The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, March 20, 1985-- Page 3 State deaths show smoker's plight By KAREN KRESS The lives of 11,903 people in Michigan might have been saved in 1982 had they not smoked - a fact one University professor hopes will force the hand df legislators to enact anti- smoking laws. In the 18th senatorial district, which includes Ann Arbor, 200 cigarette smokers might not have died from lung cancer, heart disease, and other smoking-related illnesses had they kicked the habit, according to a new report. VICTOR HAWTHORNE, a professor in the University's School of Public Health, compiled state health records of deaths caused by smoking- related diseases for each senatorial district in Michigan. The first such study of its kind in the nation, Hawthorne's report comes just before state legislators rein- troduce the Michigan Clean Indoor Air Act and in the midst of discussion smoking prevention programs. Hawthorne said he hopes the report will "heighten concern and strengthen conviction among senators and representatives, and provide them with the hard facts they need to press for further action to control the epidemic of smoking-related diseases." THE MICHIGAN Clean Air Act would ban smoking in public places except in designated areas, including hotel lobbies, restaurants, and large, open workplaces. The bill was introduced last year in the House Public Health Committee by Rep. Justine Barns (D-Westland), but was pushed aside for work on the seat belt legislation. Now that the seat belt bill has been signed into law, Barnes says he will re-introduce the clean air proposal - possibly by the end of this month. Sen. Jack Faxon (D-Southfield) will introduce an ac- companying bill in the senate. Already under debate in the Senate is another bill proposed by Sen. Har- mon Cropsey (R-DeWitt) that would set aside revenue from state cigarette taxes to establish a health promotion center within the state Department of Health. The thrust of the center would be educating the public on the dangers of smoking. SEN. LANA Pollack (D-Ann Arbor) said she supports the Michigan Clean Air Act. "Smoke is unhealthy for everyone,'' she said. "I don't think smokers should impose their habit on the rest of us. The rights of the non-smoker should take precedence over those of the smoker." In her district, one out of every 1,000 people died of a smoking-related disease in 1982, according to Hawthorne's report. Heart disease was by far the most fatal illness, taking the lives of 112 smokers. Lung, bronchus, and trachea cancer claimed the lives of 56 people; 50 others died because of smoking- induced bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma. Linda Martin, a spokesperson for the American Lung Association in Lansing said she hopes the report will "make people see that they are losing lives in their own home district. "If they see the rate of local deaths," she said, "they will be more likely to take action against smoking and to realize they are in danger." But the Michigan Clean Air Act Martin would like to see enacted is getting opposition from cigarette manufacturers. "We think the government is going overboard with this kind of legislation," said Anne Browder, a spokesperson for the U.S. Tobacco In- stitue, the lobbying arm for cigarette and cigar producers across the coun- try. "We don't feel it's necessary, or that it's enforceable by law," she said, adding that police officers in states that have similar laws have gone on record saying the rules are virtually impossible to enforce. Browder suggested that individual workplaces or localities adopt their own anti-smoking rules based on their own enforcement capabilities. Daily Photo by ANDI SCHREIBER Kathleen Haviland, an LSA sophomore, smokes a cigarette in the basement of the Undergraduate Library'last Friday night. Haviland, a smoker since she was 11, says she is not ready to stop. on a controversial bill divert cigarette 'tax designed to revenue to Con men successfully Felude Ann Arbor police By THOMAS HRACH After several attempts to swindle residents of Ann Arbor and Lansing out of their valuables, an unidentified group of con men have probably left the state by now, according to an Ann Arbor police detective. The suspects were described as middle-aged men and wearing three piece suits in both of the Ann Arbor incidents, said Detective Norman Olmstead. LAST FRIDAY, an 81-year-old Ann Arbor woman living on Dex- ter Road lost over $7,000 in diamonds to a man impersonating a plain clothed Ann Arbor police officer, Olmstead said, and last Sunday a 31-year-old woman living on Cook Road was approached by the imposters but became suspicious. As a result, the thief walked off empty handed. These two incidents follow reports from the Lansing and East Lansing Police Departments that men fitting a similar description attempted the same unsuccessful game in those cities wearing bogus police uniforms. "Con games go with the sun," said Olmstead.'"It's the season for this kind of thing because the con men usually head north when the weather warms." ACCORDING to Olmstead, the con men begin their work by posing as insurance salesmen in random phone calls to area reside- nts. The kinds of valuables the person has at home or large amoun- ts of money in the bank. After the conmen find a potential target they pay a house visist and flash phony police badges. Normally the imposters then tell their victim that a potential thief is in the area and they have reason to believe that they will be robbed, according to Olmstead. The imposters ask to mark all valuables for insurance against theft, or ask for serial numbers on cash to protect the victim, he said. After the con men get their hands on the valuables a quick switch is made between real jewelry and fakes or simply paper replaced as the cash, he said. The most recent incidents are a variation on an old con game, Olmstead said, which induces people to withdraw money from the bank to check on supposedly dishonest tellers. All city residents should cheek police badges thoroughly for the officer's name, rank, and pictured identification before allowing the person in their home, police officials warn. Olmstead also ad- vised residents to call the police if there is any question about the validity of an officer. Intensity o (Continued from Page 1) were "intelligent and capable, but they were not prepared." He attributes the high attrition rate of black students