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Smoke< By Janet G Wire Edit) The first known cigarette v 450 years ago. He stuffed tob and lit up. So began a traditioi Today, more than 40 pei population are smokers, a< terson, area director for Society. Almost half the ac before the first surgeon ger cigarette smoking, more tha ded. "Cigarette smokers hate tc addicts," Patterson said. TAR IN CIGARETTES 1 coating sensitive cilia in the that makes it taste good and explained. More than 90 percent of all by smoking, Patterson said current trends, reveal that cases should occur in South 1,200 deaths resulting from th The Great American Smok< Previoi now fu By Art Grope Associated Press Writer MODESTO, CALIF. (AP) Sewer gas that used to wasted is fueling five munici vehicles here in a pilot proj that could show cities across country a way to si petroleum. When the year-old opera! is pynanHwl tn inrlnHp nn ditional 250 vehicles, the < will save about $700 a day in 1 costs, said John Amsti superintendent of water-qua control for this cent California city of 100,000 peoj The savings will let the panded methane facility pay itrnlf nrlf Vtin fiirn irnotr liocu vviuiiii live jrecaio, estimated in a telephone terview. THE CITY'S sewa treatment plant proces about 23 million gallons of fluent daily and produces m than 200,000 cubic feet of f About 70 percent of that methane. After the gas is processe< rpmnup parhnn HinviHf hydrogen sulfide, it is c< pressed and dispensed into vehicles. Each vehicle can two pressurized tanks that 1 about 325 cubic feet of gas ez That's the equivalent of gallons of gasoline, Ams said. Much of the treatment pla gas is burned to keep Bpr Don't be caught in the out set for ibson 15, is the < or smokers to qi vas created by an Aztec smokers and acco into a hollow reed quit for a day n. Smokers w rcent of the U.S. adult smoke that ^cording to Ruth Pat- hoping to get the American Cancer the state. lult population smoked leral's warning against "THERE'S n 11 years ago, she ad- Patterson sa their accustc > think of themselves as your mouth t Other tips Amprifan fl harms the smoker by motivations lungs. "It's the nicotine quit "cold ti 1 causes addiction," she goals, grabl water or fru lung cancers are caused shower, sinc< I. Estimates, based on Ed Asner, 1,300 new lung cancer year's smok Dnf(??./vn vai uium uus? jrcai wiui rauciduuda e disease. Local chaii eout, scheduled for Nov. of WIS radio isly wasted els municip sewage-digestion equipment i an optimum temperature fc i ? methane production. When a be of the methane is captured an pal compressed, it will provide th ject equivalent of 1,000 gallons < the gasoline a day, Amstutz said, ave The vehicles now being teste have dual fuel systems so the :ion can be switched to gasolir ad- when the methane tanks ai ;ity empty. fuel Litz, ALL CITY VEHICLES will t lity added to the system, exce] ral large ones such as garba* sle. trucks which have heavy fu ex- consumption. for It costs about $1,200 to co he vert a vehicle to methane, ai in- me equipmem u<tii ut; icuiuvi and reinstalled by a compete mechanic when it is sol ge- Amstutzsaid. ses ef- The methane-burnii tore vehicles are completely fr ;as. from the pollution that is t is plague of gasoline-power ones, Amstutzsaid. j to "Although none of the engin and has been taken apart yet om- check for abnormal wear, the appears the gas helps exte ries engine life," he added. told ich. The octane rating is over i: 6% and Amstutz said power a tutz mileage could be increas without knocking if the coi nt's pression ratio of the engir the was increased. iiiSillflf P* f" Ok IB I B Ok. IrtimviitKiiM Nov. 7th in the Russell I First Annual US m m mm m m mm KbLio Participants include Faculty fro ? ] Law and other departments, pj Plus M Dr. Latta Thomas, Prof, of Religl igj Dr. Benjamin Bedenbaugh, Prof. Dr. Charles Pfieffer, Prof, of Reli< ^95 Rhett Jackson, prominent Colun ljpt| $1.50 Contribution this mont cancer society's approach in ui iiit for just one day, Patterson said. I ex-smokers are asked to help a fi ill be asked to sign a pledge card r day. The American Cancer Socie pledges from one out of five smoke 5 NO MAGIC way to quit smok id. She suggests not having cigaretl imed place, or "you'll have a cigare >efore you know it." for quitting the habit, according t ancer Society include: discoverinj behind smoking, deciding whethi irkey" or gradually, setting imme 5ing for chewing gum, carrot si it juice instead of a smoke and tak e most people wouldn't smoke then. a three-pack-a-day smoker until eout, is this year's national chair id. rmen are Len Hathaway and Jim ' sewer ga ml vehicle: it Direct cost comparisons >r gasoline are difficult bee II the methane is measure td cubic feet, but Ams le estimates the methane cost 3f equivalent of gasoline price 30 cents a gallon. <1 III Qinr?r> mathona ic lirthtor ,J Ulltw 1A Iv VI1C4 I lv lij le air, a rear-end collision -e would rupture the tanks ii as dangerous as it would gasoline was the fuel, he >e Gasoline often spills ontc pt ground and is ignited, ?e methane is dispersed int< el air. 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