European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 23, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 9nicotine Cut studied for teens Sake Washington apr regulating nicotine Levels in cigarettes could prevent the next generation of teenagers from getting hooked on tobacco the head of the food and drug administration said wednesday. I done to think prohibition of cigarettes would work a Fra commissioner David Kessler said. The question he said is a How do we prevent the next generation. Of kids if they re going to smoke from getting hooked on  a Are there ways to restrict Access to cigarettes ? some have suggested restricting advertising or we can look at the nicotine level a he said on Abc. A we have made no decision  Kessler commented in the Wake of Fra accusations that a major cigarette maker Brown amp Williamson tobacco corp., misled Federal regulators about its secret development of tobacco containing double the usual nicotine a is there some kind of operation going on where the to. I Bacco companies in a very calculated Way Are tobacco companies Are nothing but drug pushers.1 a or. Randolph Smoak jr., american medical association it trying to keep the nicotine at a level where they cause addiction Quot rep Henry Waxman d-calif., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee said on lbs. The accusation of nicotine manipulation came As the tobacco Industry also fired a new Volley in the escalating War Over smoking. Advertisements by . Reynolds tobacco co. Say some politicians want to ban cigarettes and picture alcohol caffeine and fast food hamburgers As the next targets. A today its cigarettes. Tomorrow a the and asks. Surgeon general Joycelyn elders countered those ads in a letter to newspapers running them. The Industry a is trying to mask the facts with its current multimillion Dollar misinformation Campaign a elders said. Alcohol caffeine and food already Are regulated Kessler told Congress on tuesday now he a trying to decide whether his Agency can legally regulate nicotine As a drug a move that could Lead him to ban most nicotine containing products. To do so Kessler must prove that tobacco companies manipulate nicotine Levels. He accused Brown and Williamson of doing just that a by developing a super potent tobacco Leaf called Al and pumping it into cigarettes last year. Tobacco companies also boost nicotine by adding ammonia to cigarettes Kessler added. Industry documents Call the chemical an a Impact Booster Quot that frees nicotine from tobacco so that More gets into a smokers bloodstream he told the subcommittee. A these findings Lay to rest any notion that there is no manipulation and control of nicotine undertaken in the tobacco Industry a he said. A amp a tried to hide they a tobacco Plant from the Fra Kessler contended. He stopped Short of using the word a a lies but said company officials de Nied Breeding any such tobacco until Friday when they Learned that the Fra had discovered the  patches help smokers quit College report says Washington up a nicotine patches Are so effective that Many cigarette smokers May have to use them for Only eight weeks to kick the habit a report says. The findings by the University of Wisconsin contradict recommendations of three of four Patch manufacturers which advise 10 to 18 weeks of treatment the study also found no difference in a patches effectiveness depending on whether it was worn Only during the daytime or 24 hours a Day. It also made no difference in the outcome if a patient abruptly quit using the Patch or gradually stopped the study said. The report scheduled for publication wednesday in the journal of the american medical association Analysed 17 studies involving 5,000 patients the Patch blunts the physiological effects of addiction leaving the patient to wrestle with the psychological and habitual aspects of smoking said the reports Lead author or. Michael Fiore a University or Wisconsin researcher. About 4 million people have used the patches in the two years since the Fra approved them Consumers paid $300 million for patches in 1993. The annual Bill could be Cut by $100 million in use of the patches was reduced to eight weeks Fiore said. The report also found that its not necessary for the patches to be used Only with intensive behavioural counselling. Package inserts which must be approved by the food and drug administration say such counselling is needed a the patches were More than twice As effective in helping smokers quit than a Placebo Patch 27 percent of smokers quit using the patches compared Saint . Air Force staff sgt. Mark Calaway stuck with the nicotine Patch in 1992 when he was quitting smoking at Ramstein a Germany with 13 percent who did so with a Placebo. The 27 percent rate was a impressive a said Fiore director of Wisconsin Scenter Tor tobacco research and intervention a a counselling alone does not achieve this rate a though it May enhance effectiveness of the Patch he said. While the