AND
      THEN
      SOME.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
         
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      GENERA:
     
     
      :
      =RAL'S
      WARNING.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Lung
      Cancer,
      Heart
     
    
   
   
    
     
      §
      Moking
     
     
      Emphysema,
      And
     
    
   
   
    
     
      §
      Disea
     
     
      May
      Complicate
      Pregnancy,
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      90%
      ORIN
     
    
   
   
    
     
      bout
      thirty
      years
      ago,
      the
      US
      Surgeon
      General
     
     
      announced
      that
      smoking
      is
      dangerous
      to
      your
     
     
      health.
      In
      1993,
      that
      statement
      is
      seen
      as
      a
     
     
      rather
      heavy
      understatement.
      Tobacco
      use
     
     
      kills
      over
      35
      000
      Canadians
      each
      year,
      4
      000
     
     
      of
      whom
      are
      non-smokers.
      Cigarette
      smok-
     
     
      ing
      is
      a
      major
      cause
      of
      emphysema,
      chronic
      bronchitis,
      Jung
     
     
      cancer,
      and
      heart
      disease.
      Smokers
      are
      two
      to
      three
      times
     
     
      more
      likely
      to
      have
      a
      heart
      attack,
      and
      three
      times
      more
      likely
     
     
      to
      have
      a
      stroke
      than
      those
      who
      don’t
      smoke.
      Smoking
      is
      the
     
     
      greatest
      single
      risk
      factor
      leading
      to
      Peripheral
      Vascular
     
     
      Disease.
      (When
      a
      blood
      clot
      forms
      in
      the
      body,
      possibly
     
     
      leading
      to
      amputation
      of
      an
      arm
      or
      leg.)
     
    

    
     
      Studies
      show
      that
      smokers
      take
      other
      risks
      in
      their
      lives.
     
     
      They
      are
      less
      likely
      to
      wear
      seatbelts,
      are
      more
      likely
      to
     
     
      experiment
      with
      other
      drugs,
      and
      tend
      to
      be
      more
      sexually
     
     
      promiscuous
      than
      non-smokers.
      Obviously,
      people
      who
      don’t
     
     
      care
      about
      their
      health,
      their
      own
      bodies,
      would
      indulge
      in
     
     
      other
      risky
      behaviours.
      Also,
      perhaps
      due
      to
      this
      generally
     
     
      dangerous
      attitude
      toward
      life,
      smokers
      have
      more
      divorces
     
     
      than
      non-smokers.
      As
      the
      theory
      goes,
      if
      you
      don’t
      care
      about
     
     
      yourself,
      how
      can
      you
      really
      care
      about
      another
      person?
     
    

    
     
      Now,
      these
      are
      very
      general
      facts
      and
      do
      not
      apply
      to
      all
     
     
      smokers;
      however,
      the
      findings
      have
      been
      significant
      enough
     
     
      to
      make
      these
      general
      conclusions.
     
     
      eer
      CM
      Urea
      tal]
      aera
      Most
      smokers
      know
      the
      risks
      of
      smoking.
      So
      why
      smoke?
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      8/X-Press/September
      23,
      1993