The Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-04-01, Page 9WEDNESDAY . AP;tt1 1 �. 19M
THE; LUCKNOW SENTf N.EL, LUC.K140W •ONTARl0
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Editor, Lucknow Sentinel
pear Sir..
in view of my recent decision
to discontinue the sale "of tobacco,
I ,wish:to . bring the following: in-
formation . to your .attention, The
surgeon 'General of the United
States ,has issued. a report; on the
link between' 'smoking and cancer,
smoking and heart disease, smok-
ing and emphysema. The •article,
in . part,. was as follows;: '
REPORT ON• 'TOBACCO
In previous 'studies the use of •
tobacco, especially .cigarette' sma
king,' has been causally linked to
several diseases. Such use has
been associated. ' with increased
deaths from lung' cancer and other
diseases, :.notably coronary artery
disease, , chronic bronchitis, and
emphysema. These, . widely report-
ed findings, which have • been the
cause of . much : public concern . ov
err the. past decade,., have been
accepted in many •countries • by of-,
ficial health agencies, medical as-
sociations, and.; voluntary , health
organizations:..
The . potential .hazard is great
because these diseases are major•
causes. of . death and disability;
In 1962, over '500,000 people in the
United States died of arterio -sclera
otic„ heart . disease (principally
coronary artery disease),.
,41,000.
died of :: lung `cancer, , and 15,000
died :of 'bronchitis : and emphy-
sema.
Another, cause of concern is. that
deaths from ..some.. of these. dis
eases have •been,, 'increasing with.
-great-rapidity-over-the-past-few-
decades.
great-rapidity-over-the-pastfewdecades. • •
Lung cancer deaths, , less ' 'than
3000 in 1930, increased to ,18,000
1950. In the short 'period since
1955, deaths from lung cancer.
rose from less than .27,000 - to the -
:1962 total of 41,000. This extra-
ordinary rise has not 'been re-
corded for cancer of any ', other
site. While.. part . of the, :rising trend
for ::lung cancers is attributable to
improvementsin diagnosis' and
the; changing Nage-coiaposition: and
size of the population, ' the . evi-
dence leaves little doubt that `a'
true increase in the ' lung cancer.
has taken place. .
Deaths 'f r ani arteriosclerotic,
coronary, and _degenerative heart
.disease rose -from' 273,000: in. 1940,
to 396,000. in 1950, and to 578,000
. in '1962.
Reported deaths from chronic
bronchitis and : emphysema rose
:frem 2300 in • 1945 to: 15,000 in .1962,
The, changing , patterns and eit
tent. _of• --tobacco -use-are a pertin--
ent aspect •• of the tobacco—health:
•problem. •
Nearly 70' ' million .people in the,,
United States , consume tobacco
.regularly. cigarette ` consumption
in the United States has increased,
markedly since the turn • of • the
century, when per capita con-
sumption Was. less• than 50 cigar-
ettes : a year; Since 1910, when cig-
garette consumption , per • person
(15 years and older) was 138, 'it
rose . to' 1365 in '1930, to 1828 in
.194.0, to 3322 ' in 1950 and to a
peak of 3986 in 1961: The 1955.
Current Population Survey showed
that 68. per cent of the male pop-'
-111ationr18-year f age r. o
were
re a
r smokers
o
f cigar-
ettes,
ga
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r-
ettesr •
deaths' in” a number of 'major dis-
ease categories. It was in ' :this.
setting that the committee , began
its work -to .assess ,the' nature and
magnitude ' of the health hazard
attributable to smoking,
Sincerely, '
ELMER'.CIMBACH
March 21, • 1964
The . Sentinel, Lucknow
Dear Editor . `
Just received your weekly pa-
per, The Sentinel, which comes
every. week. ' I' certainly look for-
ward .to it. It is like getting, a
letter from homer .
I notice Elmer Umbach on front
page. burning his tobacco, instead
of selling it. • I . sure admire him
for doing that and :I. hope• ,others.
will follow his way of disposing
of their tobacco.:
I always enjoy reading The -Sen-
tinel . as it gives a lot of news
from ., home,
I` left Lucknow in 1907 —`fifty
seven years age and , came a to'
Chicago, ` I11;, .'but' I still claim.
Lucknow as imy home, so that, is',
the reason I• look forward to.,'re-
ceiving your Sentinel every week.
Yours. truly,,
George W. MacGregor,
28 E` Jackson,,
Chicago, Ill..
DOES:SNUB•.GAIN FERTILIZER'SPREAD.BETTER?
At a quick glance sHUR-GAIN Selected Granulated' Fertilizer may look very :much
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like' most other kinds of 'granular fertilizers -but 'there is an:.important . difference.'
