European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday August 18, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 21 3 irn a i r. A e f emphysema Nemesis of smokers today s crossword dear Ann Landers Why is it that when the hazards of smoking Are brought up the Only disease discussed is cancer Why is it that no one Ever brings up emphysema people who smoke cigarettes Wiir get emphysema sooner or later. I am Well acquainted with Alj the stages of this disease. My grandmother who was otherwise a very healthy woman died a slow and painful death from emphysema brought on by years of smoking. My Stepfather will die the same Way. He is now tethered to an oxygen tank that is his constant companion. It is the Only Way he can keep his Windpipe open. V. My Mother who is also a smoker is in the Early stages of emphysema. She has this Terri ble cough that gets worse every year. Younger people who smoke boast that they can jog several and Ann Landers Miles an never get Short of breath. They Don t understand that the cells in their lungs Are mutating. For my Sake and theirs will you please print another letter on this subject Alaska dear Alaska it is not necessarily True that All smokers will develop emphysema. Not enough studies have been done to con firm this. The surgeon general classifies bronchitis and Emphy Sema together As chronic obstructive pulmonary Dis ease copy. Before smoking became common these were rare diseases. Now copy is the fourth ranking cause of death in the United states. According to the american lung association smok ing is responsible for 82 percent of the copy deaths in the United states. The remaining 18 percent arc caused by air pollution environmental factors such As dust and Asbestos and a rare hereditary condition the message is Clear and irrefutable. Smoking is a crippler and a killer. Dear Ann Landers a Reader complained that store clerks give phone Calls precedence Over the living breathing customer at the counter he asked whether you would walk out if a clerk left you to take a phone Call. You said not if i really wanted the when i am standing at a store counter waiting to pay for merchandise and the clerk ignores me to answer the Telephone it s Adios i never go Back to that store again. Bainbridge Island Wash. Dear Bainbridge Many readers will agree with your Bird in the hand theory and they May be right. It seems to me however that a competent salesperson could handle both by taking the phone number of the caller and say ing May i Call you Back in a few minutes letters to Ann Landers should to addressed to her at . Box 11562, Chi Cago Iii. 60611-0562. C creators Syndicate police station not always a Sanctuary dear Abby i feel compelled to write after Reading the letter in your column from a woman who was stalked on the freeway and tried to find a police station. Abby having better locator signs May not help. Many police stations Are locked. In addition if they have windows they re often shut. Speaking from experience if you Are being followed you will be no safer in front of a barricaded police i station with no Hope of getting in than anywhere else on the Street. In Case you re thinking that i live in a nigh crime area this happened in North St. Paul and also in Oakdale Minn. Two suburbs of St. Paul. The advice i got after my experience was to do just As that woman did drive to a highly populated and Well lighted area usually an All night store. Stalked in St. Paul dear stalked i checked with the North St. Paul chief of police and Learned to my dismay that Many police stations Are not open 24 hours a Day. But there is usually an outside Telephone located near the front door which rings an dear Abby other location where a dispatcher is on duty. If you Are being followed drive directly to a Well lighted area such As an All night store. Do not drive Home it s dangerous to let a stranger know where you live. And if you encounter a policeman on the Way honk and Flash your lights to get the officer s attention. Dear Abby my Boyfriend asked me to be his guest at the wed Ding of his Friend the Groom. I did t know either of the people getting married. After the ceremony the Bride stood on a stairway and threw her bridal bouquet out into the room. I was near the front of the group the bouquet came right at me so i caught it. My Boyfriend says i should t have caught the Bou Quet or at least i should have Given it Back to the Bride or to someone else. I did t know it at the time but the bridesmaids were standing behind me in the group. What should 1 have done Jackie in Las vegas dear Jackie you were not obligated to surrender the bridal Bou Quet to the bridesmaids but it would have been Gra Cious had you offered to return the bouquet to the Bride after the festivities letters Tor this column should be addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447, mount Morris Iii. 61054. C Universal press Syndicate quibble thi5 15 voor Post. Got mod this use of. Exact in 1st Turret 90 to Tojic right for. 142 5tefe.t& at Othole w i6t tul k151 St Csc and a Otott. It 143 St it Feht Bact got it its been several a a firs since Voo smiled Fly deck. Think the Stfan hols Tuorn off Don t m0edtd i Cam flu Fig it0ut. I m not 5tupld. 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