European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday december 17,.1986 new restrictions on smokers urged report notes health threat to passive inhalers Washington a smoke from other peo ple s cigarettes causes disease in healthy non smokers and simply separating smokers and non smokers with in he same air space fails to eliminate the risks says the surgeon general annual smoking report. This year s report the 18lh in he series mandated by Congress focuses on the health fleets of involuntary or passive smoking which it said injured Large numbers of people because so Many Are exposed to it. Or. C. Everett Koop the surgeon general of the  health service said smoking is responsible directly for More than 300,000 deaths annually in the nation about is percent of All mortality. But while there Are proven risks from involuntary smoking the report said Here is not Yel enough data to estimate accurately the sickness and death it causes. It is now Clear that disease risk due to the inhalation of tobacco smoke is not limited to the individual who is smoking but can Emend to those who inhale tobacco smoke emitted into the air Koop said in the report s preface Koop a longtime anti smoking advocate told a news briefing that because of the hazards outlined in the report he urged state and local government Sites businesses factories and other places to restrict or ban smoking in Public places. Or. James 0, Mason director of the Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta told the briefing any smoking restrictions should be designed in cooperation with labor and management As Well As smokers them selves. And such plans should include programs to help smokers quit the habit he added. The purpose of this is not to punish smokers but to protect the non smoker Mason said Drotis r. Bowen Secretary of health and human services said in a letter to Congress that 40 slates and the District of Columbia have enacted some form of legislation to restrict smoking in Public these Laws reflect a decline of smokers to 30 percent of the adult population and increasing concerns about the health onion smokers Bowen said. Koop Aiso cited these Laws saying no More research or study is needed before taking action against Anvi. Ron mental smoke. While he did not specifically suggest any further restriction or ban on Public smoking Koop said measures to protect the Public health Are required  the tobacco Industry attacked the report saying that in conclusions went beyond the data presented and imply that further smoking restrictions Are de sired despite Little objective evidence of substantial on the track of modern Artap photo a few traffic problems were mused by the first Snow fall in Lancaster pa., but at this downtown puking lot everything was in perfect order even artistic. The new mow provided while Canvas for cars and pedestrians to create these graphic tuning patterns on the Buckrop. Harm to non smokers. The implication ii Clear that they Are saying we have 10 do something to protect the non smoking pub  said Scott slap spokesman for the tobacco Institute. Obviously there is Only one step beyond restrictions and that is to ban smoking Stapf continued. This is clearly a political document not a scientific one. They just Don i have the  labor leaders expressed fears that the report s emphasis on concern about the health of non smokers will draw attention away from much More hazardous pollutants in the workplace the outright prohibition of a behaviour disapproved of by the surgeon general seems to be the goal of his conclusions the presidents of five unions said in statement. If environmental smoke is a Hazard it can be relieved in nearly All cases by improved ventilation the five unions the machinists carpenters Shee Metal workers firemen and oilers and the Bak Ery confectionary and tobacco workers said the re port seriously undermines our efforts to protect our members effectively from a Host of other toxic sub stances regulated by the government. Sexual diseases biggest concern women Tell Survey new York up1 american women fear sexually transmitted diseases especially aids More than they worry about fitness Money or even War a Survey shows. No sexually related disease has claimed at much of the Public s attention As aids and women share the country s growing alarm Clamour Magazine reported monday. In every age economic political and religious group women tear an aids epidemic will soon affect straight men and women a View shared by 56 per cent of the women surveyed the Magazine said. The Magazine s annual poll of 800 women Ages 18 to 65, conducted by Mark cements research inc., found that 64 percent of All women surveyed said they have become More concerned about sexual disease. The figure Rose to 68 percent for single women while those who worry the most about it were women who consider themselves political liberals 79 per  following fear of sexually transmitted disease the next four leading women s concerns were personal health peace and War personal fitness and personal finances. The fear of acquired immune deficiency syndrome brought an overwhelming response in the poll which showed one in four women believes the incurable Dis ease can be spread through casual Contact. Kids asked to write essay about Constitution Washington a education Secretary Wil Liam j. Bennett handed out an assignment tuesday to the nation s schoolchildren write 250 words or less on the topic. What the Constitution Means to me and to our country the assignment is voluntary but the 150 children in grades 1 through 8 who submit the Best essays will be invited to Washington and their thoughts will appear in a Booklet to be displayed at the Library of Congress. The essay contest will be the department of Educa Tion s main contribution to the 1987 Celebration of the Bicentennial of the Constitution. Bennett announced the project at the National por trait gallery with retired chief Justice Warren e. Burger chairman of the Bicentennial commission and Chil Dren from a local elementary school that the education department has adopted. Bennett said it will not Only be an Opportunity for youngsters to learn about the Constitution but to Brush up their writing skills which a recent National study found sorely wanting. Bennett a philosopher and lawyer by training has frequently exhorted educators to teach youngsters about the seminal documents of american history and he has taught classes himself on the Constitution and the federalist papers. The United states Constitution is one of the single most important documents embodying the principles and beliefs of our democratic nation and even our youngest americans should be acquainted with its con tents he said in a statement. Our goal is to create an Opportunity for children in the elementary grades to reflect on its meaning so that they not Only understand the Constitution by also live and love the principles it represents the essays will be judged in two year groupings grades 1-2,3-4, s-6 and 7-8. Bennett said he will ask Stales to use their own Selec Tion process to Forward the Best essays id Washington. Each state will be allowed to submit twice As Many essays As it has members in Congress. Alternate provisions will be made for Public schools to submit essays if their state does not participate. A panel of prominent citizens will review the essays including those from private schools and that commit tee will select the 150 winners. The winners will be invited to Washington in june for a recognition ceremony. Next september at the Start of the school year the essays will be printed in s Booklet called an Ameri can  the weekly Reader a publication that reaches 70percent of elementary schools also will spotlight the project in its feb. 13 Issue and will devote articles and activities to it during the year. Private schools May submit up to four essays one from each age group to the Council for american private education 1625 i St. N.w., Washington . 20006. Further information about the contest May be obtained front Linda Rui Boven or Ted Sharp office of Deputy undersecretary department of Educa Tion room 3073, 400 Maryland ave. S.w., Washington . 20202. The Telephone number it 202