Word: emphysema
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...provide no-smoking sections and is considering dropping the rule altogether. The Government has so far failed to take a position on bills pending in Congress that would require more explicit warning labels on cigarette packages. Among the proposed candidates: "Warning: Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of emphysema and lung cancer"; "Warning: Cigarette smoking is a major cause of heart disease"; "Warning: Cigarette smoking by pregnant women may result in birth defects or spontaneous abortion." Says John Banzhaf, executive director of Action on Smoking and Health, a consumer group: "So far, the Surgeon General's report...
DIED. Margaret Lindsay, 70, Iowa-born actress who posed as an Englishwoman to land a film role in Cavalcade (1933), and appeared in 80 other movies over the next 30 years, mostly mysteries and melodramas, including The House of the Seven Gables (1940); of emphysema; in Los Angeles...
Precisely what ails Brezhnev is a closely guarded secret, known only to a handful of Kremlin insiders. Speculation has included cancer of the jaw, emphysema, heart disease, gout, leukemia and an ailment called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis that causes progressive muscular deterioration...
...long as they do not smoke more or inhale more deeply, these converts may be better off-but not much. The U.S. Surgeon General in his annual survey of smoking reported last week that low-yield brands reduce the risk of developing lung cancer only slightly, and heart disease, emphysema and bronchitis not at all. There is also a new worry. To enhance the cigarettes' weaker flavor, manufacturers have been using additives, some of which, like cocoa, turn into cancer-causing substances when burned. More bad news was contained in the British Medical Journal. A 14-year study...
DIED. George Raft, 85, actor who epitomized the tightlipped, coolly menacing tough guy in such films as Each Dawn I Die (1939) and Mr. Ace (1946); of emphysema; in Los Angeles. A grade-school dropout who grew up in New York City's Hell's Kitchen, Raft took jobs as a prizefighter, a baseball player and an exhibition dancer before he was discovered by a director at Hollywood's Brown Derby restaurant and won the movie roles that led to his breakthrough in Scarface (1932). In his later years his career lagged, and he was barred from...