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Page 2 ? September 26, 1984 Dateline THE GAMECOCK I Senators reach agreement on ciaarette label warnings Associated Press WASHINGTON ? A compromise on new warning labels for cigarette packs has been reached that appears to satisfy both the tobacco industry and health groups, Sen. Wendell l ord. D-Kv.. savs. "I think we've arrived at something where we all can say we have legislation we can pass," Ford told reporters Monday. Under the measure, every cigarette pack sold in the United States would have to carry one of four printed warnings, replacing the 13-year-old version currently in use: "The Surgeon Genrcal has determined that cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health." The measure already has been passed by the House. Thi> hill li'iil hpcn hi>ld im in ll-in Qpiintc hv Inhnpcn.vtQlo |! I 1 V. V'lll MUVI v ' V. V. I I II V I Vt V-? VJ III I I IV. ^VillUV U J 1 WWUVVW JIUIV legislators concerned that it did not meet the approval of all segments of the industry. "1 have always said 1 had no intention of stopping the bill. 1 only wanted input,'' Ford said after meeting with representatives of health groups that have been pusing the measure. i i... i . i r: j * i i * i, .. c uiiuci uic ugi ccmcni, I i)i vj saiu, iiuuin^s uy iiic ouigcun General would be removed from the bill but would appear in the report accompanying it. The findings stale, among other things, that "cigarette smoking is the largest preventable cause of illness and premature death in the United States, and is associated with the unnecessary deaths of over 300,000 Americans annually." i-ora said there was a concern that such statements in the bill, itself, would have the force of statute and could raise product liability problems. F ord said the agreement would also clarify that responsibility for the tables does not extend to distributors and retailers but rests only with the manufacturers. He said the current language "was murky" about whether distributions and retailers could be held responsible for the timely appearance of the warnings. The new provision. Ford said, would eliminate the possibility that retailers or distributors could be subject to the $10,000 criminal penalty provided in the legislation. A third feature of the agreement was a commitment from the health groups to aid in the restriction of tobacco imports, l ord said. Details of how that would be done had not been worked out, he said, adding it "may be in legisla tion or pressure under present law." Matthew Myers, with the Coal'iion on Smoking or health, said the health groups ate ".ieeply concerned about he fact that there are no restrictions whatsoever" on using pesticides and other materials banned in the United States on tobacco imports. The four new warnings would state: QmAl/ inn PQIICAC llinn Imort ^irnorn vuu.iv-i 1U115 cauvvi , 1 ivai 1 unva^tf viir physema and may complicate pregnancy." ? 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"We need a lot more diagnosis and treatment research before we know the full extent of what Agent Orange has done," said Lee Hunnicutt, the director of the South Carolina Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program in (Nortn enarieston. On Tuesday, a federal judge in New York tentatively approved a settlement in a suit brought by Vietnam veterans who said they were harmed by Agent Orange, as well as their families. If U.S. District Judge Jack Weins T r y i L ^ 1 ^|T J,? M - y." .J* 1 V ^-JBHlI Mr Tr HK91 the Carolina-Duke game on Saturday. ment inadequate, tein of Brooklyn gives his final approval, it \sould end a five-year legal battle between the veterans and seven ehem iea I eom pa 11 ies. Weinstein must still establish a mechanism to determine which veterans and relatives qualify to receive the money and says he might reject the settlement if a satisfactory plan isn't developed. But Hunnicutt said that while the suit represents only 15,000 veterans "a very high" percentage of the one million servicemen exposed to combat in Vietnam were exposed to the defoliant which was contaminated with highly-toxic dioxin. The veterans' lawsuits charged their exposure to the herbicide caused them to suffer ailments ranging from skin rash to cancer. They also blamed the chemical for miscarriages experienced c^rnn.LUE'itLCL'iu DIAMOND ENGAGEMI 20% TO 30% 01 NAME BRAND: AH I UAKVkll URANGE lOLUMBIA'S rfjfrjfk flOST EXCLUSIVE MAMOND ^2^^ ^^LOOSE DIAMOND?\ j /^20%TO30%OFLX I (\i O W) \ with the purchase of a loose stone / we will give you a 4 or 6 J X^nrong Tiffany mountina^^ IfA* /^Kli R^Mctxe^^ . I ?- g? ) 10% Dm v \ i / "c,,,r8? . , . rx/- o/a l/ih bt. / conveniei W.^Cola^SC J9169 'Excellent Ph. 791JI825 MHHHHaHHDHHHnBHHHBHMBHMHi 'r , V nr - Photo by Thaddeus Daise veterans say by their wives and birth defects in their j children. 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