European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 16, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 11� a i pugs dear Ann Landers. Here is an Opportunity for you to make a real difference and save a lot of lives. My father who is now 71, never smoked As a youngster. All through Junior High and High school when peer pressure to smoke was heaviest he never touched a cigarette. During his four years of College he resisted the temptation. Dad was 26 when he went to Germany As a civilian employee of the . Army. It was there that he began picking up the free cigarettes that were issued to the military that show he started a lifelong addiction to smoking. He has regretted it Ever since but he a hooked and can to Stop. The cigarette companies know a Good thing when they see it they Are now supplying free cigarettes to the men and women stationed in the persian Gulf. What a terrific Opportunity to Zero in on a potential Market of Over 230,00 j future smokers. You can be sure they Are making the most of it. What Burns me up is that the cigarette companies Are trying to look patriotic. They say they want to a make a contributions to our men and women in uniform. If this is so Why done to they Send playing cards Board games or paperback books pm Tell you Why. Because they know that nicotine is highly addictive. Some researchers say its harder to Stop smoking than to get off heroin or cocaine. Cigarette companies figure that if they cart Hook even half of these Soldier s they will have at least 115,000 new customers. War itself is plenty dangerous. Why should we allow a company that Sells a habit forming cancer causing product to give it to our soldiers does this make any sense somebody with High visibility and clout should make some noise about this. If the tobacco companies Are not permitted to target african americans or children they certainly should not be allowed to seduce our troops who Are putting their lives on the line. Please give this your Best shot Ann. -p.f., West Hartford Conn. Dear West Hartford i already have received dozens of letters about this situation and in a sure there will be Many More. The Public is concerned and upset. My office checked with the defense department to verify the facts. We were referred toll cot. Joseph Allred spokesman for the department of the army chief of Public affairs. This is what he said a neither the departments of defense nor army Are accepting donations of free cigarettes for the soldiers in operation desert shield. The defense logistics Agency is the sole authority for accepting gifts and Donati Oife a behalf of . Military forces. According to defense department directives this Agency has not accepted cigarettes for free distribution and has no plans to do so in  a a a dear Ann Landers my daughter and son in Law recently acquired a Large dog. When i Learned the dogs name was the same As mine i was horrified. My daughter said that since the dog was so big he needed a Strong a a regal name., i was not at All flattered. Do you think in a being unduly sensitive when they Call the dog 1 always answer. Then the dog comes running he is also confused when complained t6 my daughter she said a i always Call you dad so you  be upset a should i King in Coral Springs Fla. Dear King not really there a a Heifer in Wisconsin a horse in Florida and a dog in Minneapolis named after me and i done to mind a bit. C creators Syndicate a. A More cancer information available the stars and stripes recently published an excellent article on breast cancer highlighting interviews with survivors and How they coped with their individual situations. It has come to our attention that numerous plume Calls and contacts have been made to some of the women interviewed by other women seeking support and information on breast cancer,1 As a Kaiserslautern military Community resource the american cancer society offers individual support through the reach to recovery program for Mastectomy patients and co sponsors with the american red Cross at Lam Stuhl army regional medical  support group for All cancer patients. These services arc part of a Pilot project set up by the american cancer society at Ramstein a through the 316 a i r d Vav h e a 11 h  Mot to n Prog r a m. Two other american cancer society projects located in Rota Spain and 7lh medical come in Heidelberg offer a varied a of programs and services for cancer patients and their families. Eor clarification on How tie american. Cancer society  in these three communities and information on support groups educational programs adult Rind youth on cancer prevention risk reduction and Early Delee lion smoking cessation memorial donations and professional education programs you May Contact the american cancer society office at inc 3lbth and clinic Ramstein a. Civilian 16371-475520 or e i s 4.s0-552o. A Lynn Meyer Ramstein or Wiuf Grin any a Reader feels others being forgotten its heartwarming to Sec the encouragement and outpouring of support for our troops involved in operation desert shield. Not since ww1i has there been such a Strong backing of our military and the decisions of the . Government. The servicemen and women involved have done a tremendous Job of deploying and preparing to defend our allies and our own National interests. However it is disconcerting that the thousands of other military personnel deployed around the world seem to have become the forgotten guardians of peace. A 1. A. A a or Ltd Sisters Issue Challenge j my sister and i would like to show our support for operation desert shield. In a in the third Grade and she a in kindergarten. We have made 200 Christmas cards to Send to the soldiers. We would like to Challenge All school age kids to Send a card to them. Help us make their Christmas a Little happier. A Brynna Shinn / a Daryl Shinn Lan Stuhl Germany currently soldiers stand ready at the Doz in Korea assuring a tenuous peace. Marines Man Security Posi Lions at the . Embassy in libera West Africa As a bloody civil War rages on around them. Sailors and airmen patrol the seas and skies throughout the world maintaining Safe and open routes of passage these d e i Lyme n is h a c spa re t e d m a by from t h e i r families and loved ones routinely Over holidays and. Birthdays anniversaries and graduations they go willingly for their country with a sense of Pride and duly wherever they arc be it saudi Arabia or South America. When was the last time they were sent care packages. Received free mail or were just Given a simple Quot thank a you a you will not hear them complain for they have Icen doing these deployments Long before there was an operation desert shield. As we Praise the efforts of those involved in the middie East let us not forget the thousands of other deployed servicemen and women whose contributions Nave seemed to go unnoticed. A it. . Covert a. A v. A. A. Operation desert shield. A couple writes in wishes our dear american friends As the holidays draw near i would like to take this Opportunity to thank All of you who have visited the Fulsche Klause this past year and to wish each of you a very Happy Holiday season. _ for Many years Peter and 1 have shared Good times with the troops who train at Grafe Wohr and Vilsick. It is a sad time for us As so Many of our friends Are now leaving Germany we do not know when we will see you again. V -. W we Hope that you will take care of yourselves arid come Back soon. We will miss you a cry much and Yod will be in our prayers. We will be thinking of you and your families because we know that Many of you will not be together at Christmas. 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