4The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, November 21, 1989
Anti-smoking bill provokes strong reactions on hLC
By KIMBERLEY MAXWELL
Staff Writer
An anti-smoking bill introduced by
U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.,
last week may have a big impact on the
state of North Carolina.
The bill's intent is to decrease the
amount of tobacco use in America,
Kennedy said in a press release. He said
tobacco was the leading preventable
cause of death, resulting in 390,000
deaths each year.
The bill has eight main provisions,
Kennedy said. They are:
Establishing a Center for Tobacco
Products in the Centers for Disease
Control's Public Health Service. The
Center for Tobacco Products would
research the patterns of tobacco use,
improve federal education efforts on
tobacco use and stress prevention for
groups with high numbers of smokers.
Requiring tobacco manufacturers
to, list all additives in products. The
warning on cigarettes would be harsher.
Establishing grants for 10 to 20
states that strengthen their health de
partments and emphasize prevention
of tobacco use.
13 Administering a national program
to counteract tobacco advertising. The
program would focus on public service
announcements and would be funded
by grants.
Establishing grants for "smoke
free" workplaces, with emphasis on
cooperative contracts between unions
and employers.
Providing grants to states that enact
and enforce laws that prohibit the sale
of tobacco products to minors.
Setting up agreements with the
'Center for Tobacco Products and 10
states to assist with laws preventing
sales of tobacco to minors.
Creating grants for elementary
and secondary schools to become
"smoke-free."
The bill's estimated cost is $185
million for fiscal 1991, Kennedy said.
N.C. legislators fear the bill would
hurt the state economically.
"(The bill) would significantly af
fect the state of North Carolina if they
are going to put that many restrictions
on smoking," said Mike Eaton, legisla
tive assistant for Sen. Jesse Helms.
Eaton said the bill would cause to
bacco consumption to fall, and in turn
would affect the number of jobs in the
tobacco industry in the state. He said
about 160,000 jobs would be threat
ened. Eaton said there were several prob
lems with the bill. First of all, the bill
would restrict advertising, but the free
dom to advertise is protected by the
First Amendment. Second, through
numerous grants, the bill addresses
tobacco as an illegal substance even
though it is legal. Third, there has been
no mention of funding the bill.
Eaton said the most likely way the
bill would be funded was with the excise
tax, which is currently 16 cents per
pack of cigarettes. .
Gary Miller, assistant to the presi
dent of the Tobacco Institute, which
represents the interests of cigarette
manufacturers, is also opposed to the
legislation.
"We would do everything possible
to fight it," he said.
Kelley Glover, director of commu
nications for the North Carolina Divi
sion of the American Cancer Society,
said her organization supported the bill.
"The North Carolina division is
pleased about the bill," she said, "and
the concept is a good one."
The national American Cancer Soci
ety has not formed its national plan to
support the bill, Glover said.
Glover said 3,700 North Carolinians
will die this year of lung cancer, a
disease directly linked to tobacco use.
She said one-third of all cancer patients
have lung cancer.
She said the bill's enactment "would
save quite a few lives in the long run."
Glover said one positive aspect of
the bill was that if tobacco use were
reduced, the number of cancer patients
supported by the federal government
would decrease.
But Eaton said, "Whether they
choose to smoke or not is their personal
right."
Spotlight
Family remains crucial part of students' lives at school
By HEATHER SMITH
and LAURA WILLIAMS
Staff Writers
When Mike Neice left home to go to
college, it was like a scene straight out
of 'The Waltons."
"It was like I was leaving forever,"
said Neice, a freshman computer sci
ence major from Dallas, N.C. "Every
body in my family came to hug me and
tell me goodbye."
For others, parting was not quite so
sentimental. "It was like I went away
for the weekend," said Wayne Busch, a
freshman pre-med major from Hender-
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sonville. "There was no going-away
speech; they just drove away. No 'I'm
going to miss you.'"
But sooner or later, students realize
going away to school means more than
no curfew and free license to keep a
messy room.
Keeping in touch
A near-fatal dose of homesickness
or lovesickness can send any college
student screaming for Mom or Dad,
and the easiest way to make that needed
contact is through the phone.
"Sometimes I think I just need my
Mom," said Toni Porter, a junior politi
cal science major from Zebulon. "And
when I feel like that I just give her a call
or write her a letter."
Phone calls may be the most conven
ient way to reach out, but they're not
the cheapest. Scott Peeler, a freshman
political science major from Toledo,
Ohio, has a system worked out with his
parents that reduces his bill. "I just call
them when I need to talk, and they call
me right back," he said.
Most students talk to their parents at
least once a week, with topics of con
versation ranging from money to how
the family is doing.
But sometimes the long-distance
connection only emphasizes the sepa
ration. "I don't feel like I'm as much a
part of the family. We're further apart
because I'm not there," Busch said.
