob . h ll ave thli th hbit AltboOih for amokera usua y emseves gve upea. •' . may this ta a difficult derldm4 they.oan Time asahorC a great deal of damage L .~re~~~ t.- . .. have.recourse to many varied aida dadgned being tlone+e. The stakes and rewards ara I. for this pttrpoae: stop-smoking groups, hyp- high for no other bealthmeavure bas such ~ ~ noeis, acuplmetare, -glmmlcks'of ill eorta a vast Dotential for improving the well-being +: auch ae stxPles in ears, elas.fc handa on of a nation. This-isoue that will take la reat collective and Individual efforts to m , g wrists to be snapped lostestl of )iyhtilny up, water filteta aster fnters, nimtine gum, solve.. etc). . . '. . ... Women rise to challenges andas members For those who worry about weight gain- of groupa. movements and societies ean recent studies er show that one-tlvrdaotual- Insist that antl-amokingmeasurea be frl , 1y lose weight These are people who start aa quenUy discussed and made part of their general fitnesaprogram coincident with platform or program. As lndivlduala, they quitting and eat more sensIDly and burn tan teach by example and support those or- more atlories-Dp exerclae. Qne-thtrd neither gantaattona (Heart, Luna. Cancer) that have - ..n. v... rn. »..i~ nr. .r.at. .,.A ..tihn lnnc heen dedi®ted to ellminatine the .. haMtxrrmain unaliPred. 0[>ttbfrd eain hablt~ -- V weight for combinatmna of reaspns. the '8uchaeonloinedeffort('Neverunderesti- (a7- dominant one being theaubsitit[Ltion of mate the power of a woman") cannot fail to . . ~ compulsive eating for eompulatve smoking have an Important. Impact andhelp create . .. . . . ("oral crav(nr(•''in another form). In edtli- an environment more inimical to the habit ~ . . . . W` . .- .. ~r~' tion, as taste and smell Improve so does in which even Intrepid amoken will find •.-...- --- u__ . •. L- ..I-..,.,rv.M awA en v.inl.. uni.. ir.rv.ml,ld anA n...•. f6.InM,. 111. sfnrHnv..nnn he lnfwrtlnna enA s roatl - --" "r/ " i cn habit ias overcomqe the ditlicult but not what Is more, children reared(n this atmos- ' ~7- - - -`" " St! Insurmountable task of dieting faa be pur- Dhere cannot help but be influenced byaued. '. .. and.svill thereby be spared thepainfuldis-

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