Patch could be effective minus the intensive counselling the same does not apply to nicotine gum a there is substantial evidence that nicotine gum is not an effective Long term cessation Aid when not accompanied by substantial. Therapy a a the researchers wrote a that sounds like a pretty deceptive Way or misleading Way of answering the question a Waxman said. The panel is considering requiring Fra to regulate tobacco without Banning it. A tobacco companies arc nothing but drug pushers a said or. Randolph Smoak or. Of the american medical association which considered the allegations so startling that it broke its silence on Wax Mart a hearings. A amp a spokesman torn Fitzgerald said Kessler has a blown the Issue completely out of  he insisted that the Louisville  company never hid Al but said he could not explain Why Fra records show a amp a told the Agency in May that higher nicotine tobacco Breeding was not  and . Reynolds insisted that ammonia merely adds flavor to cigarettes by reacting to sugars in tobacco. In april the chiefs of seven tobacco companies testified before the subcommittee that they do not manipulate nicotine. A we cannot depend on the tobacco Industry to Tell the truth a said rep. Mike Kridler a Wash. A amp a grew the genetically altered Al Plant and patented it in Brazil Kessler said. It contains 6,2 percent nicotine compared with the 2,5 percent to 3 percent found naturally in flue cured tobacco he said. Last year the company used the new Leaf in five . Cigarette brands including three a a Light cigarettes implied to be More healthful Viceroy King size Viceroy lights King size Richland King size Richland lights King size and Raleigh lights King size. Indiana probes allegations that Tyson pays jail officials Indianapolis a state prison investigators Are looking into an inmates allegations that several officials accepted payments in return for preferential treatment toward former heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson. Department of correction commissioner Christian Dubruyn said the internal affairs division has started checking the Story of inmate James Bell Yager who claimed that at least three High ranking officials Are on Tyson so prison payroll a the Indianapolis news reported tuesday. Yager a self styled Jailhouse lawyer serving time for Bank fraud said details of the alleged payments will be disclosed soon in a tabloid newspaper. Yager said the tabloid which he refused to identify is paying him $125,000 for information about the alleged payments and other aspects of Tyson a life behind bars. His Story could not be confirmed independently As part of the Deal Yager provided 219 pages from his a Tyson daily diary a along with audio tapes containing secretly recorded conversations he claims will Embarrass the department. One of the exchanges is allegedly Between a key prison administrator and boxing promoter Don King. Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison in March 1992 for raping a Beauty pageant contestant during the 1991 Indiana Black expo Debruyn said he has no reason to believe that any prison official has acted improperly. Even so he said a when allegations like this Are made i have a responsibility to have them  racial anti jewish hatred declining . Study says new York up a anti semitism and racism in general Are at the lowest Levels since world War ii according to a report. The report released tuesday by the american jewish committee of new York was based on a study of existing Survey and no Survey data compiled by Tom Smith director of the general social Survey at the University of Chicago a National opinion research Center. A despite a lot of argument to the contrary most forms of inter group hatred such As racism and anti semitism is actually on the decline a Smith said. A the idea of a society divided into a Superior group whether it be White or Gentile and another group that is segregated or suppressed is not As popular a position As it used to be a he said. Smith said the decline is a trend that started in the Early 1950s. A a there a no indication that this Long term trend has re versed or that it has stalled a he said. Smith said his conclusion was not contradicted by the Rise of skinheads and other White supremacy groups who he said make up Only a fraction of the population. However the american jewish committee said the perception of jews As a Richer More intelligent harder working and More self supporting than others Quot persists. The committee asked to release the report after Smith presented it to the panel for comment. And the committee said that View a has a potentially dangerous Side to it in that it can help fuel the traditional stereotype of jews As powerful manipulators who through a combination of wealth cunning and shrewd business practices control the Economy and the  nonetheless the study found an increase in willingness to vote for a jewish candidate for president from 61 percent in 1958 to 89 percent in 1987