1 TIMES, April 26, 1994
Warning protects cigarette companies
Mike Givler
Capital Times Staff
Have you ever wondered why
cigarette companies allow the Surgeon
General warning on their labels? This
was but one question answered by Dr. A.
Lee Fitschler during his April 11 lecture
in the Black Cultural Arts Center.
Fitschler, the president of Dickinson
College, wrote a book on government
regulations and smoking, and said there
are three reasonss why cigarette
manufacturers allow the warning label.
According to Fitschler, the first
reason for allowing the labels was
Saddam's terror...
Professors concerned
about Kurdish future
Pat Byers
Capital Times Staff
Penn State Harrisburg engineering
professors Alireza Rahrooh and
Alhamdoullah Ansary say they fear that
unless the U.S. keeps its Gulf War
promises, millions of Kurds will die at
the hand of a dictator.
Rahrooh, a Kurdish-Iranian, finds it
difficult to understand why the United
States and its allies did not finish the job
they started during the Gulf War. He said
the whole idea of going into Kuwait was
to "go in and get rid of this guy [Saddam
Hussein], but they didn't finish the job.
Rahrooh said that another six hours
could have completed the mission.
Instead Saddam was left to kill again.
because the manufacturers believed that
the health warning labels were "benign."
"The companies believed that no one
would read them anyways," Fitschler
said.
The second reason was to protect
themselves from lawsuits. The warning
labels, Fitschler said, would allow
cigarette companies a fighting chance in
court cases.
Fitschler believes the third reason
was credited to saving the tobacco
companies money.
"State legislatures were ready to make
a law to put different labels on the
Rahrooh said that claims made by the
United States that Saddam's army is
destroyed is false.
"He still has chemical weapons
capability," Rarooh explained. "As soon
as the United States pulls out, Saddam
won't hesitate to use them again on the
Kurdish people."
Ansary said that Kurdish activist
groups springing up throughout the
United States and Europe will be
ineffective against Saddam Hussein
without international support, and
without that support the Kurds will face
death and destruction from a self-imposed
exile in the desert or a pseudo
autonomous existence within the borders
of Iraq.
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packaging anyways," he said.
Fitschler added that cigarette
companies would save a lot of money by
having one standard warning label,
instead of printing different labels in
different states.
He also said the courts are much
more narrow in their interrelation of the
warning labels on cigarettes than they
are with other warning labels. He said
that a case could be made for someone
who reaches down on a lawn mower and
loses a limb, despite the many warning
labels on the mower. This isn't the case
for cigarettes.
A group of students enjoy themselves at the annual spring semi-formal
Over 250 Penn State Harrisburg
partygoers, faculty, staff and guests
attended the annual spring semi-formal at
the Sheraton East Hotel which also
acknowledged the college's 25th
Anniversary celebration.
Peg O' Hara, who will be retiring in
June, said the semi-formal was the
"best" she attended in four years. In
addition, a collage of photos represented
Leggett receives
teaching award
Maria "Toni" DuPont-Morales
Leggett, Instructor of Criminal Justice,
has won the James A. Jordan Memorial
Award for excellence in teaching.
Leggett, who joined the university in
1988, has research interests in policy,
program formation and strategic
planning in the Pennsylvania
Department of Corrections, drugs in
society, mandatory testing of sexual
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"If cigarette companies were held
responsible," he explained, "there would
be no more manufacturing due to the
many lawsuits.”
Fitschler said this would be bad
because the cigarette companies would
go out of business and cigarettes would
become a black market item. Other
results would include prices going up
and a loss in control of distribution.
Fitschler also said cigarettes are a
major export item for the United States,
and if there was a prohibition period
declared on cigarettes our trade export
deficit "would sky rocket."
Penn State Harrisburg's past 25 year's of
activities.
"It was a great social gathering for
students and faculty to celebrate
together," said Robert Sandrock, a public
policy major.
Suzanne Rosenblatt seconded
Sandrock's comments, and said the
evening was "very enjoyable as everyone
was looking their best"
assailants and health
correctional settings.
Leggett holds B. A. and M.S. degrees
from the University of Arizona.
Nominations for the award are made
by the entire senior class during the
spring Student Government Association
elections. A committee of students
interviews the finalists and selects the
winner.
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