Word: lungful
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...victim of cystic fibrosis, almost invariably a child because the disease is usually fatal before adulthood, has an inherited enzyme defect that damages the oxygen-exchange cells in his lungs and reduces the elasticity of the lung walls. He does not breathe enough air in, nor let enough out. His windpipe and lungs become clogged with thick viscid mucus. The trick is to loosen and thin this mucus...
Children with lung damage already far advanced received little benefit, but those with only moderate damage showed remarkable improvement after continuous treatment for two years or more. They could be far more active physically, they slept better (a boon to worn-out parents), they gained weight, and one grew three inches in 18 months as compared with only three-quarters of an inch in the preceding 18 months...
...University Health Services yesterday issued a report warning that heavy cigarette smoking can result in lung cancer and other serious diseases...
...Health Services report quotes a report of the Royal College of Physicians of London, which says that "the only benefits of smoking are psychological and social; it is a cause of lung cancer and bronchitis." It goes on to say that the relative risk of developing lung cancer is five tmies as great for cigarette smokers as non-smokers...
...Europe the anti-tobacco campaign is far less circumspect. The British Ministry of Health has put up more than a million posters. One says: "Why be another sheep? Before you smoke, THINK. Cigarettes cause lung cancer." Another shows a half-open coffin, with the legend: "The big Flip-Top Box for the Smoker." In Italy, all tobacco advertising was made illegal...