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Show Page 6 November 13, 1981 HILL TOP TIMES ditotial Urn as noh and t atom. That heaters such as one-to-on- e blood cells. Hemoglobin actually prefers carbon monoxide to oxygen. It grabs onto CO over 200 times more readily than it does to oxygen. A concentration of only .04 percent CO (400 parts per million) will cause a headache in an hour or two, cause Waste of breath Rul os fio uimleOTini By Col. Leonard J. Kirschner Director, Base Medical Services Bergstrom AFB, Texas Cigarette smoking is a waste of breath. But just telling yourself to stop is another waste of breath. You need a plan of action to quit. Following are some suggestions to "unlearn" the cigarette habit. The list is long but worthwhile. only one pack at a time. refuse any cigarette offered. Put the pack back in pocket or purse after taking out a cigarette. Smoke only filtered cigarettes. Never smoke the first cigarette until after breakfast. If you've run out of cigarettes, don't bum from others. Change brands after every pack. Put aside the exact amount of money you've saved by smoking less every day. Stop smoking outdoors. Stop smoking in bed. Stop smoking to suppress hunger. Clean the ashtray after you smoke. Don't keep your cigarette in your hand. Put it down after each puff. Put the pack far enough away so that you must get up each time you want a cigarette. Take three deep breaths before you light a cigarette. Leave your lighter or matches at home so you have to ask for a light each time. Don't smoke while driving. Wait two minutes before lighting a cigarette. Don't smoke while waiting to eat. . atomic ratio is the deadly carbon oxygen combination, a lethal gas that is colorless, odorless and tasteless. In other words, CO not only kills, it does so without warning because it is invisible, has no smell nor any taste. Generally regarded as a poison, CO is really an asphyxiant. It suffocates its victims, robbing them of oxygen by displacing it in the hemoglobin of red charcoal pots are foolishly used to heat tents and campers. All too often, this search for warmth leads, quite literally, to a deaci end: Deadly carbon monoxide (CO). According to the U.S. Public Health Service, 1 ,500 people are killed each year in the United States by CO. In addition, more than 10,000 are exposed to CO levels so dangerous that medical attention is required. CO is created by combustion. When substances containing carbon are burned, such as wood, gasoline, coal, charcoal, oil and utility gas, relatively harmless carbon dioxide or C02 is produced. But unless this burning Buy Always . koDteir soD takes place under perfect conditions, combustion is incomplete. The C02 produces unpredictable quantities of CO, when only one oxygen atom instead of two teams up with a carbon By Meal D. Faux Ground Safety Office When the frost is on the pumpkins, human being start looking for warmth. Car windows go up, home windows come down, furnaces are turned on make-shif- fee9 sfldjk if unconsciousness in about five hours and probably kill if you have settled down for a long night's sleep. If awake, there may be some warning of CO build-up- , such as headache, dizziness, nausea, etc. But once asleep, you're not likely to wake up again. Symptoms of CO inhalation, in ascending order of danger are slight headache; throbbing temples; severe headache, nausea, vomiting and dim . weakness, dizziness and collapse; coma and convulsions; vision; depressed heart action and respiration, possibly followed by death. Leaking CO in a confined area such as a room, garage, tent, car, camper, etc. may cause only a headache at first. But as the odorless gas accumulates, it sickens, then kills. is a great initiator of common illness. Many cases of mild upset are probably due to without the person ever recognizing that it was the cause. Anytime any of the above symptoms appear and there is even the remotest possibility that CO could be present, treat it as carbon monoxide poisoning. Immediately move out into fresh air and don't return to the confined area until it has been determined that no CO is leaking or being introduced. A new technique discovered by Japanese doctors is to give a CO victim several breaths of vinegar poured on a cloth. The acetic acid (vinegar) has a counteracting effect on CO-inhalati- CO-inhalati- CO. documented cases of CO the person recovered after poisoning, In 39 or 40 inhaling vinegar fumes. Remember this first aid measure: Give a carbon monoxide victim several cloth and breaths of a vinegar-soake- d then seek medical attention. It could be the "difference between life or death. m heato Don't smoke while doing manual work. Smoke each cigarette just halfway. If you feel the urge to smoke, look at your watch and wait five minutes. Put the emptied ashtray out of sight after each cigarette. ' Increase the time before lighting each cigarette to 10 minutes. Get up after a meal without a cigarette and immediately busy yourself. Don't smoke if you are waiting for someone. Extinguish each cigarette after the first puff, then relight. When in company restrict your smoking to one cigarette per hour. Inhale only after each second puff. Smoke only at a specific place an inseat. uncomfortable tentionally Don't smoke when talking to colleagues or acquaintances. If you have to smoke, do only that. Don't read, watch television, drink, work, eat or anything else. Don't smoke during a business conference. Don't smoke while others do. ' Try to stop inhaling. Don't smoke during working hours. Don't smoke during periods of relaxation. Smoking is dangerous to your sdS health... ANP V ' M- - f WM Begin with the first rule and follow it for two days. Then follow the first and the second rules for the next two days. Make a chart to mark off each day. Continue to add a new rule every other day until you are following all 37 rules. By then you should have quit smoking or at least made it so inconvenient as to have cut down considerably. (AFNS) AFLC OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS " : Make 'Qualify Force' " Everything advertised in the Hill Top Times must be made available for purchase, use or patronage , without regard to the race, creed, color, national origin or sex of the purchaser, aim Air Force goal " : . user or patron. A confirmed violation or rejection of this policy of equal opportunities by an advertiser will result in the refusal to print advertising from that source. MorMedia Sales, 1152 West Riverdale Road, Ogden, Utah 84403. Phone 394-965Sorry, classified ads by mail only. Send $3 to P.O. Box 423, Roy, Utah 84067. 5. |