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To: maceng2 who wrote (189084)	6/12/2006 6:50:43 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

They didn't see the light of day until the first smoking trials. 1964 Dr. Luther Terry issues first-ever U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Tobacco, declaring cigarette smoking to be a health hazard and a major cause of lung cancer and other deadly diseases. The report, based on more than 6,000 articles in biomedical literature, states "cigarette smoking is causally related to lung cancer in men; the magnitude of cigarette smoking far outweighs other factors. Cigarette smoking is the most important of the causes of chronic bronchitis in the United States and increases the risk of dying from chronic bronchitis and emphysema." The report also says the death rate from heart disease is 70 percent higher in cigarette smokers than in nonsmokers. The Surgeon General's Report notes that the tobacco habit should be characterized as a habituation rather than an addiction "since the biological effects of tobacco, like coffee and other caffeine-containing beverages, betel morsel chewing and the like, are not comparable to those produced by morphine, alcohol, barbituates and many other potent addicting drugs." The resource for this information can be found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web Site. Newsweek calls the Surgeon General's Report "monumental," while The New York Times carries a long account under the headline, "Cigarettes Peril Health, U.S. Report concludes; 'Remedial Action' Urged." A banner headline on the front page of the Chicago Tribune states: "Tie Cancer To Cigarettes." A similar headline in The New York Herald-Tribune proclaims: "It's Official - Cigarette Smoking Can Kill You.") (The New York Times, Jan. 12, 1964; Richard Kluger, Ashes To Ashes, New York, Vintage Books, 1996, p. 260.) "The health hazards of excessive smoking have been well publicized for more than 10 years and are common knowledge. Labeling will not alert even the young cigarette smoker to any risks of which he is not already aware," declares an American Medical Association statement in an Associated Press story as the Federal Trade Commission begins discussions of placing health warnings on cigarette packs. ("FTC Ponders Views On Cigarette Labels," The Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier, March 18, 1964.) Federal Trade Commission proposes that all cigarette packages carry warnings about the dangers of smoking. Legislation is approved by Congress a year later. ("History of Tobacco Regulation," Schaffer Library of Drug Policy, World Wide Web site, hard copy.) brownandwilliamson.com But the pimps and Judas's who worked for tobacco tried to create FUD for 30 years. Exxon is doing the same thing now.