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Page 2 THE PANTHER December 3, 1979 EDITORIAL COMMENT... The First Amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people... Non-Smokers Need Respect BY LILLIE M_ LEWIS Panther Editor Did you know that cigarette smoke is as dangerous to non- smokers as it is to habitual smokers? If you are a habitual smoker do you respect the non- smoker by asking him whether he minds if you smoke? Many persons who smoke regularly never really consider those friends or others around him as he puffs and exhales that stale tar and nicotine into the atmosphere. There is nothing worse than inhaling the ashes of an old, stale cigarette. The reason many smokers do not com plain too often is because their lungs are probably immune to it. If you must smoke, again, why not consider the nonsmoker and dispose of your own ashes. I am not saying clutter the ground with cigarette butts, but dispose of the butts properly in the trash. Besides no one wants to empty what you left behind. Non-smokers only have to spend one-hour in a smoke filled room to inhale the equivalent of one cigarette smoked normally, according to experts at the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO study in July and August indicated that the “sidestream” smoke from the end of a lit cigarette contains more of tobacco’s combustion products than the “mainstream” smoke inhaled by the smoker. The combustion consists of five times more carbon monoxide, four times more tar and nicotine and 46 times the ammonia in “sidestream” smoke, also included are higher concentrations of many other noxious substances. When heavy smoking occurs in small, badly ventilated spaces such as cars, offices or bars, carbon monoxide concen trations can reach levels that are not usually permitted in in dustry, according to the experts. According to a tobacco in dustry survey results indicated that 58 percent of those ques tioned thought that cigarette smoke is dangerous to the health. Of the 2,500 persons surveyed by, the Roper Organization Inc., only 33 percent, compared to the 48 percent during the previous year, believed cigarette smoke was not harmful to non smokers. The Federal Trade Com mission (FTC) collected the in formation from the Tobacco Institute while preparing for its annual report on smoking to Congress. The FTC released the report to " several law firms in Washington. It indicated that favorable attitudes towards the tobacco industry were quite low, and that the ma jority of those questioned felt restaurants and other public places should provide separate facilities for non-smokers. The Georgia Lung As sociation sponsors the “Georgians Against Smoker’s Pollution.” better known as (GASP). They are currently working for better legislation that would protect the non- smoker. House Bill 472 is currently in limbo since it was blocked by the Health and Ecology Com mittee. At present Bill 472 is on file waiting to be reconsidered when Georgia’s legislature convenes in January. The PANTHER is published twice monthly by the students at Clark College. Ed itors Lillie ML Lewis 1VI areia E. .Jones Copy Layout Editor . News Editor Feature Editor Entertainment Editor Sports Editor Photography Editor. . Charles 1). Anderson Michael H. Cottman BenjaminS. Lumpkin Rozell Clark Veverlv Y. Bvrd Tyraun Patterson Contributing Editors Katrina .Jones, Kathy Moore .James I). Wilcox Business Manager .Jack .Jenkins Faculty Advisors Denise .Johnson Osker Spicer All articles, poetry, photographs and other contributions to the newspaper may be dropped off at our offices in Thayer Hall. Address all correspondence to: PANTHER Newspaper. Box 151 Clark College. Atlanta. Ga 30311. Not Just A Number Letter to the Editors: Dear Editor, The spirit motivating this letter is purely humanistic. I feel neglected, extremely lonely and in desperate need of a warm and caring friend. Someone who I can correspond with and share love. I am in prison, but such is the way of fate. Today you are lifted gently into the saddle, and tomorrow the saddle is placed on your shoulders. At the age of 29,1 am a gentle person, but also bold enough to believe in the possibility of the impossible. I am now painfully aware of the “American Dream,” its elusiveness and how it can appear to be within reach, yet somehow you can not touch it. My exile here is temporary and caused by my own hands, but my loneliness is caused by the inadequate lack of com panionship ... so write me please! As Ever, James D. Phillips #051896 P.O. Box 221 (73-103) Raiford, Florida 32083 P S. Editor: If you could print this letter in your campus paper and send me a com plimentary issue I would be very grateful.