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...food packages labeled, not as injurious to health but simply for their sodium content, is now the concern of the public health care establishment, including such groups as the American Medical Association, the American Heart Association, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Says A.M.A. Nutritionist Stephanie Crocco: "Our immediate concern is helping people who already have hypertension to cut back, but we are also worried about anyone whose salt consumption is well above average." For those who have hypertension, reducing salt intake (and losing weight) can often lower blood pressure...
...number of deaths due to lung cancer is steadily increasing. In 1950 the disease claimed 18,313 lives. This year it is expected to kill 111,000. "It is estimated that 85% of lung cancer mortality could have been avoided if individuals never took up smoking," the report says. "An 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...
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...
...issue. They note that the budget and staff of the Government's Office on Smoking and Health have been drastically cut, and complain that a TV campaign featuring Brooke Shields and aimed at discouraging teen-agers from smoking was scrapped, supposedly because of industry pressure. The American Lung Association later picked up the campaign. The Civil Aeronautics Board has eased the regulation requiring airlines to 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...
Heart and Lung Damage. Like heavy cigarette smoking, chronic heavy marijuana use may lead to cancer of the respiratory tract and seriously impair the lungs. It can raise the heart rate and blood pressure, as does stress. Such effects are serious for people who suffer from hypertension, cerebrovascular disease and coronary atherosclerosis (fatty deposits in the blood vessels of the heart...