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HIGHER ILLNESg RATES? This claim Is based upon a study by 

 the U. S. Public Health Servlc<^^ntitled "Cigarette Smoking and Health 

 -^^Characteristics, " often referred t'6>s the "Morbidity Report." 



"^. The material for the stjdy cajj*e from a survey conducted by the 



Public-^alth Service involving 42. 000 famrtV«3. A member of each family, 

 providing he^A^as 19 years of age or older, was t^Jjeyied as to his own smoking 

 habits and heaulT-'coDditlon and those of others in theijDusehoId, The questions 

 dealt mainly ^tb srrUldng habits, past diseases, amd dayiW dmDl^ity. Data 

 from the study were useclljo produce a number of statements ^Ich hav* been 

 reproduced and widely publiciied in anti-smoking pamphlets to suggest certain 

 conclusions. Here are some «f 1X92^ conclusions: >^ 



• It is said that because of cigfJ^ttes there are 77, 000, 000 

 work days lost. -^--^ 



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• Cigarettes are responsible for 88. OD0.<J5lif) excess 

 days spent in bed. C,. 



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• Because of cigarettes, there arc 30G, 000. 000 day/of 



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restricted activity that v.-ould otherwise not occur. ^J^ ** 



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• Smoking cigarettes result in 280,000 more cases of w 



heart conditions. 



