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Show Dangers of smoking were explained to students in Garfield County elementary schools last week. On the left Is Harold Smoking Danger Program Presented "The grip of smoking is too weak to be felt until it is too strong to be broken." That thought was echoed in Panguitch and Tropic schools as Harold Ashman cited dangers of smoking. Mr. Ashman, a retired principal, is the Cancer Crusade educational chairman for Washington County. He and his wife, Verda, volunteer their time lecturing on smoking throughout Utah. Aided by smoking machines and an animated lung display, Ashman dramatized the damage done to the body by the tar and nicotine In cigarettes. Third graders through high school students observed a normal, healthy lung compared to a black, throbbing lung affected by emphysema and another affected by cancer. As Ashman pointed out, cigarettes are a major cause of lung cancer, emphysema, heart disease and various stomach disorders. They are also a major polluter. Yet each year close to 610 billion cigarettes are smoked. And each year over 5000 young people, between ten and eighteen, start smoking. Thoese first puffs can often launch' a pcruwi into a lifelong habit that can shorten the lifespan by 10 to 15 years. Monday and Tuesday's smoking presentations serve as Ashman, who with his wife. Verda, right, presented the program. Posing with them are Wslly Lee and Renae Perkins. a reminder that April is Cancer Crusade month. Garfield County Crusade volunteers are already canvassing, distributing pamphlets on early cancer detection and asking for donations vital to cancer research and aid. In turn, someof the money is placed back into the community for such things as the smoking presentation, cancer screening clincis and the Linda Lump display at the hospital. Statewide, money goes to aid for cancer patients, research and nurses' training. Less than 10 percent of donations goes to administrative costs. |