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Smoking
As
1
was readíng my PLAIN TRUTH for
tbis moorh,
1
was vcry much interested
in the article " Warning: Smoking
ls
Harmful to Much More Than Your
Health."
I
read and rercad tbis article
until
1
undersrood it fully, and
1
looked
up ever y possible argument in tbe Holy
Bible, and Jet me tell you, Mr.
Arm–
str~ng,
Mr.
Vinson did an excellcnt job
on lt.
1,
personally, am againsr smoking
for che same rcasons which you stated in
thc article, but
1
could never explain ir
that well when people would say
"Why?"
Jan
N.,
Willmar, Minnesora
Referring to tbe artide on smoking in
your Sepcember-October issue, 1 note che
sratemcnr, "Something in cigarettes -
probabJy nicotine- is HABIT tx.>RMING."
1
once bad a patient whose ncphew
worked in che lab of
a
major tobacco
company. Sbe lit a cigarcttc in bis pres–
eoce, and he immediarely took ir from
her and threw
ir,
along with the asb
tray, out che door! He then rold ber,
"Auntie,
if
you have to cut off your head
ro quit smoking, do it; you will suffer
les_s in che long run! People who smoke
tlunk tbey are booked on nicocine, but it
isn 't that simple. We are permirred to
put 2% of habit-forming NARCOTICS in
tbe chemica1s we use to treat the cobacco
tbat goes into our cigarettes.
Harry S.,
lrving, T exas
Congrarularions on your September–
Ocrober issue.
It
is a collector's irem be–
cause of the misinformation article by
Mr.
Vinson, "Warning: Smoking 1s
Harmful to Much More Than Your
Healtb." Wbat is
Mr.
Vinson's motive
and objecrive? Destroying and killing
the American and T urkish robacco busi–
?ess,
agriculture and indusrry and hclp–
ln~
t?e
Soviet~
gain their Iife-Iong
ObJCCtlve of makmg che Mediterranean a
Russian lake?
H. R. ,
Van Nuys, California
•
Wail
li/1
you rtad in
the
January
1973
issue
a11
eye-opming artirle
011 1he
tobacco businm!
Can Prisons Succeed When
Society Has Foiled?
1 just read rhe arricle "Can Prisons
Succeed When Sociery Has Failed?" in
tbe September-October
L972
edition of
TIJe
PLAIN TRUTH. Mr. Whikehart
spc:~ks
with unbelievable undersranding
of the prisoner's problems - 1 know,
PlAIN TRUTH
Jonuory
1973
What Our Readers
Soy
for I'm an inmate. And 1 wish he would
do sorne more anides on prisons and in–
~at~ ~n
..prisons with him "telling it
hke 1t 1s. Maybc society will be ablc ro
undersrand us more and sorne of rhe
problcms we havc faccd, do facc now
and will face in the future
if
no one does
something to change ir. I'm all for che
Walla Wal12 changeover, and 1 wish
very mucb that the California Oepart·
mene of Correcrioos would follow
Washington's example. lt
is
the best
method of rehabilitation I've ever heard
of. Well,
I
must go, and thank you evcr
so much for doing an article on us.
Ronald
J.,
Chino, California
What Will We Do? - l' m Pregnant
For sorne reason your anide "What
Will We Do? - l'm Pregnant" has
really reached me. 1 fecl your arcicle has
a way of using questions aimed at che
characcers in the story, yet these ques–
tions real!y made me ask myself che same
thing. The more young people who can
rc:~d
chis,
1
feel there will be a
grc:~tcr
number rurning ro other forms of recre–
ation. Please send you r booklet,
Modern
Dating,
toche address below.
Lynd M.,
Sarasota , Florida
1 found your article in
Tbe
PLAIN
TRUTH in poor rasre. You talk abour
how to prevenr illegitimate children. 1
agree to a certain poinr, but you really
didn't get inro the Pill. You said che ex–
perts ta1ked about giving people pills to
prevent children, then you put your
opinion in ro say "This, of course, means
relying on birth control methods rarher
than on behavior and chat
is
creating thc
effects, not tbc original cause." 1t seems,
Mr.
Kroll, that you have bang-ups about
sex! You must be old-fasbioned ro me if
you cry to come on with morals.
Miriam A.,
San Francisco, California
•
!he
ejfecl of.
the Pitl
among
the
promiscfiOIIJ
IJ
an
eptdemtcof
11t11ereal
diseases.
lo
The
PLAIN TRUTHmagazine of Sep–
tember-October, tbere was an article ti–
tled "What Will We Do? - I 'm
Pregnant," which was well written. 1
enjoyed reading ir not bccause of che
problems it discussed nearly as much as
tbe sratemencs, "Give 'em sorne pills
rather tban rules.... This means, of
course, relying on birth con trol methods
rather than on bchavior and that is treat–
ing the effeets, nor the original cause."
Elizabeth E.,
\'(!
ichita, K.ansas
1
am a trained nu rse employed by che
Transvaa1 Family Planning Association
and have read many of your magazines
and booklets. 1 have beco taken up by
~our
booklet,
TIJe Missing Dimemioll in
S
ex..
As .we are
fac~d.
with reen-agers
comtng
10
ro the ChniC with rheir par–
ents,
1
felt that chis bookler would be of
real help ro all of us working for che
Transvaal Famil y Planning Association.
1
have discussed and shown this booklet
ro one of our doctors, wbo does che
training of nurses and social workers, in
Family Planning. She feels chis is just
the type of book we need.
M. M.,
J ohannesburg Commirrce,
Family Planning Association
of South Africa
Way of life
TIJe
~LAJN
TRUTH has changed my
whole life.
I
have found the happincss
and contentmcm most people spend all
of their lives looking for and can't find.
You offer
a
real fountain of knowlcdge
rhar
1
am
enchused ro delve into. Your
efforts cercainly are a
curo
in the oppo–
site direction from the downward trcnds
of mankiod and the world.
A. S. B.,
Eddonchatram, India
Your literarure is indeed the Bible of
tbe 20th century, A.O. This intricate
delicate planee which we a.re so
fonunat~
ro be a part of, is gradually dying of poi–
son. When will mankind adopt rhe anti–
do_te prescribed by you? Tragically, at
th1s very moment, much of humanity is
rhoroughly convinced rhat this anridore
muse be borclcd or packaged in purpl e
plastic .- obrained in exchangc for
metal dJScs. For me, ir líes in the design
of a grass blade and in the pounding of
t?e salty surf.
lt
lies
in
the design of
IImb and eye, which, bopefully, 1 will
never cease
to
perceivc wirh childlike
wonder whilst 1 am part of it all.
Glenda V. ,
South Africa
Whe n Was Christ Born?
1 just had to write and tell you how
much I enjoy
The
PLAIN
TRUT~I
maga–
Zine. I found the arricle "When Was
Jesus Boro?" most interesting. I did
k?ow tbat Chrisrmas was of pagan ori–
gm, but che resr of the information was
new tome.
Lucy M.,
El Paso, Texas
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