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Seminole (Texts) Sentinel, Nov. 16,1988, P AGE 5
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Great American Smokeout
Brings Breath of Fresh Air
By Abigail Van Buren
• 1088 by Universal Press Syndicate
DEAR READERS: Tomorrow
will mark the 12th Annual
Great American Smokeout, a
one-day campaign to encourage
smokers to quit smoking for 24
hours, just to prove they can do
it. The idea, conceived by Lynn
R. Smith, editor of the Monti-
cello (Minn.) Times, has now
spread to Canada, Great Brit-
ain, France, Ireland, Australia,
South Africa, Norway, Finland
and Sweden.
Last year, more than 19.5
million smokers tried to quit for
the day. This represents more
than 39 percent of the nation’s
50 million smokers. Breast can-
cer used to be the biggest killer
for women. But the No. 1 cause
of death among women and men
today is lung cancer. An esti-
mated 92,000 men and 44,000
women will die of lung cancer in
1988.
And now, a word about smok-
ing-related diseases — emphy-
sema, chronic bronchitis and
heart disease: This year an
estimated 320,000 will die from
one of these. This total exceeds
the number of U.S. battle deaths
in World War II; it is eight times
as many people who die in
automobile accidents every
year!
A congressional study has
reported that health costs from
the adverse effects of smoking
have reached a new high of
$100 billion a year in increased
medical bills and lost productiv-
ity. The loss in death and dis-
ability cannot be measured.
(And how does one measure the
amount of heartache, remorse
and guilt suffered as a result
a preventable, self-induced
tragedy?)
What about “secondhand”
smoke? Is it actually damaging
to non-smokers to be in the
presence of those who are smok-
ing? Yes! Furthermore, studies
reveal that the children of smok-
ers are more prone to lung
problems and allergies than are
children of non-smokers.
For years I have begged my
young readers, “If you smoke,
quit now. If you don’t smoke,
don’t start!” Yet an estimated
3,000 to 5,000 kids light up for
the first time every day. Why?
Peer pressure, no doubt.
Quitting “cold turkey” is the
hardest way to quit, but my
readers have told me it’s the
most effective, and in the long
run, the easiest way. Cutting
down is less traumatic, but the
temptation to smoke is often too
powerful to resist while smok-
ing just one, two or three ciga-
rettes a day.
Those who are heavily ad-
dicted may require help to
break the habit. Call your local
chapter of the American Cancer
Society for information.
So if you’re hooked on ciga-
rettes and have been telling
yourself, “One of these days I’m
going to quit,” why not start
tomorrow?
It won't be easy, but it will be
the best Thanksgiving present
you can give yourself — and
those who love you.
P.S. A favor, please? If you
quit tomorrow, even for 24
hours, I want to hear from you.
Then write again and let me
know how long you were able to
stay clean. Good luck. Keep me
posted.
P.S.S. Apropos “Thanks for
Not Smoking” signs some folks
have in their homes: I once saw
Correction
A story in the Sunday edition
of The Sentinel incorrectly
identified James Satterwhite as
executive director of the M.S.
Doss Youth Center, when in
reality he is executive director of
the M.S. Doss Foundation.
Mike Shain is director of the
youth center.
The Sentinel apologizes' for
any misunderstanding caused by
the error.
a sign that read: “If you smoke
on these premises, we will
assume that you are on fire, and
you will be treated accord-
ingly.”
What teen-agers need to know about
sex, drugs, AIDS, getting along with
their peers and parents is now in
Abby’s updated, expanded booklet,
“What Every Teen Should Know.”
Send your name and address, plus
check or money order for $3.50 ($4 in
Canada) to: Dear Abby’s Teen Booklet,
P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, 111. 61054.
Postage is included.
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture on Oct. 31
confounded the whole cotton
industry with its failure to offer a
paid cotton acreage reduction
program fbr 1989.
USDA instead announced only
a 25% unpaid diversion as a
condition of program
participation. That’s the
maximum required reduction
permitted under the farm act of
1985. Also revealed for 1989 was
a base loan level of 50 cents per
pound, down from 51.8 cents this
year, and USDA’s intent to use
marketing loan plan "B" which
allows producers to redeem
cotton from the loan at the lower
of the loan price or the adjusted
world price. Already established
by the 1988 Budget
Reconciliation Act was a 1989
target price of 73.4 cents, down
from 75.9 cents this year.
The department had the option
to set the loan at the statutory
minimum 50 cents or anywhere
between there and the 51.79 cents
justified by the U.S. spot market
formula authorized by the law.
Lubbock-based Plains Cotton
Growers. Inc. in September and
again Ocl 27 recommended that
the loan be at the higher level and
that an optional paid land
diversion program be offered,
over and above a 25% required
reduction, for up to 20% of base
acres.
PCG’s call for a paid land
diversion program was duplicated
by the National Cotton Council,
which represents producers,
textile manufacturers, merchants,
ginners, warehousemen,- seed
crushers and cooperatives. On its
own, the American Cotton
Shippers Association asked for a
"0-92" program, allowing
producers to plant no cotton and
still collect 92% of their
deficiency payments.
So the entire industry
recognized the need for an
acreage reduction greater than
that to be achieved by a simple
25% lay-out requirement.
However, USDA, if it saw the
need, apparently found its own
reason for ignoring it, but that
reason was not included in its
program announcement.
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The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 16, 1988, newspaper, November 16, 1988; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth636757/m1/5/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gaines County Library.