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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1975 Pg Utah Lung Assoc. Official Claims Retirement Planning Checkpoints 300,000 To Die Of Lung Cancer Discussed By Utah Gerontologists Remember this one . . . ? Tobacco is a dirty weed And from the devil it doth proceed It robs your pockets, Burns your clothes And makes a smoke htack Out of your nose. This old rhyme was created before most people understood the relationship between smoking and health. They thought the rhyme was funny, but today its no joke. About 300,000 persons will die from causes related to smoking, according to n F. Smart, president of the Utah Lung Association. Some may argue that smoking the dirty weed has nothing to do with the devil, but more and more people agree that the smoke is unethical, especially when it is blown into the face of the nonsmoker, he said. It Ly-am- is also see tobacco smoke as a pollutant that defiles their air and lessens their chance for good health, he said. Even though smoking information confronts the public, one in every three adults still smokes. Still, more than 300 thousand adult Americans have kicked the habit. Millions more are trying. The Utah Lung Association supporth the idea that if industries can spend millions in an effort to meet pollution standards, cigarette smokers can do their part by not imposing personal pollution upon others, Mr. Smart urged. And, can share that responsibility by speaking out when tobacco smoke is irritating them. non-smoke- rs unhealthful. This personal pollution via the smoke stack nose can be more hazardous than its industrial counterpart. In industry, the maximum concentrations of carbon monoride in the air cannot average out to more than 50 parts per million (p.pm.). Given this baseine, how much carbon monoxide do cigarettes send into the air? Researchers have found that smoking seven cigarettes in one hour, even in a fentiated room, created average carbonmonoxide levels of 20 p.p.m. in the room. In the seat next to the smoker, because of proximity to sidestream smoke from the cigarette, the carbon monoxide shut up to 90 p.p.m., almost twice the maximum set for industry, reported Mr. Smart. And it takes hours for the carbon monoxide to leave the body of the nonsmoker who has been exposed to a smokey environment. Carbon monoxide in the blood last for hours, unlike oxygen which is expelled in minutes. After three or four hours, half of the excess carbon monoride is still in the blood stream. Mr. Smart reports that carbon monoxide is not the only harmful yas produced by the burning cigarette. For example, hydrogen cyanide is a poison that attacks respiratory enzymes. It is found in ordinary air pollution. But the concentration in cigarette smoke itself is 1600 p.p.m. Long term exposure to levels above 10 p.p.m. is considered dangerous. Mr. Smart told what effects the gases have upon the body. The breathing system normally cleans itself. Breathing these harmful gases can break down this process. As a result, the lungs become more vulnerable to bacteria and viruses that cause disease. Cigarette smoke can also trigper asthma attacks. There are millions of people, adults as well as children, who are sensitive to tobacco smoke and suffer smoke-cause- d Even attacks. children among whose parents smoke at home compared to those with parents. These people non-asthmat- ic non-hmoki- Agonizing Pain From Ingrown Toenail? Get Outgro For Fasi Relief Outgro gives you fast temporary relief from ingrown toenail pain. Outgro toughens irritated shin, eases inflammation, reduces swelling without effecting the shape, growth, or position of the nail. Stop ingrown nail pain fast with Outgro. ng A person has to work at surance cf happiness. A retired tirement to make it successful, persons primary needs are a re- says a University of Utah1 geron- tologist. And Dr. Melvin A. White, director of the Rocky Mountain Gerontology Center headquartered at the University, adds that in some respects retirement planning should begin during the high school years. A specialist in the process and problems of aging, White points to mistakes commonly made when persons plan for retirement. Foremost, he says, is the idea that money is the sole basis for successful retirement. Financial independence is a major factor in meeting physical and psychological needs, but it is no as place to live, something to do, someone to do it with, someone to do it for, and someone who cares. The retiree should develop more than one role for himself White asserts, suggesting tha this concept should be fostered in high school. You cant look back and dwell on the importance of what yiu have been. must be based Ones is one what upon today, he "A shouldnt stagsays. person nate on the pinnace of past sucself-conce- pt Nine notes. "When careers end and children leave home, an emptiness is created which must be filled with new interests and activities. Continuing is the key to mental health. If you dont like yourself, chances are you wont like others, says the formes director of the Utah Division of Aging. Nor is it enough to prepare oneself for leisure activities, White emphasizes. Avocational development is important when one is young, but there should be preparation for both active and sedentary pursuits, he says, as later illness may preclude Without strenuous activity. avocations," the U gerontologist says, persons have excessive time in their hands and they tend to get in each others way. cesses. self-fulfillme- nt All too often during the workApproximately 43 per cent of to his the total land area in Utah is ing years, a man relates job and a woman involves her- administered by the Bureau of self as a wife and mother, White Land Management. Utah Power talks about your electric power: The fact that more need more houin is another reason why Utah Power needs to bmild more generating plants. Some of the obvious and most talked about demands for more electricity stem from business and industry... the new shopping centers, new plants, new hospitals, new schools, and so forth. But great as the combined additional demand is from these new users, theres more. You see, electric service reaches literally every part of our communities without exception-lik- e, for example, new government-subsidize- d family housing projects. Salt Lake Valley In the rapidly-growin- g alone, some 600 new family housing units are now under construction or recently have been completed through government programs. And more units like them are needed to provide adequate housing for the elderly and people of modest incomes. And as each new project is built, it adds to the grow iming demand for more electricity... this is one of the portant reasons why more new power plants and more new power lines are being constructed. There are many often overlooked needs for electric power, like these housing projects, and the power company must have the generating capacity to serve them. And since youre a customer, you have a right to know that this is one more reason Utah Power continues to build new generating plants and power lines. |