European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes saturday january 25, 1992groups fume Over proposed ban on ads Brussels Belgium a in the european Community a parliament a body better known for Dull directives than fiery debate a proposed Blanket ban on tobacco advertising has sparked a fierce War of words. The measure is the work of dec social affairs commissioner Vasso Papandreou who says she a trying to save some of the 500, exec nationals who die annually from tobacco related diseases. But an organized coalition of advertisers tobacco makers and european parliament members said the proposed ban threatens nothing less than democracy itself. A it is a form of totalitarianism and we re against that a said Ursula Schleicher a German Christian Democrat during a european parliament debate. In october an dec wide ban on to advertising of tobacco took effect across the 12 dec states which already require uniform dec mandated health warnings on tobacco goods. The latest proposal by the dec executive commission would outlaw advertising on radio billboards newspapers and magazines As Well. Everywhere in fact except inside tobacco shops. And it does no to Stop there. Sponsorship of sporting events by to taiwanese protest . Cigarette advertising Taipei Taiwan apr about 30 health workers and lawmakers demonstrated thursday against . Cigarette ads in Taiwan which they say Are seducing teen agers into smoking. A we want our american friends to know that they can sell us More automobiles or Blue jeans but not harmful cigarettes a said David yen president of John Tung foundation a health organization. Yen charged that More teen agers have begun smoking since 1987, when american tobacco companies won permission to advertise in Taiwan. The protest came As taiwanese and american officials held annual Trade talks in Washington to review the 1987 tobacco agreement and other issues. The taiwanese delegation planned to raise the Issue of an advertising ban with american officials. Locally produced cigarettes account for about 80 percent of Taiwan a Market while .-made ones take up a Large chunk of the remainder. But almost All teen age smokers buy american brands because of successful advertising health officials said. The . Cigarette Export association which represents american tobacco companies said in a statement this month that it supports a reasonable measures to reduce smoking among minors but gave no details. Bacco companies would be outlawed unless product logos Are hidden from sight. Tobacco companies would also be barred from a a parallel advertising for other products. Tobacco and advertising companies Are fuming and have mounted a massive lobbying Effort to press their Case. As Long As cigarettes Are Legal they said cigarette ads should be As Well. They said advertising does not encourage new smokers but Only persuades smokers to change brands. A Banning advertising does no to make a difference if people smoke and May run counter to that in the Long run a said Paul mag Lione a spokesman for the european operations of Philip Morris cos. Inc. Armed with Glossy trilingual pamphlets Industry lobbyists have been prowling the corridors of the european parliament for months with ready replies to every argument. Whether tobacco ads encourage Young people to smoke a is a very emotional Issue a Maglione said in an interview. A but ask children Why they smoke and no one says a because i saw the  a Maglione acknowledged smoking is a a risk factors in cancer. A but How big a Factor that we done to know a he said. The dec governments Are divided. France Italy and Portugal already have their own Tough advertising restrictions and prefer dec wide norms. But free Trade minded Holland Germany and Britain favor voluntary advertising bans fearing an unnecessary restriction on Freedom of  rebels say they shot Down . Helicopter Lima Peru apr shining path rebels Friday claimed responsibility for the Downing of a . Helicopter this month in Peru a coca producing Jungle and killing three americans. In a clandestinely published newspaper the maoist group claimed it used surface to air missiles to shoot Down the uh-1h chopper. The helicopter crashed As it was hovering near another helicopter that had been forced to make an emergency Landing for repairs. A . Embassy spokesman refused to comment on the crash investigation or the guerrillas claim. The shining path controls much of Peru a coca producing Jungle providing Protection to drug traffickers and collecting War taxes. If the group has acquired surface to air missiles it would represent a dramatic upgrade in its Arsenal. Quot the surface to air missiles that shot Down the helicopter of Bush a troops Are part of the greater development of the Peoples guerrilla army a the group said through its sporadically published newspaper Al Diario. The three americans killed in the attack had been employed by Dyn corp a private . Company under contract to the state department to Fly and maintain . Aircraft on loan to Peru a Santa Lucia police base. The base is the Center for anti drug operations in Peru a Jungle. The country grows More than 60 percent of the worlds Supply of coca Leaf the raw material used to produce cocaine. Several dozen americans work out of the base including drug enforcement administration agents and flight personnel. Stranded by storm motorists caught in a heavy snowstorm thursday abandoned their cars and trucks at an a-9 Tollgate near the French Spanish Border in the pyrl Les mountains. About 500 people were stranded in the area. Police said a 66-year-old peruvian woman died when she and her husband became trapped in their car along the Highway. Belushi Friend fined for drugs Vancouver British Columbia apr the woman who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 1982 drug overdose death of comedian John Belushi has been fined $2,000 for heroin Possession. Cathy Evelyn Smith was arrested july 23 with 2 Grams of heroin in her purse. She was acquitted of a trafficking charge after she testified she had a serious heroin habit Anil intended to use the drugs. Provincial court judge Kenneth scherling on wednesday rejected a prosecution request for a jail sentence. Quot in a of the View that this court should place More emphasis on rehabilitation a scherling said. He also placed Smith on 12 months probation. Smith was arrested while police were searching for drugs at an apartment in Vancouver s cast end. Belushi died of an overdose of heroin and cocaine in los Angeles on March 5, 19s2. Smith admitted injecting him w Ith the fatal dose. After serving is months in a California prison she moved to Toronto where she worked As a Legal Secretary and toured As a speaker warning teen agers about drugs. Union wants Airbus grounded until cause of crash is found Paris apr Frances pilots and technicians Union on thursday urged the nations largest Domestic airline to ground its Airbus a320 until investigators find out Why one of the planes crashed monday killing 87 people. It was the third crash since 1988 of the computer guided plane and questions have been raised about its computer system. Officials have refused to speculate on what caused the air inter plane to crash on approach to Strasbourg Airport at the end of a flight from Lyon. Nine people survived including two children. The Union of pilots and flight technicians issued a statement calling on air inter to a halt use of the a320 until the True causes of the accidents Are known and the remedies carried  Pierre Henri Gourgeot director general of civil aviation said preliminary evidence from flight recorders did not justify grounding the aircraft. In Frankfurt the German pilots association cockpit said some Lufthansa a320 Crews have had problems with navigational systems while Landing. Airbus industries the european consortium partly subsidized by the French government has delivered 251 of the Short to medium Range aircraft to 30 airlines worldwide officials say