Show Moss Joins In Cigarette Law Sen Frank E E. E Moss DUtah DUtah DUtah D- D Utah Joined Sen Robert F. F Kennedy Kennedy Ken Ken- nedy N. D-N. D NY Y In sponsoring legislation which would add a strong direct warning of the health consequences of smoking to each package of cigarettes SEN MOSS said that the bill bUI provides that the language to be used reads reads' Warning Cigarette Cigarette Ciga CIga- rette smoking is dangerous to I health and may cause death from I cancer and other diseases Jr The i legislation also provides that each cigarette package would i be labeled as to the tar and nicotine nicotine nicotine nico nico- tine content of the cigarettes Advertising would also carry the new warning and the statement statement statement state state- ment of tar and nicotine content This includes broadcast commercials commercIals commercials com com- as well as printed advertisements ad advertisements advertisements ad- ad Sen Moss said THE AMENDMENTS pro- pro posed today are in the line with the stronger approach I have long advocated in this field Sen Moss said Nearly every everyday everyday day we find new evidence that cigarette smoking is extremely hazardous to health One way of rJ reducing the death rate from lung cancer and other respiratory respiratory l tory diseases believed caused r 1 by cigarette tte smoking is a wide wide- range public educational campaign campaign campaign cam cam- Including printed warnIngs warnings warnings warn warn- ings on the face of each cigarette cigarette cigarette ciga ciga- rette package Sen Moss participated In the World Conference on Smoking I and Health in New York City and afterward joined with US U.S. Surgeon General William Stew Stew- Stewart art and others In a television I panel discussion on cigarettes versus health The tv program was telecast on TVs TV's Issues Issues Is- Is sues and Answers Answers- series on Sept 17 r Al |