European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 6 the stars and stripes sunday november 23,1988 . To toughen smoking restrictions health panel oks wide ranging ban new York not regulations prohibiting smoking in most indoor pub Lic areas were unanimously approved Friday by the new York state Public health Council pending Public hearings next month. The regulations would also require employer to set aside smoke free areas Tor workers who request them. Slate health officials said they expected the regulations among the most restrictive in the country to be formally adopted by the 21 member Council in january and to take effect three months later. The overwhelming sentiment of the Council said its chairman Morton , is that an anti smoking Regula Tion should be  or. David axe Rod the stale health commissioner said the regulations were in the communal  he de scribed smoking As one of the country s worst health hazards and said restricting it would rave lives and reduce lung and heart disease. Under the regulations smoking would be banned in indoor Arenas such As mad Ison Square Garden and in schools and auditoriums clubhouses and court houses gymnasiums and health clubs res rooms and waiting rooms stores and markets Banks hospitals and movie the  Only exceptions would be special rooms or enclosed area designated for smoking. Among the places exempt from theban would be private Homes social functions privately sponsored conventions ban hotel and Motel rooms and tobacco stores. However smoking would be banned in taxis and limousines. In restaurants and employee cafeterias smoking would be banned from at least 70 percent of the tables. Restau rants with so or fewer seats would be excluded from the restrictions. In addition non smoking areas would be required for Bingo and bowing. The Council which is appointed by the governor and empowered to adopt regu lations to protect the Public health cited studies that show breathing second hand smoke is a significant health Hazard for the elderly and people with cardiac and respiratory illnesses. The Council said smoke filled air also creates a risk of lung cancer and respiratory disease As Wen As causing allergic reactions. The regulations were vigorously opposed by the tobacco and restaurant industries and by organized Tabor which contended that smoking restrictions would pit worker against worker. At least 20 sates restrict smoking andean additional 10 extend die restriction to the work place. The regulations would require employers to provide smoke free Environ ment for workers who want them. They also would permit Emp yen to ban smoking entirely. Under the state Heath code violation of the no smoking regulations carry fines of up to $250 and up to is Days in jail upon conviction. State health officials Laid the regulations would be enforced by periodic state and City health inspections and by complaints tiled by individuals. They said that employers and owners of restaurants Ana buildings would be required to enforce the regulations or face state penalties and that oomph into would rarely involve one individual Fil ing a complaint against another. Surv i. /.-. Dlr a.  v. App Tutt inventor Robert Krauser Boldi the Van Lutr which he says is the next Best thing to care for the common cold. Device zaps colds inventor says Arlington Heights Iii. A it looks like a hair dryer but you Point it up your nose and despite Pooh Poohs from some medical experts its inventor claims it s the closest thing to a cure for the common cold. The Vitalizer is the latest in a Long line of col remedies for which big claims have been made line Medicine soaked kleenex grandma s Chicken soup and others. Securities analyst Robert Krauser invented the viral Iier in 1982 and formed viral response sys tems of Greenwich conn., to Market it. Then he said he added a Mist of decongestant or anti bacterial Spray to increase the viral Izer s Odds at fighting colds. Krauser said the band held device which Mea sures 2 a-by-6 inches and costs $32.95, should be in stores Early next year. Initial models will use Wall outlets but a Model is in the works that could be plugged into a car cigarette lighter. Cold viruses cannot survive temperatures of More than us w 120 degrees Krauser said. By directing a Stream of warm air into the nostrils people can reduce the duration of a cold be said. But or. Robert Goldstein chief of clinical immunology and immune pathology at the National institutes for health s allergy and infectious disease division said that by the Lime cold symptoms appear the virus that causes them has spread from the nose to other parts of the body. If it really worked we could All go into the steam room tomorrow and cure the common cold he said thursday from his Bethesda my office. Krauser called Goldstein s criticism absolutely not True saying that the cold virus Only lives in the nose and that his device stops germs there. Krauser has received permission from the food and drug administration to Market the device not on the basis that it would do anything Medici Nally Only that it would provide healed humidified air 1 said Carolyn Derrer Deputy director of the Fra s division of Anaesthesiology neurology and radiology devices. Allan Aven. An Arlington height doctor acting As technical adviser to Krauser is testing the device and estimates that 90 of 100 patients got Relief. Each time you use it the Relief will be More and More extensive he said. Why do you think Chick in soup works you lean Over the bowl and inhale boiling  stateside 4-year-old boy killed by three pit Bull terriers Decatur. A. A three pit Bull terriers attacked two children As the youngsters walked across a neighbor s Lawn killing a 4-year old boy police  Gordon Wai mauled to death Friday eve Ning after trying to run away from the animal. His companion an 11-year-old girl escaped in jury by falling to the ground Ana remaining motionless when she saw the dogs said Dekalb county police capt. John Ledbetter. The dogs also tried to attack the first police officer on the scene but they were frightened away when he fired his  turnips co who owns the dogs was charged with violating the county s Leash Taw. Turnipseed said he did not know Bow the dogs got out of his locked  judge could order he impounded dogs to be put to sleep Ledbetter said adding that the investigation is continuing. Driver fired after using fire extinguisher on kids Worcester mass. A a school bus Driver has been fired for spraying children with a fire extinguisher to control  children had to seek medical attention to get the extinguisher chemical flushed from their eyes said a report by William Mcmahon school director of transportation. According to the report released Friday the Inci Dent on nov. 10 began when the bus broke Down in the Central Massachusetts City of Worcester. While waiting for another bus to arrive Stu Dent took the extinguisher from its rack. The Driver identified Ai David Sweeney look the extinguisher from the student and then held the children at Bay by spraying several Chil Dren the report said. Sun has gotten dimmer since 1980, expert says Pasadena Calif. A the aun has be come slightly dimmer since 1980, but research ers say it s probably pan of a Normal up and Down Cycle related to Sunspot activity and wont Lead to catastrophic weather changes on Earth. There s nothing to indicate that the Nin i out pm would continue to drop precipitously fora Long enough period to cause major climate changes like ice Alt said Richard c Willson whose findings were published Friday in the journal  detectors aboard the solar maximum Mission satellite discovered that the Sun lost one thousandth of its brightness from Early 1980 through mid-1985, but has remained constant since said Willson a physicist at the National aeronautics and space admim3tratio k a Jet in aulsion Laboratory