European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 18, 1993 Ilung cancer Atlanta a the lung cancer death rate for women has shot past that of breast cancer and probably will increase into the next Century years aftei1 the death rate for men peaks and starts to fall the government reported  a separate finding the american cancer society reported that gains in preventing heart disease death sin . Smokers Are being More than offset by the Rise in deaths from lung cancer and other smoking related cancers. Heart disease deaths have declined in smokers a they have in nor smokers because of such factors As More healthful diets and lifestyles. Lung cancer death shave increased the cancer society said. Gary Giovino of the . Surgeon general s office on smoking and health reported that smoking rates continue to decline among All groups of men an women in the United states except White men 18 to 24. Their rate of smoking has not changed since 1980. . The stars and stripes Page 9 Rise the new findings were reported in a weekly Publica Tion of the Federal centers for disease control and prevention and at a meeting on nicotine addiction sponsored by the american society of addiction medi Cine. I. I .,.in 1950, White women had a breast cancer death rat of 26.4 per 100,000. In 1990, the rate showed Little change at 27.4. In 1950, the death rate from lung cancer Amon White women was 4.9, but it climbed to 32.1 in 1990. Lung cancer surpassed breast cancer in 1986, said Scott Tomar of the office on smoking and health for Black women the breast cancer death rate was21.4 per 100,000 in 1950 and 31.7 in 1990. During the same period their lung cancer death rate soared from3.8 to 32, surpassing breast cancer in 1990. The continued increase in lung cancer death rate primarily reflects patterns of cigarette smoking educated Mother a billboard along a Houston freeway saturday takes Light approach but is not a gag the woman s lawyer says. Want her to have your baby dial. Houston up a woman has rented a Bill Board along a Busy Houston freeway advertising that she wants to be a surrogate Mother for an infertile couple to make Money to finance her . The marquee style billboard displayed the Mes Sage womb for rent educated healthy Loving surrogate Mother available on saturday and Sun Day. The Anonymous woman s attorney said the offers serious. This is not a gag or a nut Case. This is a legitimate inquiry lawyer Roger broach said. She has a Good sense of humor and the Par about womb for rent shows her sense of humor but the rest of it is  broach said the woman whom he described As White in her childbearing years and married with a 12-year-old son did not get the idea from four sin Gle men who took out a billboard and for wives along the same freeway. Boy s shove still jars Baltimore mayor by the Baltimore Sun Baltimore respect is hard to come by on the streets of Baltimore these Days. Ask anyone even the mayor. Mayor Kurt l. Schmoke got a firsthand glimpse of the Edge to Youthful violence recently when he tried to break up a Schoolboy Brawl. One of the 13-year-Olds looked the mayor straight in the Eye and shoved him in the Chest. He was acting in a very arrogant and aggressive manner Schmoke recalled his voice cracking with disbelief. Here was one example of a child with very Little respect or no respect for authority. He just did t seem to  three weeks after he was shoved the mayor still is clearly astonished by the boy s blatant insolence. Schmoke said he just got angry when he looked out of the window of his chauffeur driven car the afternoon of oct. 18 and noticed two eighth Grade boys from Roland Park elementary Middle school punching each other across the Street from the school. Schmoke ordered the Driver to Stop then jumped out to separate the youths. His bodyguard seized the bigger boy who was swing ing away. Schmoke a High school football hero who As state s attorney once disarmed a knife wielding Man pulled the other youth against a Fence and tried to Rea son with him. But the mayor s trademark thoughtfulness and self Possession did not Calm the Youthful fury. Schmoke conceded that he lost his usual Cool and had to keep reminding himself that he was not the boy s father. If i Ever went Home and said i shoved the mayor in the Chest i would t be Able to sit for a Cou ple of weeks the mayor said. When the boys had calmed Down the mayor climbed Back into his car and left. Within minutes they were at it again school officials said. Assistant principal Barney b. Bentz broke up the fight for the second time. Both boys were suspended for two Days and their parents were called in for a con Ference. For women throughout this Century the government reported smoking among White american men for example peaked at 67 percent in the 1940s and 1950s. Smoking among women peaked at 44 percent in the 1960s. The lung cancer death rate for men is expected Topeka before the year 2000, then begin to decline the government said. For women the rate will probably continue to increase into the next  or. Michael Thun of the american cancer society reported that heart disease made up 41 percent of smoking related deaths in White men in the 1960s, but fell to 21 percent of the smoking deaths in the 1980s. During the same period the percentage of smoking deaths in White men from lung cancer Rose from 15 per cent to 28 percent he said. Similar trends were seen in women. The data were preliminary and the percentages could change slightly with further analysis Thun said but the trends were Clear Courtesy to help snuff out smoking at clinic Rochester Minn. A smokers who Light upon the hallowed grounds of the Mayo clinic can expect a Friendly no smoking policy reminder from the Cour Tesy  the Mayo clinic s administration determined that smokers puffing away in building entrances and on the grounds is bad for its reputation As Well As human health. _ a recent memo to the staff said a Courtesy patrol will begin rounds soon to remind smokers that policy pro Hibits lighting up. Visitors and patients along with Mayo staffers will be targeted. Mayo has prohibited smoking in buildings and on grounds since 1987, said Greg Warner chairman of Mayo s department of human resources. But Many peo ple ignore the no smoking signs. A patrolled will Monitor places where smokers ten to congregate. Ideally Warner said the person will approach smokers Tell them they Are not allowed to smoke there then direct them to other places or to programs that will help them break the nicotine Addic Tion. The patrol will hand out cards asking smokers to re Spect Cunic policies. It s not to be confrontational at All Warner  s a decent Way to go. It recognizes that people have an  if clinic employees refuse to comply the memo said the patrol will prepare reports on them and the reports will be submitted to supervisors. What would happen then is unclear. Cleric chides Giuliani for backing condoms by the new York times new York Bishop Thomas v. Daily head of the roman Catholic diocese of Brooklyn has criticized mayor elect Rudolph w. Giuliani for supporting the distribution of condoms in Public  a statement issued Friday afternoon daily said that he was disappointed and dismayed that our mayor elect Rudy Giuliani has indicated that he sup ports this dangerously irresponsible  tuesday schools Chancellor Ramon a Cortines said that he planned to modify the school system s con Dom distribution program with the opt out provision. The provision would provide parents with the ability to decide whether their children should be allowed to participate in the program. Giuliani said he supported that provision. Neither daily nor hit spokesman Frank Derosa could be reached for comment saturday. But the Bishop s statement indicated that he believed Giuliani had shifted his stance. Even though mayor elect Giuliani has amended his position by supporting parental opt out the statement said it does not negate the fact that the distribution of condoms in our City s Public schools is an irresponsible educational  daily who is the spiritual Leader of 1.6 million Cath Olics in Brooklyn and Queens boroughs called condom distribution just another Quick fix