Text transcribed from caption: P-30536 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST ANTI-SMOKING CLINICS BUSY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- People who would like to get rid of the cigarette habit were finding help -- in increasing numbers in the wake of the government report on the health hazards involved in smoking -- in special five-day clinics conducted by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. As pointed out (left point) by the Rev. Albert C. Marple, chaplain at the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital at Takoma Park, Md., just outside Washington, D.C., the key to eliminating the habit it [sic. is] to "choose" to quit. Chewing gum and other substitutes (right photo) help stave off the craving, determined prospective-nonsmokers find. Adventist clinics, held across the country, have had considerable success. Dr. Reuben R. Figuhr, world president of the denomination, reports that 70 percent of those who attended clinics have put cigarettes out of their lives. The clinic conducted in the sanitarium and hospital at Takoma Park was well attended, Chaplain Marple reported, with about 150 present nightly. The sessions, held in the sanitarium chapel (top center) included both formal and informal (bottom center) discussion sessions, with physicians present to outline the relation of smoking to lung cancer, heart disease and other ailments -- and to suggest diets to "help the victim throw off the habit." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-W-1E-64-NBM)
