The White Falcon - 05.11.1965, Blaðsíða 3

Friday, November 5, 1965
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WHITE FAECON
Cancer And Smoking
Regardless of all the rationalization used to justify it, the
fact remains that individuals are suffering physical harm
by smoking.
Recently the American Thoracic Society cited 37 dif-
ferent studies in the U.S. and abroad which established
beyond a doubt that there is
rette smoking and lung cancer.
Even more recently, the U.S. Pu-
blic Health Service released its
now famous report on the asso-
ciation between smoking and vari-
ous diseases.
Lung cancer gets most of the
publicity — it is more dramatic
and more sensational. In 1962
there were 42,000 deaths in the
U.S. from lung cancer — 1,000
more than occured from auto-
accidents and more than the total
U.S. fatalities in three years of
the Korean War.
Cause For Cancer
Practically all were associated
with heavy smoking. Cigarette
smoking has also been cited as a
cause for cancer of the lip, mouth,
larynx and urinary bladder. And
it is known that heavy smoking
makes, less effective the treatment
of respiratory infections and gas-
trointestinal ulcers.
But more important to the
health of the nation as a whole
are the insidious effects that smok-
ing produces in the heart, lungs,
and blood vessels. Every puff in-
haled causes irritation of the lin-
ing of all the tubes, large and
small, in the respiratory tract.
This produces edema and swelling,
preventing air passage in and out
freely.
Lungs Lose Elasticity
Some of the air is trapped and
retained, causing lungs to be in a
state of overexpansion. When this
continues day after day, week
after week, month after month,
and year after year, the final
result is a loss of the normal elas-
ticity of the lungs — and thus
irreparable damage.
The ultimate result is cronic
bronchitis and overdistened lungs-
emphysema. This causes shortness
of breath and the inability to ob-
tain enough oxygen. Finally, if
you keep smoking you can become
a pulmonary cripple and spend
your remaining days uncomfor-
table in a wheel chair.
a relationship between ciga-
Cigarettes Effect The Heart
Emphysema stands next to heart
disease as a cause of total dis-
bility in the U.S. In 1960 alone
there were 12,000 new cases of
emphysema, and all in patients
who were heavy smokers.
“What about the heart?” It
has been proven that the nicotine
in tobacco is a potent vasconstric-
tive which causes blood vessels to
tighten up and reduce the flow of
blood. By smoking just one stand-
ard-size cigarette, the skin temp-
erature of your foot will be low-
ered by five degrees F. This con-
striction of the small arteries
occurs also in other vital organs,
such as the heart and kidneys.
This poor blood supply to these
organs may eventually predispose
to catastrophic events such as
heart attacks.
Nicotine Clots Blood
More recently, it has been
proven in animals that nicotine in
small amounts in the blood stream
will cause the blood to clot faster
and more easily. This fact, along
with the vasconstrictive section,
makes it a double-barreled weapon
as a possible cause of thrombosis
(plugging with a clot of blood) of
small arteries in vital organs such
as the heart.
A spokesman for the American
Heart Association recently stated
that middle-aged smokers have a
50 to 150 percent increase in heart
attacks over non-smokers.
No matter how much, or in what
way smoking is rationalized, it
cannot counteract the large volume
of indisputable evidence which has
been accumulated linking cigarette
smoking to adverse effects on the
human body. What one really needs
in order to stop smoking is a good
motive and strong will power.
What could be a more important
motivation than one’s own health?
(Approach — Sept. ’64).
Naval Forces Declare War;
DOD Says Down With Waste
Newspaper headlines these days are full of war; war in Vietnam, war on poverty,
but they all seem a million miles away. They have little or no effect on our everyday life.
There is another war going on right under our noses. In fact, the main battle-
grounds are the offices and shops we work in every day.
Commander Naval Forces, Iceland, Captain Emile E. Pierre, Jr., has officially de-
clared War On Waste for a two-month period as Naval Forces Iceland’s big push in the
CAPTURED—Two of the “enemy” in the War On Waste are cornered
by T. R. Ronan, DKC, in the Disbursing Office. The guilty looking
parties are Mr. G. Jonson and W. E. Leja, DK3.
