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Joel, one day I got to thinking about 'back then' and I tried to make a mental list of the non-smokers I knew. In my world during the sixties it seemed everyone was smoking, medical personnel, lawyers, judges, movie stars, my parents, aunts and uncles, cousins, my friends, me. People smoked in hospitals, theatres, can't really think of a place off limits except church, there again our priest smoked a pipe but not in church of course, Gads, what a mess we were getting ourselves into. I can't even remember when the advocates against smoking started. I think when it really got my attention was when Yul Brenner died and I can remember seeing him on tv while he was wasting away from lung cancer begging people to stop smoking. That got my attention, but it didn't stop me, just started me thinking. I wish there was someway to get the information from Freedom's Library into schools at all levels and make it mandantory that each and every student, and each and every teacher read the information. I feel so strongly about this that I just know if people are educated about nicotine it will make a difference. Sure, everyone knows nicotine can be disabling or lethal but until they actually see it up close in black and white I think a lot of people think the bad stuff is always going to happen to the other person, not them. If we could somehow get the word out to our young people. I am appaled at how young some of these children are that are taking up the habit. I'am just lucky my children didn't follow my example. There is a thirteen year old young man who lives close to us that comes by once in a while to help clean the barn and make a few dollars. He had the signature ring on his back pocket indicating he was carrying chewing tobacco. One evening while he was here I brought him in and showed him this site, pictures of diseased lungs, Wall of Remembrance, etc. It scared the boy to death. That was about two months ago, and according to his Mother he hasn't chewed since. She said to tell you thank you. Antonia
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