European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 5, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Pago 13 smoking has unspeakable consequences Anna Quindlen dear Golden girl got a letter from your mom the other Day. Her description did you proud at 17 she is at the High end of meeting every Parent s expectations including Mirie she  a student Captain of the Tennis team president of her High school service  but her tone was despondent disappointed and. Angry. You be started to smoke and she wants Meto persuade you to Stop. That s not the Way it works. Sev Enteen or 70, peo ple quit smoking when they be con Vinced themselves it s the right thing to do. But there. A Are a couple of things i can mention. There s the Guy you May fall in love with someday who thinks kissing a smok Ier is As seductive As Licking the Bottom of a dirty ashtray. There Are the babies you might want to have and the damage you could do to them in Uteri if you Are so addicted to cigarettes that you can t quit when you re pregnant. There Are the yellow fingers an the yellow Teeth. Your clothes smell. So does your hair. It gets harder to Stop every Day. _.  -.-,.  in this very newspaper the new York times we ran a photograph of two Fash Ion Industry types wearing to shirts that Are part of a Campaign to combat breast cancer. They were holding bottles of de signer water in one hand and cigarettes in the other. The mixed messages you receive Are confusing. There s nothing confusing about smok ing for me. I remember the Day of the rehearsal dinner for Jim and Mary s wed Ding when my father in Law picked me up at the bus Stop his voice whittled away to a faint rasp. A cold he said. Laryngitis. A year later he was dead of lung cancer still smoking up to the end. Bill Cahan the surgeon who has been an inveterate opponent of the tobacco Industry sent me a photograph of a Dis eased lung. It looks like an alien life form in a bad Sci i movie he says i should re mind you that smokers who take the Pill face an increased risk of hardening of the arteries stroke and heart disease an that Tongue cancer is on the Rise. Joe Cherner who founded an anti smoking advocacy group says i should mention that you re being manipulated by the Middle aged. T there s an entire group of adults whose careers depend on getting you to Start smoking by deception he  than 400,000 people will die be cause of cigarettes this year. You re part of the next wave the new wave of con Sumers patients fatalities. Welcome to thei oncology floor. And meet Janet Sackman whore Mem Bers 17 As if it were yesterday. When i was 171 had the world in my hands she says and she s not exaggerating. She was a successful Model soap and swimsuit ads the cover of life and look. In 1949 they stood her on skis in a studio with phony mountains in the background _ and a fan blowing her blonde hair and made her the Lucky strike Juirl. There was just one catch an executive for the to Bacco people said to me it would be a Good idea for you to learn How to smoke that Way you look authentic " so at just your age Janet Learned to smoke. She went on to do Chesterfield ads on television you know he s right she enthused when the announcer said that Chesterfield left no unpleasant aftertaste or and marry and have fou children. L a 1983 she had her Larynx removed and in 1990 she lost part of one lung. She still looks great but she does t sound so Good. Her voice Box gone she Chad to learn to talk All Over again burp ing air through a Hole in her oesophagus just above the Collarbone. It took her about six months to say her first word now she teaches others the technique. I cough through that Hole i sneeze through that Hole and i talk through that Hole she says in a mechanical croak. I can t make any sound when i laugh or cry. I can t be sarcastic and i can t Tell a joke. I have the same Monotone speech All the time. J and i m one of the fortunate ones she added because i m alive. 1 wish i had realized How important my life was when i was 17. Tell her the single most important thing to do for your looks an your life the single most important thing is not to smoke. If she could hear me speak she d listen r j _ your Mother says you have a birthday coming up. Here s Janet Sackman s suggestion for what you could give yourself As a gift Many Many More a c now York times .-."-. The complaint itself sounded ludicrous Paula Corbri Jones charging that her privacy had been Vio lated to a anyone who sues the president of the United states for sexual harassment in t looking for a quiet life. Remember How eager Jones was to describe the distinguishing characteristics of Bill Clinton s genitals privacy indeed. But this shy retiring Arkansas Flower has filed a suit against both Penthouse and her former Boyfriend. She wants $30 million in damages for publishing photos of her in the near Buff.  t it appears that in 1987, Mike Turner had taken some pictures of 19-year-old Paula wearing nothing but her a string. Seven years later Long after they broken up the creep sold the photos to Penthouse. The Penthouse creeps in turn decided to print them very much with out Paula s consent. On her first go round in court a new York judge blocked the Magazine from distributing the photo graphs. This prior restraint order is rarely used except to Stop the publication of state secrets like say the whereabouts of ships in times of War. Paula Jones breasts Are not yet a matter of National Security so last thursday the order was lifted and the magazines will hit Newsstands  but that does t resolve the question of whether the Boyfriend had the right to sell and Penthouse had the right to print Paula posing without her  maintains that she let Turner take these pictures for his own private viewing. She says they had an Oral contract. I wish her Luck proving that this Oral con tract was Worth More than the paper it was written on. Magazines like Penthouse however cannot legally Ellen Goodman use photos of models without their consent. Some times As with Marilyn Monroe or Vanessa Williams that consent was Given years and lifetimes before publication. Sometimes the woman lives to deeply regret it. But there was  the Case of Jones however the publisher s lawyer Victor Kovner claims that the woman made herself a Public figure by her accusations against the president and is thus open to journalistic  one has lost any right to privacy. The lawyer also defends the photos of Jones As newsworthy parts of a serious investigation. They weren t just showing Paula for  were making a serious investigative Point helping to discredit her As a Loose and lying lady. Pass the pulitzer. I Loveto hear Penthouse talking about journalistic  and i must confess i am secretly delighted to see some of her allies squirming. Somehow i Don t think the Christian defense coalition that raised Money for her Case against Clinton will pay for her suit against Penthouse. But i do not agree that the Public s right to know includes the right to know what Paula Corbin Jones breasts. Look like. Or that her status As a Public figure Means that the Public can have Access to her figure. There s a differ ence Between Public interest and prurient interest. If her nearly nude body is found newsworthy then surely Bill Clinton s nude body would also be news  anyone with a locker room photo could pub Lish it to prove or disprove those distinguishing characteristics in the genital area. As Nadine Strossen of the american civil lib erties Union put it an individual has a privacy right to control the distribution of images about her. You Don t forfeit such privacy rights by bringing a sexual harassment suit Ana therefore making yourself a Public figure. That would be  in fact these pictures of Jones Don t prove  Don t say whether she was or was t sexually harassed or even offended by Clinton. After All you Don t have to be a Virgin to be raped. You can pose for your Boyfriend and still be harassed by your Boss. It s a matter of consent. Over the years topless photos of Duchess Fergie even of Jacqueline Kennedy have been published. Those Homey honeymoon photos of Tonya Harding with Jeff Gillooly made it into the Penthouse album. The zone of privacy for any so called Public person is More Remote  telephoto Jens. But somewhere we have to draw a line or at least draw the blinds. Penthouse had neither Paula s consent nor a legitimate reason. Even publicity hounds can have their privacy violated. It took Penthouse s Bob Guccione to make Paula Jones seem discreet. Of there is a final moral to this tale. If your boy Friend wants to take a snapshot remember it May not be just the clerk Down at Fotovat who shares the View. " a Boston Globo