European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday october 8, 1977 lung cancer deaths from the disease Are increasing most sharply among women study shows new York not deaths from lung cancer Are increasing worldwide with the sharpest increase among women and Are unlikely to drop in the near future Accord ing to a study by the world health organization the study attributed the Rise in lung cancer deaths to cigarette smoking t rejected the Contention that air pollution was a major contributing Factor. The study which was published recently by the Geneva based world health organization extends a trend of ring lung cancer deaths among both sexes that was court freeing of Gandhi is challenged noned previous by in the l Ted slates eng land and some her countries also it comes at a ume when american experts such As . J Wisser me in of be con rect Cut cancer up be m the nation. Are of a in the up cancer Amotio War a. In 1975. For Ibe first ume in connect cd Messang renewed Civ pm Derric of a i history there were More lung cancers  women than among men aged from & 44. Although the number of women had re yet exceeded men As smokers ?�5e.�5  a the journal of the american Meica association last month. The 35-44 Aee a up is the youngest in which cigarette Erk  effects Are clearly apparent.  an de tonal on epidemic lung cancer am Rig a men. Meigs said. Women who smoke be Avicy have a sixteen Foid lung lease of Indra go. A a i j2.j Bui it  by. I d=-.ca  the . And a. A u Cesa a trought be weeks before one is eld. Delhi magistrate rip Jiin Dalai  dered the 5-year-Oid Gandhi freed tues Day saying prosecutors had failed to show sufficient grounds for detaining her. She was arrested the night before on charges of official corruption during her Rule As  me min. E. Solicitor general s \ Kacer told the Ilgah court Friday that Dalai overstepped his a Nonty by exploring the weight of evidence Aga Osi Gati clo poor to her trial referral duty he sad the magistrate was required too be no More trip i Reter the 3 . Ant corrupt Ion court and ept  no via  set aia-., a charged  ,g o an  c,.r,t at to a French that a  a Ner can com. _ it. A --, pain  Primc  Cam arse  up   Ljra. Inai me gov irn Ojeni proceeding   were de signed to Kerp n air pm the Eugui and prevent her Ujj to Cai Cor pack. I will go to the people who love me even at the risk of being jailed  hanged Shosid chairman on the Board British prime minister James Caluag Han tries out the latest craze to hit great Britain skateboarding. Pailag Han managed a few wobbly seconds on the Board on the Brighton England seafront. He chatted with skateboard enthusiasts As he strolled on the eve of the labor party s conference. Up two Challenge Marcos to seek their extradition filipino escapees ask . Asylum san Francisco Pez said. Filipinos see this Aid As american endorsement of the regime and the american endorse ment is still very important in our country because of our historic  Osmena said. If the . Would Cut its Aid we would be 100 Steps closer to  cancer risk Over nonsmoking women com pared with a tenfold risk among comparable groups of  the Connecticut epidemiologist also pointed out that in 1930 just 2 per cent of women 18 years of age and older were smokers when nearly 30 times As Many men had the habit. Now teen age girls and Young women smoke nearly As much As their male counterparts. The who study was done by . Ber Nard Benjamin professor of actuarial Sci ence at the City University in London in blaming cigarette smoking for the Rise m lung cancer deaths Benjamin did not Dis count a link Between air pollution and Long cancer. He said to remove air pollution would reduce lung cancer but would not reduce Hie excess lung cancer mortality associated with cigarette  the trend toward increasing lung cancer deaths among women was also attributed to their smoking at work As Well As at  the study found that death Rales were either stationary  declining for built males and females for cancers other in in that of the lungs in the following countries Australia Austria Canada Chile Costa Rica Denmark Egypt. Israel Japan. Mexico new zealand. Norway Sweden. Switzerland the United states and Vene Uela. But for lung cancer even in those coun tries where rates Are already High such As Belgium Czechoslovakia. Finland the Netherlands and England and Wales it found that rates Are still rising for men and  in comparing female deaths from lung cancer for the periods 1965-1969 and 1970 1972, Benjamin found that they were on t he Rise in nine industrialized countries. The United states with a 39 per cent in crease Over the two periods headed the list followed by Denmark 31 per cell Norway 24 per cent Sweden 22 per cent Finland and England and Wales with 1 per cent the Netherlands 17 per cent and Japan and Poland with 16 per cent each. There was no explanation Why French women had a 3 per cent decline in Lutu cancer deaths while t he death rate French men increased. Lung cancer death rates in England and Wales were found to be among the world highest. According to the who study an average 20-year-old Man has an 8 per cent Chance of dying from cancer of the lung. But. Benjamin said if that Man be comes a heavy cigarette smoker this Chance May Well be increased threefold to something like 25 per cent i Odds of 3 to 11 if he is a nonsmoker the Chance May Well be reduced to one third  Only 2-3 per cent