_Aylmer, Ontarioordinary
Most fertilizers and practically all .custom blendedd ones consist of a dry
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March 20th; 1964
• mixture -of -fertilizer -materials-either.-in powder-orlranu' lar form. '
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The. Editor
Lucknow Sentinel,
Lucknow, -.Ontario:_:
Dear • !Campbell:_
As ,a 'resident. of :Aylmer, On-:
tario, 'in the heart .of Ontario's
tobacco • industry, we were : dis
tressed by your front page picture
of Elmer 'Umbach engaged in.the
ceremonial burning Of his, tobacco:
Before this practice' 'spreads and
the Spring air is filled .with clouds'
of smoke 'from pyres of flaming
White Owlsand Dutch. Masters
we feel: a protest should be filed.
• -Recent studies -have shown that
if some people: over -smoke for •a
periodof years' they may 'develop
long cancer..., It, is also known ,if
some people over -eat for a period,
of years they develop heart trou-
ble, and .'if': they over -drink they
develop cirhossis of the. liver.
The Government has' not seen
fit . to outlaw eating, drinking or
smoking, . relying on the theory
that everyone over 21 has the right
to destroy himself in' the manner
most to his. liking. ' ' ,
'
We note the Pharmaceutical,
Council 'has disapproved of the
sale 'of . cigarettes .in drug stores
and we assume that -this is be-
cause unlike ice cream,, maga-
zines, ' chocolate* bars,... shoving
cream, babies' pants' and pocket
books, they- have -.nothing , to de
with drugs. ' .
Perhaps if the practice' spreads
the . Governtnent, to ' protect its
tax revenue, will hive to estab-
lish smoking 'rooms 'like' beverage
ro
tris, and-'special-tobacco-oUt--
lets' or retail
sto
re
s. .However,
of.
before, the situation gets"' Out
hand, we;, would' •rei'nirid you of
K�phtng's words "A woman is. only
a woman but a .good. cigar is a
smoke."
Yom's very truly.,
Bruce. Johnston
In contrast ' with this sharp in-
crease in' cigarette smoking, per
capita . use of tobacco in . other
fortes has •gone down. Per capita
consumption of cigars declined '
from 117 in 1920 to 55 in 1962.
C
on-
SumPtt0nof pipe tobacco which
reached a peak Of. two and one
half pounds . per person in 1910,
Tell to a little more than a half
pound per ,person in 1962: Use .of '
chewing to
gtobaeco has deet
i ed
from
' about four pounds per person in
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]90O to o.,half pound .in 1962.
The background for the coin-
nittee's study thus included .much
general information and findings
from previous investigations whieh
associated the' increase in cig-
arette smoking with increased
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Launch Expansion
Debentum Drive
."United' Co=operatives of On-
i launched a-tiew million dol-
lar debenture drive on y re-
ports
. y
making .its. fiftieth birthday, re-
ports 1:L 'Forrester, MalovytoWtl,
President. "This organization be -
As a result the different 'ingredients Vary insize and weight-: You. -can-compar-e.
it to a handful of ping-pong balls, mixed' with marbles. If yuu°throw: out a handful
Ios. 'thaese, the marbles will travel •farther than the ping-pong balls-andthat
exctlywhat happenswith ord:nary-fertilizers.---Every granule of SHUR-GAIN Selected-Gr_anulated Fertilizer contains the guaranteed
plant food elements in 1he.•right proportion. • •
When youspreadyour fertilizer, with _a drill Or even more important, with any
broadcast -type spreader you can . be sure that. every. particle (from the • smallest to
the Largest): of free-running-;sima-GAIN. Selected -Granulated Fertilizer is nutritionally'
balanced nomatter where it lies -assuring you of complete -and 'even intake of alh
the plant food. by your • crops. There • are no excesses in one area' and . starvation in
another: with;SHUR-GAIN:.
Another•good, reason why you canbe confident of top returns from sHUR-Ganst s -
the finest fertilizer for your good earth!
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Be • sure to .discuss your spring Fertilizer. , ogram
with your local SHUR-GAIN N Fertilizer dealer
:i:?: ..}t .. `v;'T,:}: :ice\., • r,
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gagait19
on . March' 19, n
1914and has .
developed, over the years into a
province -wide co-operative whole-
sale, and mar-ketmg_organization
United Co=operatives,, which is
owned by 140 local retail co=oper-,
atives in Ontario,, had a sales' vol:
of $ 8' hiillioti in 1983, .assets
ll on and
$18 �i Million ne . ea
of , � .. rnings
of $1 trillion;. Its • operations . are
diversified, ranging from feed' an4
fertilizer manufacturing and dis-
tribution, b ion to distribution
of. pet-
roleum, -..hardware, farm supplies,.
and marketing of" farm products.
'The debenture' drive is 'the third
in the past five years for UCO.
The funds'. raised by ,debentures;
Will be used, for financing for ex-
panding services.,
NEWS BRIEFS.:
• Therout a
t t season . is little more
than
a month away, being sched
uled-=ta_open on_:.ridayl,- May. 1st.
: *. •
Ileavy glass door "plates at Ex-
eter Public school were kicked in,
and'. • nine
yin of
d � s mashed by
stones in a recent 'window :'=bust-
iiig binge," .
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