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With aniple cigarette smoking ..to cardiovas- cigarette smoking to eacrdlovas- unbar and broncelopulmonary that though the proportion or doctors smoking was 'oh the de- d iris. 1.15,1 percent. still striok.ed Cigarettes regularly. This compar- ed favourably with the fact. that 65,3 percent or the profession re- ported that they had smoked Peg- ttlarly, At that, time 53.6 percent or All adult Canadian males had the siooking habit.) The Drier makes it clear that itt the view e; the Canadian Med- teal profession there is no longer any scientific controversary about the risk created by cigarette smoking, and recommended II. The 'Federal Government enact legislation to eliminate the advertising of cigarettes in all media, and at the point of sale, 2. The Federal Government enact legislation requiring that nil cig, arette packaging be effectively labelled so as, to indicate clearly that cigarette smoking is a health hazard, (Failing the above, the Federal GOvernment, should provide legis- lation requiring the effective of cigarette packaging and advertising of all types. indicating that cigarette smoking is a health hazard. Stich labelling- should in- clude the tar and nicotine content. and other toxic Agents as they are identified - as determined by ap- prioately designed governamental agencies,) of lung early on :Public Health was expressing concern about a growi ng btf- pression throughout the medical. profession thotigh. Eis yet (19(101 poorly documented, that a relation- shipship exists between tnbacco smoking and bronchitiis, nronch itictasis, einpllyserna and coronary difiellSOP iri 1961 the Association expres- sed publicly for the first time its belief that n. direct, relationship nxiHivii btitween 04004 alla lung cancer. The Committee on Cancer was direeted to study how the physician as art individual, and the. Association could effectively educate the profession and the nublie on smoking-cancer link. A .wideapread profe$Sional . fniblic education prograM. Was launched by Dr. 111, Charles, then president of the . Association, in an Open letter to. all physicians on March' 116', 19.03,. Dr. MacCharles made. an Unpreeed- ened move: He called for all Can- adian doctors to set, an approp- riate public example. For those physicians who felt. unable to break with the habit he asked them to abstain when exercising profes- sional duties - - especially in „. - offices and in hospitals," The position of the profession on smoking and health as it stood at that. time was clearly .stated in a Brief submitted to the National . Conference on Smoking and.Health on November t.>5-26, 1963. 'rho main recommendations of that brief were: the Federal Govern- ment should provide the stimulus for an extensive public education prograth: intensified. research on the nature of tobacco habituation was needed; tar and nicotine .con- tent of cigarettes should be marked clearly on packages; the Depart+ . ment of National Health and. Wel- fareshmild make educational mat- orial on the smoking dangers; the content of advertis, ing should he altered to •promote moderation and:. to discourage. the use of the product. by children.and. young adults; certain provisions of the •Tobacco 'Restraint Act should he enforced; ways and . means of encouraging the use of less dangerous forms of tobacco needed exploring. The 1969 Brier.goes much farth- er than its predecessor. That's largely 'because continuous study .01' extensive scientific evidence In the interim has revealed much more of the debilitating main's of the smoking habit. Since 1963 the Association • has been intim- ately involved with the matter of cause and effect of smoking. As an instance: an Assoelation repre- ,sentative. Dr. N. C. Delarne, join ed the Department of National Health and Welfare's TechniCat Advisory ' Committee. -on Smoking --and 1' earth. Rere's how the current Brief delineates the. variety of physical damaging that cigarette smoking and have caused: Chronic Bronchitit And Emphysema While these diseases aPpear iii both smoker's and non-smokers. the Mere severe lung-crippling cases am invariably fotind nmotg smokers. Emphysetna is so clos- ely related to smoking that it is frequently referred to by physic- ians as the "smokers' disease". Recognizing the rapid increase in these conditions and their chronic nature teMphysenta is second only in heart, disease as a 'eartse of disability), it is conceivable that they will proVe to be the Most ostly medical cOnsermences of cigarette smoking, These Conse- gironeos will be in terms of (Ma- !linty, premature loss of lire in the productive- year's. and hospital and Medical ease. In 1950, the death rate per 100,000 population due to emphysema' was 2,0. By 1055 the .01.11 1 figure had climbed to 3.6.. In 1960 it was up to 7.2 and to 12,7 by 1965 In 1967 the figure stood at 1.4.6 and this condition not tradition- ally c'osidered a major cause of death in Canada. Concludes the 11'1.ief: "There is no doubt that the increasing number of people suf- fering from chronic bronchitis and emphysema is an additional factor in onr increasing heart disease death rate." Lung Cancer. Over 4400 Canadians died front the disease in 1967, • "Suffice it to say that we 110W recognize that there is a definite relationship be- tween the probability of your dying from lung cancer and the degree of smoking exposure. The earlier' one begins smoking, the more one smokes, the more one inhales and the longer one smokes, the greater the risk." Other Types of Cancer • The incidence of cancer of the mouth, throat' and bladder is in- (Teased by cigarette smoking. The obvious direct exposure to smoke incroases• the risk of death from cancer of the mouth and throat by :;00 percent. to give up the habit, "'I'llese people are fundamentally ill-at-ease with society and