admitted to the Univer- sity immediately after the BAM strike black movement dwindles on campus to the lack of services to help prepare them for the University. IN RESOLVING the BAM strike, Fleming and the regents agree to initiate support programs to help black students adjust to the academic en- HAPPENINGS Highlight The Latin American Solidarity Committee is sponsoring "Brigadista's Reflections on Nicaragua," a talk given by Tom Fryer who recently retur- ned from a Nicaraguan work brigade. Fryer will speak at 8 p.m., in the Kuenzel Room, Union. Film MED- Hair, 7;30 p.m., MLB 3. JLSU - The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, 7 p.m., Nat. Sci. Aud. AAFC - One Sings, The Other Doesn't, 7 p.m., Angell Aud. B. IATA - Factories in the Third World Development Without Tears, 7 p.m., Hale. Performances Ark - Talent/auditions night, 8 p.m., 637 S. Main. School of Music - Recitals, John Scanlen, viola, 8 p.m., Recital Hall, Robin MacMillan, piano8 p.m., Rackham Assembly Hall. University Music Society - National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor, 8:30 p.m., Hill Auditorium. Hillel - Gemini, 8 p.m., 1429 Hill St. First Congregational Church - Ida Yost, organ, 12:15. p.m., First Congregational Church. Prism - Depeche Mode, 8 p.m., Royal Oak Music Theater. Speakers College of Engineering - Marvin White, 10 a.m., 2072 E. Engineering, Suresh Chand, "Rolling Horizon procedures for Dynamic Optimization Problems", 4 p.m., 241 IOE Building. U-M Computing Center - Deb Masten, "introduction to Microcom- puters," 3113 SEB, Forrest Harman, "Introduction to MTS Command Ex- tensions and Macros, Part II," 3:30 p.m., 165 Business Administration. The Center for Russian and East European Studies-Stephen Myers, "Soviet Strategic Perspectives", 8 p.m., 25 Angell Hall, Jan Malarczyk, "Polish Studies in the History of Political Ideas", noon, "The Reception of Machiavelli in Poland and Russia", 4p.m., Lane Hall. Biology Department-William Sarmer, "Coevolution and Coadaptation of Dresophila and Yeast", 4 p.m., Lecture Rm. 1, MLB. Statistic department- "The Variational Form of Certain Bayes Rules", 4 p.m., 451 Mason Hall. Chemistry department-Andrew Childs, "Line Narrowing & Matrix Site Effects in Condensed Phase Spectra", 4 p.m., 1200 Chemistry. Psychiatry department-Robert Sadoff, "Psychic Injury," 10:30 a.m., CPH Aud. Meetings LSA Student Government-5:45 p.m., MSA Chambers, Union Ann Arbor Support Group for Farm Labor Organizing Committee - 5:30 p.m., 4318 Union. Dissertation Support Group-8:30 a.m., 3100 UCS. ACS Student Affiliates-5 p.m., 3005 Chemistry. Black Student Union-7 p.m., Trotter House. Miscellaneous Muslim Students Association-lecture, Room D, Michigan League. Student Wood & Craft Shop-Power tool safety class, 6p.m., 537 SAB. SODC-Workshop, "Plan for Change, Don't Change Your Plans: Managing Change", 6:30p.m., Union. Tau Beta Pi-Tutoring, lower-level math, science, engineering, 7 p.m., 307 UGLI, 8 p.m., 2332 Bursley, 7 p.m., Alice Lloyd. Telecommunication System-Open Forum on new University phone system, 9 a.m., 2901 Taubman Library. Michigan Undergraduate Anthropology Society-Film, "Maa Shagoon" 4:15 p.m., 2013 Angell Hall. vironment at the University, according to a 1970 Daily article. These included CAAS to teach studen- ts about black heritage. Trotter House, an often troubled social gathering place, and two academic counseling programs which since have merged in- to the Comprehensive Studies Program. IN ADDITION to the demand for support programs, the strikers also wanted an increase in the number of black students and faculty at the Univer- sity, and an increase in financial aid to help recruit more black students. In response to this demand, the University pledged to bring black enrollment up to 10 percent by 1973, and to increase financial aid awards for black students. Black leaders say they are disappoin- ted that neither of these goals has been reached. WHEN THE BAM strike broke out, I was in California. As soon as I got back, I picked up my picket sign and encouraged students and faculty not to attend class," Bryant said. Bates remembers the strike as "a groundswell of support. Each day it seemed to pick up momentum. "The first day or so it was business as usual. As time went on, it picked up supportershuntil,(the University) basically shut down," Bates said. "THE BLACK Action Movement was a coalition of black student organizations," Fabre explained. "There was the law school group, an undergraduate group, a medical group, and an engineering group, among others." Fabre said that in late 1969 or early 1970 all the black student organizations came together to talk about "joint problems we can address." The strike itself began when the com- bined groups, called the Black Action Movement, "suddenly found a call for a student strike," Fabre said. "We did not really expect that it would happen. Suddenly by Monday, we had a full- fledged boycott." He estimates that about 3,000 students and faculty ac- tively participated in the strike. "WE HAD plans, a list of demands," he said, "but we were not sure that (the University) would ever get to them." Fabre said that for about the first week of class boycotts, "Fleming took the position of 'Strike? What strike?' But overall, he handled it very well," he added. Bates remembers being im- pressed that the president would "vir- tually roll up his sleeves and go right in to talk to the students." "He understood the problems, and he handled it in an admirable fashion," Bates said. IMMEDIATELY following the an- nouncement that the strike had ended, vice president Sudarkasa - then known as Gloria Marshall - said: "We say there can be no total victory until the racist malignancy either consumes this county or we cut it out. "We will fight on, because like all mankind we hope, and because we are arrogant enough to know we will win," she said then. Lockard credits the students with the ability to mobilize such a paralyzing sacrifices," he said. PEOPLE involved in the BAM strike agree that the administration needs "a new push" today to achieve the goals set 15 years ago, Fabre said. "The administration is not going to volunteer to do something," he said.-. But Bates said he does not see a unified effort like the BAM strike as a possibility. "People are not concerned with striking anymore," he said. "I do not know that it would be the thing to even attempt. 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