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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1969-01-09, Page 7D. A. RAND FURNITURIE STONE BRUSSELS, ONT. PHONE 199 Director and embalmil BRUSUL$ ONT, "THE BEST FOR 69" SEE THE NEW FORDS, FAIALANES, FALCONS, MUSTANGS AND FORD TRUCKS ON DISPLAY 1968 FORD CUSTOM 4D 8 Auto. Radio 1967 FORD LTD 4D HT' Fully Equipped 1967 FORD LTD '2D HT 1967 CHEV. BELAIR 4D 8 Auto. 1965 MUSTANG 2D HT 8 Cyl, Radio SEVERAL OTHER MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM BRIDGE MOTORS YOUR MUSTANG, FALCON, FAIRLANE, FORD and THUNDERBIRD DEALER BRUSSELS PHONE 249 WINGHAM PHONE 357-3460 L. Penistan, Director. of Path , ology <it Straford General I losital, nr. T. E. '\Vood, a chest physician who works at St. .Joseph's and fleck Memorial Hositals, London, and Dr. C, P, A. Evans. Medical Officer of I-Tealth, Huron COunty. The recent very welcome Cotn- merits by the Honourable John Munro, Minister of National Health and Welfare with regard . to the cigarette and its unquest- ionable perils represent consider- able progress in the attitude of the Federal Government to smok- ing, but there is mire-h that can be clone at the personal, family and local community levels, The in.dividual. it' a child er adolescent. can and .should re- solve never to start smoking eig- nrette.S. l.f Sae or she is an adult and • cannot break with tobacco completely then a drastic. cut -should be made in cigarette con- suniption or a less dangerous form of tobacco indulgence such as pipe Or cigars should be adopted, (It is noteworthy that the pipe or cig- ars while more or less exonerated from blame with regard to lung cancer are matkedly in other serious those of the vessels). still incr'iin in a ted the causation of diseases. no fa bly heart. and blood The a ti tilde in the family group to cigarette smoking can he a powerful influence for good or the oposite, Parents who give TILURSDAY, JANUARY Mu, 190 BRUSSELS POST, 111WSli1148. ONTARIO MeGalin's Farm Equipment WE SPECIALIZE IN A COMPLETE LINE OF FARM EQUIPMENT . SALES AND SERVICE WALTON, ONTARIO PHONE 365W6 OR 527.0245 BRUSSELS SEAFORTH INDIAN -MAGAZINE the V6160" -of" the Canadian Indian is growing 'Stronger' 'across' the on inatterS"peettildirig. to hiS welfare:. The • .voce of OjiliWay lid. heard Saturdays. Oriit,BC radio bit the' probrani itidiart iNtabaidrie _ ' a 'natfot9l ferurn for the opinions• of Indians, lVletiS nd tt Means of leittilla heft- IndianS hear the Indian prtifit..Of view and helps promote tinder,. • .Stand-hid, YeStiO- Wen a Wildertiets AWard for his role WtijOek -60.IS6616. • WE ARE IN THE GRIP OF AN EPIDEMIC, by Dr, G P, A. Evans, 'Medical. Pfficer of Health, County of Huron Canada., United 'King.- dont and Western Europo are in the grip of an epidemic at Pre- sent, The disease not diptheria, is not potylomyelitls, it. is TAIrtig Cancer and its cause in the VaSt majority of cases is the cigarette. The innocent-looking . white ey, Ruder with the golden contents. Is a killer. To those-who would re- gard this .statement as an exag- geration or over-forceful no apol- ogy is made. The report of the itoYal College.. of Physicians of England, later the Report of the Advisory Committee of the Sur- geon General of the 'United States Public Health Service and studies before and subsequent to these. reports prove beyond a doubt: of any reasonable and Teas- elling human being thor those Who smoke cigarettes tire risking a lnenlature, and, in many instances painful death. -The unConvineed wilt and do allege that atmospheric Pollution is as important ...Ouse of lung cancer as cigarette smoking: niter all, they- argue., factory emissicns. diesal fumes, the exhaust from automobiles etc. do contain nox- ious and irritant materials. Yet in the Royal. College report already referred' to it 'was shown clearly that even in the most. rural areas or 'Britain .h.eavy cigol•ette snook- orsdevolop lung cancer - 20 times .as frequently, n.s non- smoker, It is a matter of great interest when referring to Britain to ob- serve the latest :figures available, Le, for 1907, give lung cancer deaths .as 28,000 and road accident. fatalities as 7000. Crave concern is expressed at the slaughter On( goes on on the roads. of Canada, Britain, and other :countries, and it is right and proper' that. this should he so, but where is there comparable:ctOncern over the pro- digious and increasing slaughter as the result of the cigarette. The smoker will shrug his shoulders when confronted with the evi- dence against the cigarette and say "So what, I've got to die seine way", Yet went(' the same per- son deliberately step in front of a moving automobile or truck making tile same comment. The sober fact IS irrenttable - for every person who died on the roads in Britain in 1967 four died of lung cancer. Why? Because they smoked. cigarettes. lie }Heron 00unty, during 1.116 Week commencing; January 7,iJff9. a concerted attack Will be Made On 'the problem. The. It urrrn luit or the Canadian Cancer Soc- iety: The Tuberculosis and Res- piratory Diseases Association of the County and the Connty Public Health Service are co-Operating Cr tin intensive campaign 'to liming the facts fairly and sontrely be- fore the people. Needless it) say flirt Main l'Orce of the eamimign Will be direeted to the junior grade children and High SOhool Shittlents Ina it is not intended to rt7Verlook tile adults. A good ex- ample of this is the television pro- gram on Tuesday, January f•Ith at 2:30 p.m. when. due to Hie pUblic- spiritidness of Ci<NX Television 'there Will be iii preArnitation sInokingl participatilig will be' D'r, up cigarettes, or who have never smoked them, and tell their child- ren why they do not smoke Min do much in promOting a sensible view of cigarettesmoking among their children. Several years ago a writer, Wayland 'Young, in the British newspaper, The Guardian. one• of the leading papers of the World, commented that from time to time parents should remark to their children, as the. family is Subjected to cigarette advertis- ing, thus "These people- are liars: they want your money and they don't Mind if you die", The community can 'help also, Teachers, doctors, nurses, youth leaders and others to whom youth looks .'or a lead should not smoke 'Cigarettes; or, if they can not nob- ieVe this, Most certainly they should not smoke in the presence of Children or adolescents. The old standby "Don't do as f do, do as I tell you" makes impres- sion on the young- people Of to- day. This is excellent. but it im- poses Serious I•esponsibility on the mature adult. The concept of success for the ambitious Professional or bus- iness man of an attraetive glamour to eligible suitors being contributed to by eigtitmette smok- ing are in the same category as Crimm's Fairy Tales, It has been said before Taut it is worth saying again - - The only safe Cigarette is the one you do not smoke. CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY LIMITED Listowel, Ont. REQUIRE TIJ1E SERVICES OF A STENOGRAPHER in their Purchasing 6tiattitienit Applicants shOulci have Grade 12 Oorrarieltiai Edutetibli and be a competent Sherthand typist, SOitie business bffiCe exper- lence preferred. Attractive pay Seale and' Cortiprehentilve ormloyees' Inatir'4 ante available, Applications by iii` person, §fitio d thade to the Plant Personnel Office'.