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New Survey lnd icts Smoking
Once
again smoking has been identified as a leading
cause of health pcoblems. Britain's Royal
College
of Physi–
cians in their 1971 report,
Smoking and HeaJth Now,
positively confum the fact that smoking increases your
chances of sickness and premature death!
Here are sorne of the results of the study:
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It is estimated that over 20,000 deaths in meo
between the
ages
of 35 and 64 in the United Kingdom are
directly attributable every year to smoking.
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The average male cigarette smoker, age 35, is likely
on the average to lose 5% years of life as compared with a
nonsmoker.
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If
present smoking habits continue it is estimated that
there will be 50,000 deaths from lung cancer alone each year
in England and Wales in the 1980's!
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Mothers who smoke during pregnancy tend to have
smaller babies than non-smokers. They may
be
more likely to
abort their fetuses, have a still-birth
oc
fmd their infant dying
in the first days of life.
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Cigarette smoking was a detriment to Britain's
industry. As a result of long-range illnesses linked with
smoking, about 50 million wocking days were lost to industry
in a recent year.
The report substantiates the accuracy of ó.ndings dis–
coveced in similar studies conducted previously in the United
States.
It
points to the validity, for instance, of the Ham–
mond-Horn study which showed that the death rates from all
causes combined are 68% greater foc cigarette smokers than
for non-smokecs.
The condusions are obvious:
smoking
is
detrimental
lo
health and the habit shottld be dropped.
Foc an in-depth
study on the effects of smoking - and how you can break the
cigarette habit - write for our free booklet
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Your Vacation and Home Security
Be
sure and make home security part of your summer
vacation plans this year. Residence robberies rose 133% from
1960 to 1969 in the United States and are still on the cise!
Here are sorne suggestions offered by the International
Association of Chiefs of Police, the Los Angeles Police
Department and cooperative police-citizen neighborhood
crime reduction agencies on how to protect your borne while
on vacation:
If
you plan on being away from borne more than a few
days be sure to discontinue newspaper deliveries and other
deliveries ahead of time. Don't advertise to burglacs that you
are gone by leaving notes for various delivery men.
Have a trusted fciend pick up your mail
oc
have the post
office hold it for you while you are away. Do the yard work
before leaving and have it done by a neighboc, if possible,
while you are away.
Don't leave keys under fiower pots or doormats, inside
an unlocked mailbox, over the doorway, or in other obvious
places. Burglars usually look in these places fust. Give a
key
to a trusted neighbor to check inside your house periodically.
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INYITATION TO A
BURGLAR
Photo
shows what not to do
when you're owoy from
home for ony length of
time. Alwoys give the out–
side of your home
lived-in
Inform the police that you will be on vacation and that
your house will be unoccupied. They will periodically check
your neighborhood by patrol car.
Leave one or more interior lights on. (Timers can be
purchased that will periodically turn lights on and off during
your absence.) But don't leave the
hall oc
lobby light on.
This is an obvious giveaway. People do not live in hallways.
Lock
all the windows and doors and be sure the garage door
is dosed and locked before you leave.
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