| Show Doc Quit EMit Smoking Group gays bays ays 1 Utah doctors have been urged to participate in an American Cancer Society program program pro pro- gram encouraging smokers to give up cigarettes and to use their influence on their pa pa- THE UTAH State Medical Association recently took an official stand against smoking smoking smoking ing and now is asking doctors all allover over the state to support an IQ I.Q. I Quit campaign sponsored by the Utah Division Division Division Divi Divi- sion of the American Cancer Society In a letter sent to all Utah physicians Dr John H. H Rupper president of the Ole medical association association association asso asso- said doctors can have havea a tremendous influence on the smoking population by their counsel in health matters THEY SHOULD encourage all patients who smoke to give up the habit and inform them of the health hazards They should award IQ I.Q. pins to ex- ex smokers and show concern for forthe forthe forthe the smoking habits of patients regardless of the physicians physician's medical specialty he said The grim reality of ciga ciga- rette-related rette diseases and the problems of preventing diagnosing diagnosing diagnosing nosing and treating them are area a challenge to the Ule ingenuity and d capacity of every physician physician physician phy phy- Dr Rupper Hupper said FREQUENTLY a doctor to whom a is the only person smoker will give serious attention attention attention at at- regarding his cigarette cigarette ciga ciga- ciga rette habit he noted Dr Merrill L. L Wilson Nilson a aSaIl Salt SaIl Lake physician serving as president of the Utah Division Di Division Di- Di American Cancer Society Society So So- Society vision ision praised the positive efforts ef efforts ef- ef forts Corts of the medical association association association tion to help elp smokers give up the habit and and said the response response re re- spouse of physicians already tremendous has been OFFICIALS at the Cancer Society note that since Dr Ruppers Rupper's letter the available supply of IQ I.Q. pins has been bed nearly exhausted because 0 of 1 the requests from physicians More are on order Under the LQ IQ program a smoker may qualify to wear one of the small smaIl black and I 1 gold pins if he has not smoked for Cor at least 30 days Hundreds Hun of the attractive pim pill pi have been awarded to Utahn in the past few months |
