European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10the stars and stripes wednesday april 29.1987 columns . Rosenthal Joy of quitting outweighs pleasure of smoking/--.". W we so there i was 13 Yean old the smallest boy in my freshman clan at Dewitt Clinton High school cigar.1 was Noi Only Little but t was still in Knickerbock ers. Obviously i had to a something la project my fierce sense of manhood. First i bought t Bent Sherlock Holmes pipe for 79cents. I broke that in nicety with a few tins of Edgeworth tobacco. Then i added a couple of while owl a Day at a Nickel apiece and Twenty grand cigarettes at a dime a pack everybody was amused and said of let him alone he will grow out of it and t did Only 42 Yean is a thank you Teller to those who helped me Stop. They gave me gifts beyond measure the feeling of self control the elation of Freedom from addiction and Only Way know to repay them is to Tell All those who Are about to give up smoking or thinking More about in because of increasing restrictions on where they May smoke that these gins will be their soon. Beyond compare they will outweigh any pleas ure of smoking and the discomfort of giving it up i smoked Ai Home i smoked in restaurants Heaters offices new York and round the world. A lot pipe cigars two packs of cigarettes a Day. The longer i smoked the More frightened became. By the time i was in my 20s i knew quite Well that people died of smoking died of heart attack an died terribly painfully of cancer. I knew my family had a bad cancer history but i kept smoking and smok ing i was afraid but still i smoked so much my head ached and my Throat was dry and knew quite Well that i was an addict and perhaps fear of failure kept me from really trying to Stop. So stopped about once a Day. Then one Day in the new York times newsroom Good Friend sad colleague collapsed. Held his hand while he Lay on a Stretcher in the medical department and e feared he would die he was a smoker. Standing there i fell i would be on a Stretcher one i realized that my last words to myself would be or denunciation foot if you had stopped you might have lived longer forgo Uneland those who loved you. My Friend did not die but 1 remember the feel of his hand and i remember thinking what a terrible death in would be to go thought i did not Stop immediately but Tor the first Lime fell someday i would simply to avoid despising myself atthe end. A doctor helped or. William Cahan the eminent cancer surgeon. I was not his patient but Ever Lime he saw me smoke he said it would be a pity if 1 died with which 1 agreed entirely and invited me to James Reston around of i Masonia visit his office to Sec cancerous lungs in jars which refused entirely. But i would hide my cigarette in my cupped hands when i saw him and a Man can take just so Many Palm Burns knew 1 could t Stop by myself so with a sneer Anda snarl i joined smok endere full of condescension for All in the room who actually had to go to meetings Roget help. Ii did not work for everybody in the group but it did for me for a Mother and daughter who were giving each other a present for a woman of about 80 and for most of the rest of us if you can a try cold Lurkey great. If you Nee help great Smo Kenders other groups like it a Doc Tor a visit to see lungs in jars anything is right that works for you. Any method is a Tunnel but at the end is not Only a Light bul a ask me if i miss it. No. These 10 years since liberation Day the very idea of resuming smoking has been so loathsome thai it drives the thought out of my people gain weight. I did to i came by my Pudge earlier. Even if some former smokers go around somewhat Rounder nobody died of a Little Are regulations sharply restricting Public smoking in Aspen colo., and Beverly kills calif., an although new York s proposed Tough regulations have been thrown out in the lowest stale court higher courts May decide differently. Hut courts or no courts smoking is becoming Les Sand less acceptable socially and non smokers Are More determined not to breathe in other people s poisonous fumes where they work or eat. The pressure will go on. This will make smokers angry As i probably would be if i still smoked. But i Don t every time i think of that delicious fact a smile comes across my face. Smokers All this can be yours just put out that cigarette and you too will walk around with the smile of Freedom on your Beautiful or handsome face As therase May be. And remember As an extra added double Coupon Bonus for quitting when your time does come other May say you were a damned fool All your life but you will know better and have one last Grin. He foot tymm mrs Vul Reagan can prevail with Shultz Nitze at his Side there is going to be some kind of agreement with the russians on the control of nuclear weapons most observers agree bul Many of the most experienced minds Are divided on what that agreement should be. Ironically the debate in this phase of the Long con or oven is not coming from those who oppose a verifiable agreement with the soviets bul from some fits influential advocates. For example former Secretary of stale Henry kiss Inger and Brent scowcroft the while House National Security adviser from 1975 to 1977, both believe that the Reagan administration s arms policy while superficially attractive it seriously flawed. Scowcroft insists that the deployment of . Per shins and cruise missiles in 1983 was undertaken Pri Marily to reassure the european allies that the unite states was irrevocably committed to the defense of Europe. What he asks Are they to think when we now pro pose to remove the missiles Are they to Tell their people that the sacrifice they called for such a Short Lime ago was a mistake How can its reversal be seen As anything bul a weakening of that linking Assurance Many thoughtful europeans Are asking the something. But there s a problem. If the United states re fuses to negotiate on the Star wars program an Abandons its own proposal to eliminate medium Range missiles How will in get the verifiable agreement no supported both by president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev this is the question being asked by Secretary of state George Shutlz and his principal adviser on nuclear policy Paul Nitze. They see the merits in Kissin Ger i and scowcroft i reservations but Are concerned thai in this critical phase of the negotiations the coun Sels of perfection will overwhelm the advantages of the Shultz and Nitze at his Side Reagan has a Good Chance of winning this argument in the and Niue Are the quiet survivors. They have gone Over All the advantages and disadvantages of the various proposals with the noisy opponents of an arms agreement most of them now retired and Are con Vinced that their present position while not Ideal will retain a nuclear deterrent even if the medium an Short Range missiles Are removed. They Are also convinced Hal the problem of verification so Long a Barrier can now be removed and that we will lose everything if we fall apart in pressing forthe unattainable. They Are nol saying that their compromises Are free of Chance bul merely that the Lime has come to Lake a Chance on peace. Aside from the arguments of Kissinger an scowcroft and perhaps More important the doubts of democratic sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia who has great influence on capital Hill two other factors Are standing in the Way of consensus in the United is the hangover of the Reykjavik Reagan Gorbachev Summit meeting followed by the Iran Centra scandals which Shook Confidence in the administration s judgment both at Home and in the Allied other is the suspicion that the president is too eager for a foreign policy Triumph to redeem his fail ures in the last months of ii administration. It would be a mistake however to believe that Hull and Nitze of All people Are preoccupied with the president s historical record As much As they like him. They Are serious non political men no less concerned with the vital interests of the Republic than Are Kissinger and scowcroft. They May have their limitations but they Don t include being too trustful of the , in particular has been negotiating with them for Over a generation and had his troubles with presi Dent Carter precisely because Carter thought Nitze was too sceptical and even hostile toward the russians. Though Kissinger and scowcroft Don t like the Shultz Nitzsc formula As it stands nobody in washing ton has More respect for the Secretary and Nitze than Kissinger and scowcroft. To fact Kissinger used to say that if he had to choose the character Ana experience of any Man to be presi Dent of the United states he would choose May not be the judgment of All members of the Senate who have their own Well known personal preferences but when in comes to the Point of decision the chances Are that the quid survivors will prevail. New a a Tun n
