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Show Thursday, January 19, 1989 Chronicle - Page Three Cigarette ads mislead, prof says By Michael Allsop Chronicle staff writer A nationwide ban on all cigarette advertising and promotions would decrease the number of lly adolescents-w- ho smoke, a University of Utah professor of internal medicine said. Dr. John Holbrook, consultative editor for the latest surgeon general's smoking and health report and U. internist, said federal law prohibits the tobacco industry from using media other than billboards and print to promote its products. These two media, in addition to tobacco pro motions that offer products (often free of charge), have greatly influenced Americans to start or continue to smoke, Holbrook said. Due to government reports on cigarette smoking, the United States has made great gains in curtailing the use of cigarettes. Social attitudes toward smoking have changed dramatically, he said. Still, smoking is responsible for more than 1,000 deaths Der dav. he said. The tobacco industrv knows this and is trying to keep and increase consumers through advertise , people-especia- -- bookstore from page one . is usually far and determined by a national company " below 60 percent of current retail. Once the bookstore buys back used books, it resells the text for. 75 percent of its current retail price. That . WHAT TO TELL YOUR BROTIIER-irJ-LA- -- ments and promotions. Unfortunately, he added, these advertisements are enticing consumers who are adolescents. . "We feel the current advertisements and promotional campaigns are very subtly directed to young people and suggest that smoking is sexy, sophisticated and safe," Holbrook said. "It appears to convey (the message) that if you smoke, you're more attractive," he said. "(Smoking) is none of the above." The report shows that smoking cigarettes begins primarily during childhood and adolescence. And the age at which smokers start to smoke "continues to drop," he . said, and cigarette ads are a major reason. Not only should all tobacco advertisements be banned, but cigarette vending machines and mail-ordpurchases should be banned, he said. gramming of the terminals along with the majority . of advertising sales. Similar types of information, terminals have been used at Smith's Food King,' West and Highland high schools and Weber State College. When the Assembly questioned the amount of use the terminals would receive from students, Access Now quoted figures saying the tenninals at Highland were used an average of 25,000 times in the initial two weeks. . members concerned that the were Assembly information terminals would not produce revenue for ASUU, and if they did, the amount would be minimal in comparison to the total cost. Other members showed concern over spending $10,000 for something that could possibly be around for only six months. Academic Affairs Board Chairman Bill Samson stands behind the value of the information terminals and said they have saved his board more than $20,000 in publication costs. He said having this information put on the terminals will prevent a waste of student money Samson said last year's board published thousands of faculty profiles and honor society booklets that are still in boxes around the office and will never be used. "This year we have only had to publish one profile, the financial society booklet, at a cost of $4,000. Compared to last year's $20,000, it is easy to see the value of the information terminals," Samson said. Members of the ASUU Public Affairs Board have voiced opposition to the terminals because they say the terminals will only duplicate informa-tio- n that is already available from various resources around campus. The Public Affairs Board was the only Executive Cabinet board to vote against the information terminals. Samson argues the terminals are needed on campus and that if it is not ASUU's duty to ' er "Children and teenagers have ready access to cigarettes," he. said. Minors can purchase cigarettes through unattended vending machines and even through the mail. Many tobacco companies send cigarettes to peo- who write in for them without requiring proof of age, Ele explained. " means it is possible for a used book to cost more than it . did when it was new. Situations such as this arise when a new edition of the same book is published, only at a much higher price. . aid-hon- f.EVER GETS TO THE PEOPLE WHO HEED IT. You've heard them before. You"H hear them again. The people who complain that ''the trouble with the United Way is the money never gets to the people." That, quite honestly, is hogwash. That's because the United Way is run by volunteers who give their time and talent without pay. So that an amazing 90c of every dollar you give goes to ' ' agencies that help people in need. kids of Like those whom you help at the Boys' Club. 40 come from single parent homes. Like the Salvation Army's day care centers and homes for abused children. Like those families who because of inflation can barely afford food but who fan. because of you. send their kids to the YMCA and camp and have a place to turn if family troubles become too much to handle. or the guy al the office So the next time your brother-in-lawater cooler tells you why he doesn t give to United Way. tell him uini in Ar - raj - ft United Way of tl ie Great Sail Lake Area with the American Cancer Society and the Utah Heart Association I: . or inform students about campus events, then whose is it? ASUU Vice President Grant Sperry said the hardest job for ASUU is the process of mseminat-in- g information to students. He added that these 5! i. A Piittb. Scrvtc TM Namipapm ft Th i i 1. of u. works rtor kTnanU to you - . WHO KSISTS THE KOuEY YOU GIVE TO UNITED WAY W terminal from page one the ads it sells, though less of a percentage than Access Now, the company responsible for the pro- Advtrnting Council information terminals will be just another way to get this information to the student body. Ma?(ines (BridaC The Lowell Bennion Community Service Center ywtumy salt, 28 !M9 19 Pre MC wedding gowns 10'70 off Including mw Spring an Summer 'StyCes '.TV . The Lowell Bennion Community Service Center involves University students, faculty, and staff in service to the communities in which they live-lonational, and global. 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