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CSPAN Washington Journal January 12, 2014

Will implement. Last fewen much of the weeks reviewing. This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the Surgeon General warning on smoking. A halfcentury later, your thoughts and how you view the federal governments role in smoking and other healthrelated issues. Thats our question for the first 45 minutes. Our phone lines are open. The numbers are on your screen. Host you can also join us on twitter or facebook. Or you can send us an email. Log on to the department of health and Human Services, this is what the report looks like 50 years later. Commemorating the 50th anniversary on the Surgeon Generals warning on smoking. Dr. Terry luther laid the foundation. Through the efforts of Tobacco Control professionals, work has moved forward 50 years later. If you want to look at the statistics released by the department of health and Human Services, there is this. The smoking rates have fallen 59 . The Tobacco Industry continues to spend more than eight ileum dollars per year on marketing. More than 3000 kids try there first cigarette every day. A number of editorials also related all of this. We found one on the l. A. Times website. A report was released on saturday morning, january 11. The report says there was nothing surprising about the conclusion. Throughout the 1950s, scientists discovered various ways that smoking took a toll on peoples health. Britain released its own roof port. Lobbying by the tobaccos industry luther terry convened a panel to make sure that the findings were unimpeachable. Companiesat tobacco should rule out anyone that they disapproved of. Have a line set aside for those of you who are smokers. Is 2025853883. Has this made a difference . What do you think the role of the federal government is when it comes to smoking and other healthrelated issues . There is another editorial from the Washington Post. Winning the war against smoking. A 50 year push against cigarette use continues with higher taxes. The war on smoking can be back. They claim a huge big or he. Half the country used to smoke. Now, less than 1 5 does. Public advocates have done enough. Some still smoke away their lives in peace. We disagree. Its time for more taxes, more regulation, and more outrage. That is from 1964. That is an editorial from the Washington Post today. Where you calling from . Caller massachusetts. Hi. One percent governor and corporate partnership. This is how governments, through Central Banks and corporations, infiltrate other governments. Is keeping the American People from finding out what is going on between corporations and governments. It is almost like fascism. Host tom is joining us from michigan. I was thinking of city, there was a kiosk on broadway. There was a park with a bench. Somebody came up to me in 1994. I did not smoke. Someone came up to me and said it is illegal to smoke. This is 1994. The next thing i heard was that they started this whole trend. It will be nationwide eventually. No smoking in restaurants. The next thing i read in the New York Times about the smoking ban in restaurants in new york. Someone pushed a baby carriage by a bar after the ban was passed. I live in michigan. I spent a lot of time and tobacco states. I cannot smoking go to my favorite bar and have a drink. Host thank you very much. This is one of those classic ads from the 1950s. Ronald reagan, then an actor, with this caption. I am sending chesterfield to all my friends. Mild messed with no unpleasant aftertaste. Chesterfield cigarettes. Democratic line, good morning. Evelyn . Caller good morning. Host turn the volume down on your television. We have some feedback. Caller ok. All right. Good morning. I am in illinois. I have smoked since 1953. I never inhaled. I now have stopped since october 24. I see it differently. I am on the nicotine patch. With thatlowed you dear dr. From stanford. He called it the golden holocaust. I will tell you, i feel so much better. I am 82. I hope to live another 10 years. Host let me ask you caller since 2005, there are only one Million People in the united day two of stop smoking. Also, china is the highest. You keep saying taxes. They tax us in illinois. It is terrible. They go underground and they go to kentucky. They are not going to stop it. I will tell you what. It makes me feel better. Thank you for listening to me. Host thank you for the call. Scott is joining us from minnesota. Welcome. Caller i would just like to say that i think this is another example of corporate disregard for human life. Hello . Ok. Another example of corporate disregard for human life. Over profits. They knewwn for way before 1964 that cigarette smoke was dangerous. It creates various strains of plants. That is my comment. Host thank you very much. The usa today also writes on the 50th anniversary of the surgeon no other report has had this large of an effect on public health. That is a quote from the director of the center for Disease Control and prevention. I cannot think of anything else that has come close. Theres so much evidence on the harms of smoking. Some advocates say the country needs to go much further. Your thoughts on all this. You can see the warning that cancer and Heart Disease also complicate pregnancy. Richard has this on twitter. Smoking is dumb. What more needs to be set . Next is a call from covington, georgia. Welcome. Caller i just wanted to say one thing. Help they arehe trying to give. But sometimes you have to look at it a different way. Smoking is an addiction. It is an addiction. I appreciate information that is toing forward to let us know work on this addiction. You do not want to wind up with cancer. In america, there are so many things that cause people to want to look for some type of stress reliever. Unfortunately, as long as there are things in her life