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...about a Breast-Plus Box-$2.20, with tax." ($2.99 by summer...
...epidemic among men has existed for many years; now it is being repeated among women," Koop adds. Reason: lung cancer may take decades to develop, and women began taking up smoking in large numbers only after World War II. Lung cancer, in fact, is likely soon to replace breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer death among women. "If it were not for lung-cancer deaths," says Koop, "the overall cancer mortality would have fallen, reflecting improved diagnosis, treatment and survival times" for other forms of the disease...
Unlike cancer of the prostate and breast malignancies, lung cancer, which accounts for a fourth of all cancer deaths, often fails to respond to treatment. According to the report, only 10% of its victims survive five years after diagnosis. The report cautions against the use of pipes, cigars, snuff and chewing tobacco, and warns of dangers to nonsmokers exposed to cigarette smoke. "Side- stream" smoke emitted into the air from a smoldering cigarette sometimes includes carcinogens in higher concentrations than those inhaled directly by a smoker. The Surgeon General cites two studies that showed increased risk of lung cancer...
Pulling a sheaf of papers from his breast pocket and waving them above his head, the President admonished reporters for incorrectly challenging him on statements at his press conference a month earlier. "I'd like you to know that documentation proved the score was five-to-one in my favor. I was right on five of them," the President told the nation. Never mind that his own press office refused to release that "documentation"; the President's own advisors acknowledged they had scheduled the conference so Reagan could dispel doubts about his credibility, not clear up specific issues...
Like most career women, Smith will return to work after a few months at home. Although she has not yet chosen a project, she is adamant about breast feeding on the set. "I'll convert my trailer into a nursery," she says. It may complicate her life, but Smith believes the enrichment outweighs the disadvantages. Says she: "I've wanted this baby for so long it wouldn't make sense to start complaining...