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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1996
Page
3
Public health notice warns smoking kills over 400000 annually, more than AIDS, alcohol, car crashes, murders, drugs, and fires combined. It highlights rising teen smoking and reports that several youths as young as 18 are increasingly taking up the habit.
The piece notes pervasive no smoking signs in public spaces and outlines federal efforts led by President Clinton to curb youth tobacco use. Proposed laws would ban free cigarettes to teens, restrict vending machine sales, mail orders, and youth-directed ads. It cites about 3,000 teens becoming regular smokers daily and 1,000 dying from smoking-related diseases.
Smokers not only harm themselves but also nearby children. Exposure raises risks of runny noses coughs sore throats and colds. Asthma affects about one in ten children and attacks worsen airway narrowing making breathing hard with chest tightness.
A study notes many teens who smoke come from households with smoking patterns. It highlights risks from inhalants and air pollutants such as gases dust and carbon monoxide as factors of concern for families and communities.
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