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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-02-01, Page 71 0 Non smokers pass the BY JOANNE BUCH.ANAN Students were blowing out a lot of hot air in Dave Cloet's Grade 13 biology class on Tuesday mor- ning --some of it healthy and some of it not so healthy. The G.D.C.I. students, who are . currently studying the respiratory system, were being tested by two women from the Huron -Perth Lung Association on a machine called an ecolyzer. This machine measures the amount of carbon monoxide —in a person's blood. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless gas created by incomplete com- bustion. Car exhaust puts it in the air. So does tobacco smoke. Only two students in the biology class tested were smokers and their CO readings were noticeably higher than those of the non smokers. The highest reading among the students was eight Health unit getting shafted BY JEFF SEDDON Paul Steckle, Stanley... township deputy -reeve, asked for the support of Huron County council Friday for his efforts to get more money for the county health unit from the provincial ministry of health. Steckle told council that he had joined representatives of six health units in Ontario, Huron included, to present - a brief to minister of health Dennis' Timbre'11, :asking the province to fund 75 percent of the operation of the health units rather 'than the smaller per- centage now paid by the province. Steckle said Huron County and 12 ether health units -in the the province are not receiving 75 percent provincial funding. He said six of the 12 receive 60 percent funding and six units in Toronto receive 25 percent. Huron County receives 50. \ percent. The deputy -reeve said the _._---defegati on . that visited Timbrell to ask for more money tried to find out -why some health units received less provincial money than others. He said Timbrell was aware of the situation and was sym- pathetic to the units not receiveing 75 percent funding. He added that the minister could not tell the group:- why that situation existed but did • $ay that the province. was in the process of developin ndards for heakth u its in .. the province. Steckle " said Timbrell ndicated the standards were in the making but could not say when they would actually come about. He told council the total amount asked for by the health units getting shorted bythe .ministry was not a hefty sum. He Health units get 5% more Financial assistance to Public Health Units in Ontario will be increased by five percent this year, Health Minister Dennis Timbrell said recently. He said the—increase follows Ministry policy in' the continued shift from expensive, 24-hour acute care to less costly alternate 'forms of care within the community, all -designed to encourage bettetr use of the health system. r• "My ministry is directing i-ncreasing emphasis to health promotion and disease prevention in an effort tp encourage people to become more responsible for preservation of their. own health. The accent is on community-based services with a com- mitment to assessing health programs, for •their effectiveness, particularly in the public health sector," Timbrell said. The increase raises the amount allocated by the ' ministry to the Public Health Units in .. the province for the calendar year 1979 to $53.6 million, he said... . There are3 Public Health! Units in Ontario. said Huron county's share of the increase amounted to about $140,000. He added 'that all six health units could be appeased ''with $1,072,000 which is about two percent of the total the province shells out to.... health units in Ontario. He said the money asked for was less than half of one percent of the total health budget of Ontario. Steckle said :he could see no reason for Huron County not to get the 75 percent funding. He said the Huron health unit offers the same' type of services as units in larger areas citing family planning, immunization clinics and school health screening as a few of those services. "It seems to me that the province changes health ministers quite often and I don't know if the present minister is procrastinating, is in- decisive or has no long term philosophy 'for the province," said the deputy -reeve. Steckle told council that the _ delegation—that met with Timbrell "didn't get what it asked for" but added that councilcould be sure the request "wouldn't stop with this"—He said he planned further meetings with the provincial body because he felt .Huron county was "deserving" of the extra money. He added that he planned to see the county ac- comodated "if it was at all possible. He - said about all county council could do at this point was throw its support behind the' delegations as. a show of force for the minister. He said he hoped to have a more positive report for council in the near future. • with the average reading being about two. Small quantities of CO (one to four parts per million) are found normally in the body due to industrial air pollution and natural occurrence. The non- smoker should not show CO levels in the blood of more than four parts per million. So, a class average of two is quite good. In an industrial city, readings would probably be much higher. One teacher at G.D.C.I., a • heavy smoker, had a reading of 14 on the machine. The smoker will show levels of CO in the blood of five to 100 parts per million, depending upon how much tobacco is smoked, how recently and how deeply he inhales, When a person inhales carbon monoxide, the gas bumps oxygen molecules out of his red blood cells and forms a new com- pound called car- box`yhemogiobin, which can be measured. As the 11 bres: th test amount of this compound increases in his blood, his body. cells become starved for oxygen. Mrs. Beryl Dunsmore, an R.N. and Mrs. M. Fisher, education chairman, both with the Huron -Perth Lung Association are testing with the ecolyzer inall the high schools in the two counties to show students }tow, smoking affects (heir body systems. MAJORITY DON'T, SMOKE On this same topic, statistics released recently by the Health and Welfare Minister Monique Begin, show that the majority of 'Canadians are non- smokers. These statistics were released to mark this year's National Education Week on Smoking (held from hJanuary 21 to 27). The 1977 Canadian Smoking Habits Survey continuing shows a , in- crease in the percentage t of Canadians who do not smoke. Approximately 58 per cent of the population 15 years of age and over were non-smokers in 1977, compared to 50.2 per cent in 1965 and 55.3 per cent in 1974. The smoking habits survey has been con- ducted annually by Health and Welfare Canada in conjunction with Statistics Canada. It is encouraging to note, the Minister said, that as of 1977, 13.3 per cent of the population of 15 years of age and over had successfully kicked the habit. In 1977, however, ap- proximately 6.3 million Canadians, some 35.9 per cent of the population 15 years of age and over, were regular cigarette smokers. Regular smoking among males 20 and over has declined steadily since 1965 from 57.9 per cent to 93.0 per cent in 1977. Between 1975 and 1977,, a 2.6 per cent decrease was reported with the largest per- centage decreases oc- curing among men 45 to 64and 20to24. According to the 1977 survey, the percentage of women who smoke regularly has remained relatively unchanged during the 13 years, at approximately 32 to 33 per cent of the adult female population. _ _ Smoking in the teenage population continues to decline. In 1977, 26.8 per cent of teenagers 15 to 19 were regular cigarette smokers compared to 30:5 per cent in 1970 and 28.5 per cent in 1975. This trend is largely at- tributable to substantial decreases in the pecentage of teenage boys who smoke daily. In 1977, 26.9 per, cent of teenage boys and Z67 per cent of teenage girls were reported smoking regularly. The survey reveals considerable differences in the regional distribution of regular cigarette smokers. As in previous years, Quebec had the highest per- centage of both male and female smokers 15 and over followed by the Atlantic provinces, Ontario, the Prairie LLprovinces and British Columbia. Mrs. Beryl Dunsmore of the Huron -Perth Lung Association tests a bag full of Perry Teichert's air for carbon monoxide with an ecolyzer machine. Perry, a non-smoker; got a reading of three. Non-smokers should not show carbon monoxide levels in the blood of more than four parts per million._In Perry's Grade 13. biology class at G.D.C.I. there are only two smokers and their readings were, considerably higher than the others. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Muttarts nail down '78 home prices til MAH l5th '7L. A GREAT YEAR TO GET INTO THE CLASSIFIEDS Economy minded p aple huy,and cell m the Signal Classifieds. The best value's this year...and anytime are found right in the Classifieds! 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