Department of Defense’s Cost Re-
duction Program. Incidentally, you
may qualify for combat pay in
this war.
What Can You Do?
You are probably asking your-
self what you can do to fight
waste in such a large organiza-
tion. In fiscal year 1965
Naval Forces Iceland reduced
operating costs by $93,000. That
$93,000 was saved by the power
of suggestion. That’s right, sug-
gestion.
Suggestions submitted by both
military and civilian personnel
working in various jobs all over
the base were responsible for
changes in operating procedures
that saved the government time
money and manhours.
All Hands Campaign
During the Naval Forces, Ice-
land’s War On Waste Campaign,
at least one suggestion to im-
prove the efficiency of the com-
mand should be submitted by each
person. That is not as difficult as
it sounds. Just look around you.
You have probably spotted some-
thing long ago that could have
been done quicker and more effi-
ciently but have never bothered
to mention it because it seemed
so trivial. Little things add up
to big waste.
Earned Awards
Earlier the term “combat pay”
was mentioned. In the War On
Waste your beneficial suggestion
can earn you awards ranging
from $15.00 to $25,000. Public Law
89-198 authorizes cash awards as
an incentive for military person-
nel submitting suggestions which
don't be a utilities hog
USE ONLY WHAT YOU NEED
improve government operations.
Somewhere in your shop you will
find a packet of suggestion forms.
After you have thought out your
suggestion, carefully take your
suggestion form and fill it in.
When you have it completed, drop
it in any suggestion box or send it
to the Industrial Relations Office.
Your idea will then be given very
careful examination by a board of
officers representing every De-
partment of Naval Forces, Ice-
land, for evaluation and award
recommendations.
The important thing in the War
On Waste is you. You are the
only person who can win the war.
Even if you feel that your sug-
gestion isn’t really worthy of con-
Give To AOC
Radio Free Europe
RFE Reaches East Europeans
Radio Free Europe, the pri-
vate, non-profit American net-
work which sends accurate
news and information to the
captive people of Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Ro-
mania and Bulgaria, is now in
its 15th year. Radio Free
Europe needs your contribut-
ions. Give to RFE in your
American Overseas Campaign.
sideration or that it is too radi-
cal, submit it anyway. In many
cases the smallest improvements
lead to the most significant cost
cuts.
Well-Equipped
Get behind the War On Waste.
Imagination and observation are
your ammunition and the sugges-
tion form is your rifle. You are
well-equipped with those items.
Submit that idea today.
Investigate the values of the
Payroll Savings Plan where you
work. It’s a safe, completely auto-
matic way to save and gives you
a big bonus of “star-spangled se-
curity” with interest!
Strong Sailors
Shudder With
Needle Nerves
What does the gallant and leg-
endary creature of the sea — the
sailor — fear most in this world?
What is it that makes him feel
squeamish? What causes him to
break into a cold sweat and at
times induces near paralysis of
his body?
Is there such a thing in exis-
tence that could bring such un-
believeable expressions of pain,
nausea and mock courage to his
face?
There sure is; it’s called....
INNOCULATION!!
The very sound of the word
(IN-NOC-U-LA-TION) and its
related terms (needle, injection,
serum, etc.) send shivers down the
spine of some of the staunchest
officers and crumbles many a
hard-sailor.
Yes, officers and enlisted,
young and old, they all stand in
line, patiently, never once griping
about having to wait in this sort
of line. And, unlike chow lines,
pay lines, and mail lines, no one
ever seems to be concerned about
exercising the traditional “head
of the line privilege.” (NavNews)
HfKi tieM
Call 41S6
ALL HANDS—To emphasize that the War On Waste is an all hands
project Capt Emile E. Pierre, Jr., commanding officer of the Naval
Station, gets a helping hand posting a packet of WOW suggestion
forms from R. Murphy, TD3.