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1ng 1s harmful
to much
more
than your health!
You might develop lung
cancer-
and
you
might
not. There is
one
smoking hazard, however, that is
no
gamble. lt is more deadly than al/ the rest-
and it
affects
everyone who smokes.
N
o
MAN
in his righc mind
wancs co become a slave.
Thar, however, is exacdy
whar happens ro anyone who cakes
up smoking!
The indencured smoker will give
up his own hard-eamed money co che
cune of ar leasr $300 per year for a
cwo-pack-a-day habir. He will
patiendy endure endless unpleasanr–
ries for his raskmascer - induding a
hacking, sharrering morning cough,
ugly rhick phlegm, smoker's head–
aches, and unpleasanc, cigarecce–
induced mouch and sromach com–
plaincs.
He will tolerare rhc cndless liccle
annoyances - burned holes in his
cloching, furnicure, rugs and rable–
clorhs. He will fork over more money
for insurance policies. He will give up
much of che enjoymenc he gers from
earing - his sense of rasce wiU be
dulled. He will willingly suffer che
characreriscic odor which accom–
panies a smoker wherever he goes. He
will knowingly risk offending chose
who do nor smoke.
10
by
Charles F. Vinson
Whar Price Pleasure?
Cigarecce smoking ofcen used ro be
compared ro Russian roulene. Not
any more. Smoking is
no gamble.
Every smoker is injured ro sorne
degree, and regular cigarecce smokers
srudied during auropsies all showed
che etfecrs in cheir lungs.
The grim crurh is chac che habirual
smoker runs a risk of dearh from lung
cancer ren rimes
gr~rer
rhan che non–
smoker. Men who smoke more chan a
pack a day have abouc a 20 times
greacer chance of gercing lung cancer
chan non-smokers.*
The morcalicy ratio of cigarette
smokers ro non-smokers is parric–
ularly high for a number of orher
•A definicc sr.teemenc
was
issued by
cm:
U. S.
Surgcon Gener2l in January,
1964,
in
a
repon
arrived at b\· a panel of rop doerocs and scicntiscs
appoinred
as
a faet·finding commission ro review
rrn: evidence· ··Ggarerre smoking is usually relared
ro lung cancer in mcn; rrn: magnirudc of rhe
efTecr ... far ourweighs all orher factors. The data for
women, chough less exrensive, poincs in rhe same
direcrion.
·me
risk of dcvcloping lung cance.r
incrcases wirh durarion of smoking and rbe number
o(
cig;uenes smoked per day, and is dimirushed by
disconcinuing."
diseases induding bronchiris and
emphysema, cancer of che Jarynx, oral
cancer, cancer of rhe esophagus, and
peptic ulcer. Smoking is also a factor
in hearc and circularory diseases.
Smoking-relaced deachs exacc rheir
roll in che economy of every nacion.
If al! smokers could somehow guir ar
che same rime, che posirive etfecr in
rerms of lives saved would be cumu–
lacively rremendous! For example,
seven out of ten lung cancer victims
are under sevenry years of age, mosr
of rhem heads of families. Thirty-five
thousand of chese could be saved if
no one smoked.
When a man dies of lung cancer,
his employer loses an experienced
executive or worker, his family loses a
breadwinner, his nacion's econorny
loses a consumer, and his government
loses a taxpayer. His family may lose
much of his income while he is ill,
not ro menrion che high cose of bur–
ia1. The family lefr behind mighc have
co he supporred by tax dollars.
All of chis is rotal wasce, scem–
ming from a rragic disease thar is ar
PLAIN TRUTH
September-October 1972