Maternal influenza and perinatal mortality.

作者：Joanna South · 发表于：BMJ · 年份：1972 · DOI：10.1136/bmj.2.5811.464-e · 被引用次数：7 · 研究领域：Virus-based gene therapy research

Smoking and Health SIR,-Those of us who daily see the pro- tracted misery and loss of life associated with cigarette smoking are appalled by the recent change of emphasis on cigarette advertising.The advertisement in the Observer Magazine (17 April, p. 17) shows a cricket bat and pads with a packet of Benson and Hedges Special Filter cigarettes, together with an announcement of the sponsored Cricket Competition Final at Lords.The invitation to save cigarette coupons to help our athletes win gold medals at Munich is equally noxious.Must we, as a profession, stand idly by, attempting to persuade our younger patients not to start and our older patients to stop smoking, while such advertising attempts to nullify our efforts?Letters to the national press on this matter are rarely published, which is understand- able in view of the financial support they receive from tobacco advertising.But one of the strongest attacks comes from the magazine of the advertising industry Campaign