their particular' role in society - - mill ~- lug cigarette smoking as a release from their basic tension, it is this grotto that ore' most suscepbile to the insidious' timulus of cigarette advertising and who most need C011011110 (1 rPinfarcement if they are to be successful in their efforts to give up cigarettes, For the psycho, logically habituated smoker ,, the habit has become more portant than the stress which led to his habit in the first place." The Ilrief dismisses the popular notion that the breaking of the ha hit causes a greater health haz- ard than the habit itself, There is no scientific' evidence to support this supposition, The weight increase experienced by many who give lip smoking can. Constitute an obesity or personal appearanee probleth in some oases. However, for the normal individ- ual. tlie health hazard from this weight icrease iS miniscule com-: oared to the dangers of smoking-. Neither is there evidence that the stress au individual undergoes while giving up cigarettes is of long term. nor creates any major health hazard. Summary: Illness, Disability And Premature Death Cigarette smoking has a negro tive effect on the qualify and quantity of life. The average 25 'ear'-old man who smokes two packs a day will give up 8.2 years or his life to do so. Another vcay., if will cost hint 7.4minntes of life for every cigarette he lights. He will enjoy less pleasurable, pro- ductive living due to a one-third increase in loss of gainful employ- MOILL time, and a reduced income accordingly. And the negative effects start early - - even in teen- age hildren, severe respiratory in- roc-bons occur nine times as fre- onently in regular smokers, The cost to the community and country is also significant, Says the Brief; "The cost of lost pro- ductive life and premature death,„ the unnecessary expenditures re- (Mired to provide hosnitalitatiOtt and medical care is staggering to m m n ti The Brief was presented by a delegatien horded by Dr. It. Al. Alatihews, President, Other delegates w ere;Dr. N. C. Delarue. Assisilitt Professor (Surgery), l -niversily or Toronto: Pr. Pales, 'Physician. 'Royal Victoria Hospital, 'Aloatrool; Dr. W. A. Macl,ean. General Surgeon. Act- ive Store (loyal Alexandra line Mdmonton: Dr. R. 711, Lane, Victoria Island Health Centre,; P.r. Ti, Morin, Cardiologist, Insti- tut de Cardiologie de Quebec: Dr, A. F. W. Pea.rt..(l'eneral Secretary, 'Air. D. A, Geokie, Secre- tary, CoMmunications and Infor- Mation, OVER SEVEN MINUTES OF LIFE LOST FOR EVERY CIGARETTE SMOKED The current and entirely jnsfi- iable Concern over the problem et misuse of drugs ono have the anfortunate side effect of &Wish ing in people's minds the. import once of reducing cigarette smok leg or, better, giving up eigarettc-rs altogether. In the School Health Service of Huron County Health Unit another programnie of health education with regard to the clangors of smoking is being carried out this week and next week. bet, course, it is not only to students that such information is available, and the main points front the Brief on Smoking and Health submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on ,ilealth Welfare and Social Affairs provide a factual and unemotional, but none the less disturbing, appraisal of the pre- sent situation and sortie sug- gestions for dealing With it. The excerpts from the Brief are as folloWs: The simple disseMination or in- fortinktiOn oh the health hazards involved alone will not signifi- cantly affect Snicking habits, What is needed is the enforce- uncut of tough Federal Govern- ment legislation, says the Brief, 3, The Tobacco Restraint Act he supported, strengthened and en• forced to effectively reduce the sale of hazardous products to min- ors. 4. Governments at all levels be encouraged to discontinue financ- ial supnort and other subsidy or the tobacco indtistry. 5. Governments at all levels and health agencies involved in public education programs be cot-attend- ed for their efforts and emir-ming- ed to increase their snnport atid activity in the field, The dangers of eigarette smok- ing have been tinder almost con- tinnon8 scrutiny by the C.M.A. disease, one-third of all doctors ill ' since 1969. Original concern was the country continue to smoke., (A centred on the incidence Stiffly intblished, in the C.M.A. cancer in smokers. But. as Sournal, November 16, 1963 showed 1950, the Association's committee Heart Disease Mortality rate in the ,so-54 age group from coronary heart disease in cigarette smokers is. 5-10 times higher than for the comparable ,ago group in non-smoker's For the individual suffering high blood pressure, the risk of dying from. heart disease created by smoking is increased, by 70 percent in cig- arette smokers. Other Conditions While the relationship to 'smok- inghas not been clearly establish e o there is an increased rate or sinus- itis peptic, gastric ulcers. and core- brovasemlar accidents among smok- ers. A 10(1 percent increase in po- maturebirths (and the resulting risks to both infant and mother) atilrmg women Who Smoke is Well documented. The .Rrier recognizes that there is no easy way to give nil cigareti to smoking. which is one, reason why its recommendations .stress governmental action to legislate curbs on the promotion and sale of tobacco. What makes the job of the anti- smoking clinic's oven more dif- ficult is the range of motivation among smokers. There are many dirk.?rent types or cigarette smok- ers. They have different reasons for the habit and so encounter different degrees or difficulty in discontinuing the habit, whet "pleasure sitelker" is most readily persuaded to mok,, tin' atiompt, it is from this '..e.oup that the highest success rate has been obtained in Helios. The "negative- arreet smoker" rinds cigarette smoking a release from stress and is the most hesitant to even try