Budget creates havoc at Lowell - The Lowell

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Do ads promote teen smoking?
;By XDchitl Benson
He's one "Smooth Character.*.
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..Camd cigareiies'cartoon
. charocta foe Cexel is a fai
- nuTiar image in coovenifnet
stares, bus stops, and magazines,
and he may be increasing Camel sales
among teenagers.
JwCamdmadehisdebutin 1989 and still
remains in the spotlight- The American Lung
Asucniiqn, the American Heart Association,
aid the American Cancer Society are calling for
n ban on Joe Camel advertising because the)'
biamt rum for the rise in teenage smoking in .
Although tobacco companies ny they advertiseto
promote brand loyalty, the American
Lun^Assodaiion reports the industry spend*
$3.5 billtonadvertininguinually.Only 10 percent
oitiic smoking popuUtfohe^
R.I,Rc^oldaTbbacroCa.Camcl cigarettes'
distributor^cJaims their ads are dii erted toward
adults. * We do not advocate youth smoking,"
Betsy Fulp.publicreUiiotuoffibertor the company,
sftid.That is why w'do not ndycr tise on
schools, college, and universii)'rampwses*
Yet uiasurvey, reported in d« Dec 23,1991,
iwu'e of Ttrr.'f, students fo'ind Camel ids more
appealing W youths than to adults, and 33 per
cent of !.iudcnt> choose Camel as their brand
compared to 9 percent of adults,
Kyle Bourne, a senior ai Juhn O'Connt'll
High School, Siiid/You tt: ivc around and you
see cigarette advertisements all over."*
... Although some teens led thai ads ?rc Aimed
toward thcm.aCame] spokesperson refused to
discuss the issue with a teeiugi- repoiUT.
When the reporter called for an interview, a
spokcspcison said that Camel has a policy
What Joe doesn't want you to know
-i An estimated 434,000 Americans die from
-s Smoking causes more than one out of six
deaths per year.
- Smokmg costs the US. $65 bflficn a year in
health costs and toss of productivity.
-3 Smoking is directly responsible for 87% of
lung cancer cases.
-a Smokmg causes most cases of emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
- Smoking Is the major factor in coronary heart disease and stroke,
and may be Bnked to other health problems fike inferSBty and slow
hea&IS Of WOUndS. 5CURCE AMERICAN UWG »KWCUTX)N. I MJ H'WM, (.(.POM
agai.Wt speaking to people under 21. Even
though the reporter explained .she was writing
about tern smoking and was not a smoker, ihv
spoktipcrson refused to ipeak with her.
The reporter calicd a second lime jnd «•
cuted an intcrvk-w after sayu-g, she wa .1 report
erfni San FrRndKc-Sinic^
Golden Cater. Herwcvci, r-'ulp
speak with hit ticcvM: of the story's naiuic.
Joshua Lubinsky, a 17-year-old Kiver*idc
hipli school student, believes that ".idvcttisc-
'Micy make it look fun."
LUWL-H sophomore Danny T-a
that
message that matuu* jvople inniko "
Whcilier or not the tolucco indusiry purposely
Uriels youn^; Jilults, an tsiinuicj 2.2
mitliim leenagtffi sniolv ci^ircttvs, avCuuiiiij;
to the American Heart Assocution's annual sutislico'.
report published on Jan. 17. ; ..
"Trt-nagers are impressionable so the more
ad«rtisingtarp.'t«l toward teens,the more kids
Hill smokr." senior Zu Lang Luong said. 'Then
companies will make more money since anotl»ei
generation.will be addicted to tobacco."
Ggitrcitecompanies profit trom teen Miwk-
ing. IWlu-Ltri '935to 1991,CinicrssalcsiotccnrtiiRtito
the Dec
grcw$47U niiSli
"There needs 10 be much more stringent »•ins
on :oli,uvo advi-rtising," $co\\ ~i ho-
HU5.diirctor ol'thc CeswiUm I'rc'prani lor the
American I uni; A>»oci,uinn» said. "There
sluv.ild be 1*0 .ni'Ji'ft'Mnn WII1;IM om: mile of
sillied, clmTctic^, ,mJ >«uth organ i/v I ion*.
Thoy iconip.inioj net-it !•> be nune report-
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Decision to build 19th Ave. Muni rarnps questioned
By Henry Lee
The two new
Muni r;".mps, completed
(KI//JJ,
University, arc recciwng mixed reactions
trom riders who 21ST AVENUE
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fireplace, clean A bright.
Rout: 5300 per month
his linn:,'' Lowdl scntorTmi S^ln sjiiL
Muni opcratoi s disagree and insist
that ti'.e operator standing vvavh
makes the platforms safer, "They
«houU4 keep opcrJtDti [.ti uic
rartipsl,"GregCiriflith, a Mun» operator
who Mjmciini-*s work* at one tif
the 19tliAvpnuesu:ktns,s.'ii'!.*'Hlfnil
bdif s feel saier,"
.VviirUinpto Hannah Sihcrnun.
Muni public relations olliccr. Muni
has been instructed by the 1'uhlic
Utilities Cominiwion to implement
a pilot program calli'd (ho Proof of
Payment system U'OP). Under the
POP. ,i rtivinp security fore' would
check lot peoples tickm. >t.tuun JI-
fines that would be issued u. • ypkwho
h;ive evadt^l lui cs."
If the results of tlit* pilot ptcgr-un
J3/wd ladies feel
safer^ — GregGriftith
iLticJams and the second operator in
two-car trains would be eliminated,
wing Muni expenses in IXK long run.
IV.-pitc the complaints. Muni
claim*: ibe new platforms are ricces-
MTV. lite
comply with tVdrrai law (for} people
p p
with diiibiitty (Amcricani witji Dis-
"Wealresdypj\-forapnlice force." art* t^* hnkal specifications v.v lud to
Silverman said. "We will briny, in wet."
some revenue from the cautions .uid hvrn though iht* platforms neodeif
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"\hini should Mar 1 , cleaning up sonic
Alvarrnga wid. '^nic really smdl."
Senior V.Vndy Kan jgrees th;;t
Muni needs impiovcmciit: "Muni's
vrvtces arc extremely bad," Kurt said.
" i M\T five minr'.tes away from school,
yet it took me ,H5 minuta to get to
siltool."
Freshman Mike Hpwanl haslvxti
on a Muni train Kveial times when
mrchanicil problems tausol a temporary
delay. "Thev shciild pet new
liableriie said. "Thcytnskdtuvn too
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mry to operate. wi* v d jll be happier,"
Silverman said.
Muni Likes in 30 percent of oprr-^
atingcostsfromf.irebox7cvcnuc«i,ac-.
...Tiiiivi inSilwrman. I'tihlii tnmsptirtatton
systems do not raise
enough mor.cy to cover the entire
enst. The remaining 70 percent is
lunded by the city government.
Meanwhile, riders will have to tolerate
temporary changes and the cost
for uperaior* .it the platforms. "We
rtxognfcc that thi» ib not thr K^ngicrm
solution, that there is a more
co.s! effective solution, and we're
working on it," Silverman uid.
On Jui !S, ilu- San Tr.ir.iicr,
ikKirdnfSupervisotsdiscusf^d plans
for the railway's futuif. According to
Hob CallweU of the Passenger Iiiformauon
Office, Muni transfers will be
rcinstattxl and idnUfarMwill t>ckept
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