that cause you to be looking for stress relievers, i ask that people look seriously at it. I still smoke. I gave it up for 14 years. I try to manage my smoking. I try to keep it down to four cigarettes per day. I asked god daily to help me with my addiction. You have to own up to the election. Host how are you doing so far . Caller pretty well. The last thing that the government gave us with the unemployment, i am not employed, that is a strain. I leave that in the hands of god. We have great lawmakers. I know that they will work it out. I like america. I like people. For anyone smoking, remember it is an addiction. Do what ever you can to manager cell. The that addiction more information that we get, maybe it came too late. Lets just be thankful for the information. There is care there. Host thank you. A look at the front page of a leading newspaper. Ariel sharon suffered a stroke in 2006. He has been in a, for the last eight years. He passed away yesterday at the age of 85. Joe biden will lead the u. S. Delegation for Funeral Services this week in israel. The front page of the Washington Post has the swearingin of virginias newest governor, bill clinton friend and chair of the Democratic National committee, Terry Mcauliffe takes the reins. Divided government is a tradition that we must continue. He was sworn in yesterday in richmond, virginia. One of the aftereffects of the Surgeon General warning was the end of Television Commercials for cigarettes. And in did in 1971. Cigarettes came out with one of the last commercials. [video clip] when you smoke true. You get all the flavor and the filter to. True filter cigarettes. All the flavor you need to say that is a good tasting cigarette. This is the bestselling, best tasting cigarette of its kind. 0. 7 mg of nicotine. You get a choice. It comes with or without menthol. Anyway you like it. No doubt about it, true gives you everything you want in a cigarette. It is true. When you smoke true. You get all the flavor and the filter to. Host that is from true cigarettes. One of the final commercials before they were banned. The Surgeon General indicated that Online Advertising they do spend 8 billion per year on advertising, especially targeting younger people. Bill is joining us from north carolina. 50 years after the Surgeon General warning, your thoughts . Caller one thought i have is the hypocrisy of the government. 1969, the first smoking i ever did was in for little packs of cigarettes. That is why i have never understood. Host thank you very much. From harvard, there is this look back. It is also available online. They point out that this one individual remembers the report on the cbs evening news. He says i was a firstyear medical student. Nearly two thirds of my colleagues were smokers. That dropped and the report was a big reason why. That is the editor in Harvard Health publications. You can read more about his perspective. Mike from milwaukee. Republican mind. Caller i would like to thank you to serving america in this way. It has been a good benefit all these years. Some of my friends smoked, some did not. I never got hooked. This gives an incentive to people who spent seven dollars per name on a namebrand. The money incentive it could go for more. Retirement or college for kids. Share. Host there is this from one of our viewers ascribing an iron patriot. Electric cigarettes are the future. No side effects, no secondhand smoke. Liberals cant wait to ban them. The Washington Post has this headline. Tainted after a West Virginia spill will be damaged for days. Several hundred thousand people in nine West Virginia counties remain without water today. It is the third day following a chemical spill. Water Company Executives say it could be days before the and contaminated water is flowing again. That is the story from inside the Washington Post. Francis from tennessee, republican line. Caller i think it is ironic that Washington State and colorado have approved marijuana. Most of the colors to your program say there is no addiction to marijuana. It is a wonderful thing. I just cannot believe that. Here you are still harping on cigarettes. Seemingly, giving approval to marijuana being legalized. Banse other hand, what or statements are on beer cans . They are addictive. They cause problems. There are children who are mistreated by parents. Seemingly, government is not going to say anything about that at all. Thank you for listening. Host thank you for the call. Steve has this point. From the twitter page, taxes on cigarettes have created criminals out of otherwise lawabiding citizens. Over five dollars per pack. That is almost 2000 per year. Another related story from the San Francisco chronicle. 50 years ago, ash trays were on every table and desk. Athletes, even fred flintstone, enjoyed cigarettes. Most hung in the air in restaurants and airplanes. U. S. Adults smoked and there was a good chance that your doctor was among smokers. On january 11, when the Surgeon General released an authoritative report that said smoking causes illness and death. The government should do something about it. With her terry was a smoker himself. A reference to that flintstone and from the 1950s heres what it looked like. [video clip] we ought to do something fred. How about taking a nap . Lets take a winston break. Thats it. They are the one cigarette that delivers flavor 20 times per pack. They make a big taste difference. Right where it counts. A pure filter. ,hey pack rich tobacco specially selected and processed for good flavor. Winston tastes good. Like a cigarette should. This has been brought to you by winston, americas bestselling, best tasting filtered cigarette. Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should. Host something you will not see anymore. That is the 1950s. Though flintstones promoting winston cigarettes. Many of you are also weighing in on our facebook page. 50 years after the Surgeon General warning on cigarette smoking. Elizabeth says the 50th anniversary of the failed war on poverty was more newsworthy. More of your comments are available. You can join in. We have a caller from florida. Caller good morning. Cigarettes. Moked he is 90 years old. He smoked for relief. Host and . Point . She had not. We will go to allyson in texas. Independent line. Caller i just want to say that i was going to school back in the 1960s, when they came out with this. Anyway, my husband spoke for six years. He decided that he should probably quit. It was too late. The damage was done. He got cancer of the larynx. He had to have it taken out. I remember that back then, people thought they did not believe it. Everybody smoked. It took people that you know, that youre close to. People they worked with. When they got lung cancer or throat cancer or died, that scared everybody. I can remember when they came out with these warnings. People who smoke, we spoke to smoked two or three packs per day. We thought the government was it was a conspiracy. He quit using the patch. The nicotine patch. If he could quit, anybody could quit. I warn people not to wait until it is too late. People who are still smoking need to quit now. Host thanks for the call. We do have a line set aside for those of you more smokers. 53883. 30 minutes left in our conversation. 50 years after the Surgeon General warns on quitting smoking. Your thoughts . You can also email us or reach us on facebook. More facebook comments. There is this from doug, he says smoke them if you have some. My thought is if you have avoided a warning, it is your fault. Not the Cigarette Companies fault or the environment. 50 years of wasted government resources, forcing Cigarette Companies to produce a statement that is obvious. And something we discussed a few days ago. The program mad men. Was it really like that . Yes, it was. Barbara joins us from new haven, connecticut. Caller hello. Good morning. Thank you for taking my call. Ould like to comment on they have programs for people who are getting Illegal Drugs to help them quit. Smoking is an addiction. It may not be illegal, but it is an addiction. With all of the millions of dollars, being spent toward advertisements, saying do not smoke, it is better for your health. It is an addiction. Government the should take that money that theyre using and tell people not to smoke. That will not work. That is like telling an addict not to do drugs. There were programs put in place, help them to get off of cigarette smoking. I want to make one more comment. And 40s, in the 30s chemicals were not added. Is, with theseed chemicals that are being added now, the person is more addicted. The government should put in place programs to help smokers. Outpatient status or inpatient to help with the smoking. Host thanks. The cdc also has a new study on the trend in smoking. From the 1980s to where we are today. There has been a steady decline in smoking among students and adults. Young people tend to be those who smoke early. The studyd to focused unknown people. Theyre looking at a way to prevent young people from getting addict did. Barbara is joining us from new haven, connecticut. Caller thank you. Host thank you. Lets go to jamestown, south carolina. Are you with us danny . Caller yes, sir. I have smoked for 28 years. I have raised three children. None of them were born with any health complications. You can tax the Cigarette Company all you want. All the government is going to do with that taxs feet obesity. That is the biggest problem in america. Not smoking. One viewer, called appellation appalachian vulcan says the offspring of those affected by commercials are smokers by association. One man says he smoked up to six packs of cigarettes per day. He had one long removed. The cancer came back in the 1970s. He issued this Public Service announcement. [video clip] finishing my 199th picture and never felt better in my life. I said i was going out of my boat. Then i got nagged into going to a medical checkup. They found a spot on the xray. It was lung cancer. If i had waited a few more weeks, i would not be here now. That is me seven years after surgery. In true grit. I got a check up. Why dont all of you do yourselves a favor . Get a check up. Talk someone you like and to getting a check up. You love into getting a check up. While youre at it, send a check to the American Cancer Society too. It is great to be alive. Host that is from 1972. John wayne passed away in 1979 from blood cancer. There were other complications from his heavy smoking addiction and the 1950s and 1960s. If you are just tuning in or joining us on cspan radio, we are focusing on the Surgeon General report on smoking. 50 years later. On the facebook page, many of you are also weighing in. When user says that the Tobacco Industry used to pay docked oeste say that smoking was not harmful. They convince people of a phony controversy and delayed action. Smoked fourfather packs a day and died a few years ago at 100. My sister died at 50 from cancer and what they health net. How can you explain that . Mary is joining us from maryland. Good morning. Caller i want to tell everyone about the danger of smoking. I am allergic to the smoke. It can come through lungs and skin. In your house and your car. It is an awful smell. When some people breed, you can just smell the smoke from their lungs. It is awful. Odorave to look at the part of it. Most people who smoke cigarettes, i noticed they are poor and cigarettes are very expensive. I have people calculate how much they spend on cigarettes. They are shocked at the amount of money that they spend. Host thank you for the call. Next up is scott from california. Good morning. Caller thank you. I was one of the last of the smokers

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