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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1967
Page
4
Rep Burt L Talcott introduces a bill to ban tobacco ads on radio and television from 3 PM to 9 PM daily and during sports broadcasts. The measure would require tar and nicotine disclosures on packs and a health warning in all cigarette advertising. He cites about 50,000 annual lung cancer deaths and says over 4,000 children start smoking daily.
The Agriculture Department reports Americans will smoke 551 billion cigarettes in 1967, about 4 295 per adult, a rise of 11 billion from last year. Total production tops 580 billion, with higher military use and rising exports. Prices and taxes also rise across states.
San Francisco drug expert Dr. Joel Fort told the California Assembly Public Health Committee that adults misuse three to five mind altering substances daily including caffeine nicotine alcohol narcotics and stimulants. He urged laws to decriminalize personal use to focus police on manufacturing and sale. Other witnesses cited LSD supply from San Francisco to Los Angeles amphetamine replacing LSD as the citys major drug problem and Modesto showing higher user rates per capita. Fauss, an oldtime psychedelic advocate, claimed Modesto has more drug users per capita and said he became addicted to heroin there.
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