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Thir« can ba no qutstlon by any person reviewing the health hazards of 

 cigarette sacking that this Is a product that logically warrants 

 regulation In the same manner that foods, drugs and other harmful products 

 are regulated. As the Surgeon General has frequently stated, cigarette 

 sanklng Is this nation's number one preventable cause of death and 

 disability accounting for over 300,000 deaths annually. Cigarette 

 smoking: 



1$ the nui«o#- in*- causo of 1 "j cancer In the United States 

 accounting for over 100,000 '2<i£ths annually. 



o Is the mior cause of chronic obstructive lung disease (emphysema 

 and chronic bronchitis). 



Is a major cause of coronary heart disease, accounting for 

 approximately 170,000 deaths annually. 



by pregnant women Increases the risk of spontaneous abortions, 

 miscarriages, and premature births. Sudden infant death syndrome 

 (SIOS) occurs 2 1/2 times more frequently among babies of smoking 

 motiMrs* 



(See for example: Reports of the Surgeon General on the Health 

 Consequences of Smoking, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982. 1983, and 1984.) 



