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Nordam Hendry Y
Citra Anis
XI 15 II
Damaging Chain. These two sets of events alone would be enough to explain why
thousands of Americans are "lung cripples," suffering from what most U.S. doctors
call pulmonary fibrosis and chronic emphysema. But the damaging chain of events
runs on.
The destruction of smaller blood vessels in the lung and the thickening of slightly
larger ones increases the blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries and puts a strain
on the right side of the heart.
It also prompts the left side of the heart to work harder to pump blood against
increased resistance. A healthy heart could probably stand the extra work; a heart
already weakened by other difficulties might fail.
Even while the heart is being asked to overexert, carbon monoxide from cigarette
smoke combines with red blood cells and decreases their capacity to carry oxygen. As
a result, the hard-working heart muscle is given less fuel to do its job. At the same
time, tobacco's nicotine causes a constriction of small arteries in the extremities and
speeds up the heart, increasing its need for oxygen and complicating the coronary
problem.
Snuffing Out Smokers. Hammond & Co. were careful not to suggest that smoking is a
basic cause of either high blood pressure or coronary artery disease. But along with
other A.M.A. panelists, they agreed that smoking almost certainly makes such
conditions worse, and they agreed that the danger of serious illness or death from
such infectious lung diseases as influenza, pneumonia and tuberculosis is increased if
the lungs have been damaged by smoke.
By week's end the A.M.A. and the American Cancer Society seemed more concerned
than ever over the medical problems involved with tobacco. The A.M.A.'s new
president. Dr. George M. Fister, of Ogden, Utah, announced in his inaugural address
that, to guide physicians, the A.M.A. would start a year-long study of smoking and
disease. The American Cancer Society, eager to snuff out smoking among college
students, began a campaign to persuade university presidents to ban tobacco
company sponsorship of radio and TV broadcasts of intercollegiate athletic events.
*The others: VA Pathologist Oscar Auerbach, Columbia University Surgical Pathologist Arthur Purely Stout, and American Cancer Society
Statistician Lawrence Garfinkel.
Bahkan ketika hati sedang ditanyakan ke overexert, karbon monoksida dari asap
rokok dengan menggabungkan sel-sel darah merah menurun dan kemampuan
mereka untuk membawa oksigen. Akibatnya, bekerja keras-otot jantung
diberikan kurang bahan bakar untuk melakukan pekerjaan. Pada saat yang sama,
tembakau dari nikotin yang menyebabkan penyempitan dari arteries kecil di atas
kaki dan kecepatan jantung, meningkatkan kebutuhan oksigen dan complicating
masalah yang koroner.
seperti paru-paru penyakit influenza, radang paru-paru dan TBC meningkat jika
paru-paru telah rusak oleh asap.
Oleh minggu mengakhiri A.M.A. dan American Cancer Society nampaknya lebih
peduli dibandingkan melalui medis terlibat masalah dengan tembakau. The A.M.A.
's presiden baru. Dr George M. Fister, dari Ogden, Utah, mengumumkan perdana
di alamat itu, untuk memandu dokter, maka AMA akan memulai tahun-lama
belajar dari merokok dan penyakit. American Cancer Society, berkeinginan untuk
menghabisi merokok di kalangan mahasiswa, mulai kampanye untuk meyakinkan
universitas presiden ke ban sponsor perusahaan tembakau radio dan TV siaran
dari atletik antar peristiwa.
* Yang lain: VA patolog Oscar Auerbach, Columbia University Bedah patolog
Arthur murni gagah, dan American Cancer Society statistik Lawrence Garfinkel.