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...chest, McKinney explained in a raspy voice that he had got out of bed at 1 a.m. -- 19 hours earlier -- and had been struggling to breathe ever since. His blood pressure was an alarming 200 over 140 (120 over 80 is normal). Such severe hypertension can impair lung function and lead to congestive heart failure. McKinney's EKG showed an irregular, rapid heartbeat...
Recent research has concluded that second-hand smoke is at least as potent as "active" smoking. People who have never touched a cigarette in their lives are dying of lung cancer. Science has confirmed in the past few years what most people have suspected all along: Smoking kills the smoker and those closest to the smoker...
...satisfied with helping lung cancer overtake breast cancer as a leading killer of women, tobacco companies have also tailored their sales pitch to minorities and the poor. One company recently developed a plan--later dropped--to market a cigarette brand especially targeted at Black smokers...
...stars who have been extinguished since 1986 are Perry Ellis, Angel Estrada and Willi Smith. Paris-based American designer Patrick Kelly died of a brain tumor in January, but some in the fashion world believe his death was AIDS-related. The death of Italy's Giorgio Sant' Angelo from lung cancer has also been the subject of gossip. Says Paris-based fashion critic Carol Mongo: "So many name designers are dying that one wonders what direction the industry will take over the next ten to 15 years...
...capita alcohol consumption in France is among the world's highest, and studies show that deaths from lung cancer among men have increased 366% since 1950. The government plans to introduce laws in parliament to increase the price of cigarettes 15% beginning in 1991 and to ban all tobacco advertising by 1993. Alcohol ads would be restricted to print media. Another study might then be necessary to find out whether the stereotypical Frenchman has been deterred by higher prices from inhaling cigarette smoke and vin rouge...