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Show March 8, 1985 DIXIE SUN Page 5 Clove cigarettes dangerous! increasing interest in cigarettes has prompted the American Lung Association of Utah to warn against their The clove use. The belief that clove cigarettand thus a es are tobacco-fre- e safe cigarette is toally false, K. Brough, says Franklin It Ph.D., Executive Director. is the position of the American that clove Lung Association safe. are not They cigarettes have the same smoke products as cigarettes, may have additional harmful products, plus a hook for new smokers. risk to lung health, says Dr. Brough. But in case of clove cigarettes, experience has suggested that there may be toxins that cause acute or more immediate long-ter- m injury. Norman H. Edelman, M.D., Consultant on Scientific Affairs, for the American Lung Association, says the deaths of several young people after smoking clove cigarettes has increased the level of suspicion that inhalation of some toxin in the smoke of clove cigarettes might produce acute lung in- jury, perhaps under cir- other of lung Clove cigarettes are imported from Indonesia. Government cumstances studies have found clove cigarettes to be composed of 60 percent tobacco and 40 percent ground cloves, clove oil and other additives. When burned, these cigarettes produce levels of tar, nicotine and carbon monxide similar to damage, such as influenza viral infection, are also present. It must be noted that a relationship between smoking of clove cigarettes and several fatal lung injury has not We believe been established. physicians should take note of this, however, and that other cases of acute lung injury associated with the smoking of cigarettes. This suggests that clove a cigarettes pose comparable in which potential causes cause-and-effe- ct TREAT YOURSELF TO THE DESSERT WITHOUT THE GUILT DIXIE FROZEN clove cigarettes should be investigated, says Dr. Edelman. The subtle hook in clove cigarettes for new smokers results from the presence of clove oil in the cigarette, says Dr. Brough. Applying a little of the clove oil to the gums numbed the tissue sufficiently to bring relief to the little children. 1- - It is thought that clove oil drawn into the airways may reduce the irritation, coughing and choking that is usually experienced by new smokers of regular cigarettes. Thus starting out ith clove cigarettes gets some young people past the unpleasantness of smoking until they have become toughened to the presence of irritating substances in the airways, explains Dr. Brough. It is the conclusion of the American Lung Association President David Sutterfield (above right) of the Clam Club of America, presents Dixie College President Alton Wade with a honorary CCA membership card. The C.C A., introduced a few weeks ago to the college, has seen tremendous growth "I am very pleased with the intelligent students who have joined the club," says Sutterfield, We plan on extending our horizons soon to encompass a greater amount of the public. Any other students desiring to recoive a free membership card, with automatic club benefits, should write to President Sutterfield, care of the Clam Club of America, 619 East Lexington Drive, St. George, Utah 84770, U.S A. that the smutting of any substance is dangerous to health, and that the public should be reminded that there is no safe cigarette. SPRING BREAK -- L3 J (pnAr E3 YOGURT PER NIGHT 98 Fat Free 20 to 25 Calories per Ounce About Half the Calories of Most Frozen Desserts Choose the Delicious AND Healthy Meal or Snac- kFrozen Yogurt. Plus: Entertainment and Dancing Friday and Saturday Nights In the Club Royale Live Brian Head Royale Iraveouqe TV In the Open rt Shopping Center Monday-Thursda- y 10-1- 1 next to Radio Shack Friday and s, aurday 10-1- 'With student I.D. Based on double occupancy. Take the first right turn coming into Brian Head from Parowan. Call collect (800) 677-222- |