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THERE is no longer much question that cigarette smoking is a hazard to health; the medical evidence is overwhelming. The real debate now centers on what to do about it. That debate involves some fundamental issues, and they affect not only an industry that likes to call itself the nation's oldest-tobacco-but also several other major lines of business, notably advertising and broadcasting. More basically, the issues go to the heart of the concept of freedom at a time when personal freedoms are being expanded...
...particularly helped themselves by their response to the issue of smoking and health. The Tobacco Institute refuses to concede that much more than a health "controversy" exists. One reason for the industry's reluctance to concede a link between smoking and disease is its fear of health-hazard liability suits...
With the growing array of plug-in appliances in the average U.S. home, the danger of electrical shock is considerable. In hospitals, the hazard is often far greater. And the sicker the patient is, the greater the danger, for he is likely to be wired to a battery of electronic monitoring and assistance devices. Yet while most household devices from irons and toasters to dishwashers come with a little tag reading "UL [for Underwriters' Laboratories] Approved," there is no comparable standard of approval for hospital equipment...
Only Three a Day. Painter's colic is rare now that the hazard of paints containing lead is recognized in industry. Lead poisoning in children-especially from age two to about five-persists, because even when they are not hungry, they will put anything into their mouths, including chips of paint that have flaked off window sills or radiators in old houses. Dr. J. Julian Chisolm Jr. of Johns
Sophomores Jim Platz, Christian Ferner, and Rowley Hazard, who represent Harvard in jumping, finished second in the East behind Dartmouth. A mammoth 60-meter jump should help their chance next week...