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"It's more of an obligation to call, and
the conversation is like 'How are you?
Fine. How's school? Fine.'"
The isolation can be even worse when
students return home for the holidays
and then have to leave again. "The time
I really remember (feeling isolated) is
Thanksgiving. I got to see the whole
family, so when it was time to go back
(to school), I didn't want to leave them.
I sat in the car and cried for hours,"
Porter said.
Kevin Corcoran, a freshman politi
cal science major from Greensboro,
said he also felt twinges of homesick-.
ness at times. "I miss my little sisters,
having my own room, having a car ...
definitely a car. The car's a big one," he
said. "I also miss the constant nag
ging." I'm an adult now
When students first come to college,
the freedom of being away from home
can be exhilarating, but it also can be
scary.
"It was hard at first to comprehend
the responsibilities you have in col
lege," said Gretchan Diffendal, a junior
political sciencespeech communica
tions major from Charlotte. "Every
thing I did rested on me. I had to learn
to live my life apart from my family's.
My identity wasn't so tied up with the
family's anymore; I'd become my own
person."
This independence can have a posi
tive effect on parent-child relationships.
"Mom treats me like an adult, because
she knows that I'm responsible for
myself, as well as things like the phone
bill," Porter said.
For Katrena Allison, a freshman
nursing major from Cleveland, N.C,
this means a more equal relationship
with her parents. "We're more like
friends now," she said.
After being away, time at home is
more special. "We do more things to
gether now when I'm at home. We sit in
front of the fireplace and never run out
of things to talk about," Allison said.
According to Peeler, "I think rela
tionships are always growing. We no
tice them more when we go home,
because we've been away, and the few
days that we are home are intense."
But this intensity can also lead to
conflict. "My freshman year, I thought
I could do whatever I wanted, because
I was in college. When I'd go home and
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was going to be in, and I'd think 'Why
is she asking me this?'" Porter said. "I
respect my mom in her house now, and
I respect her rights when I'm there."
Loosening the purse strings
It is especially difficult to balance
newfound independence and ties to
home if a student is financially sup
ported by parents, Diffendal said. "It's
kind of like, 'Well, Mom, I want money,
but I don't want to be accountable to
you.'"
Although Busch's parents serve as a
financial crutch, he still resents the fact
that he has been responsible for all of
his expenses, he said. "I went from
being a high school student to an adult
in one day. I'm an adult financially, but
emotionally I'm still a child to them.
"I hate it that I have to expend all of
my money, and I can't even buy what I
want with my own money," Busch said.
"I guess this is part of the learning
process."
Other students have worked out a
deal with their parents about school
financing. "I have an agreement with
my parents that they will pay for school
if I put academics first. That has really
influenced me to work hard," Allison
said.
Communication and reasonable
expectations are the key to getting along
when the student returns home, said
Glen Martin, assistant director of the
University Counseling Center.
"Parents and students should expect
changes to occur. Many times parents
expect the same kid to come home who
left, but the kid has seen new responsib
lities and has changed. The college kid
often expects his parents and home life
to be the same when he returns, and this
is not always the case," Martin said.
Meeting parental expectations
Family pressure can be debilitating
for students. Parents may expect per
fection, or students may feel the need to
excel so that their parents might believe
the cost of their education is justified.
"My dad expects perfection. It was a
'bring one home for the Gipper' kind of
thing," Busch said.
The Counseling Center often sees
students who are feeling guilty about
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the financial burden they are putting on
their parents, Martin said. "Students
feel guilty because they are depriving
their parents of resources that they
would otherwise have."
Students may feel pressure to finish
up in four years or pressure to be per
fect while in school so that the money is
well spent. Martin said that students
needed to talk about these concerns to
their parents and not keep these anxi
eties inside.
"Even though my parents demand a
lot from me, I still know they just want
the best for me," Busch said.
Most students find a family away
from home once they become settled in
their dorm. "My friends are family. The
girl (who lives) below me acts like my
mother; she makes sure I do my home
work and eat balanced meals. If I need
to talk to someone about anything,
they're there," Corcoran said.
But family remains one of the most
appreciated aspects of students' lives.
"I value family life," Corcoran said.
"It's given me a lot of character and has
helped me with my moral judgments
and my values. Family is everything."
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with Mr. DeVitto (interim director of
public safety) to have a policeman there
just as a sign of force." '
Instead of the line of students moving
forward to get tickets, CAA members
will walk down the line of campers
distributing numbers, Frye said.
"We're going to walk down the line
and hand out numbers. People can stay
where they are. This will make it more
difficult for bad things to happen. We're
also going to meet with Mr. DeVitto
next week to discuss where students
should line up. The Smith Center's
official policy is no one can line up
before 6 a.m. If they decide to start
enforcing this, we may have to try to
line up students in the parking lot."
Wilkinson said they stopped dis
tributing numbers when the crowd
pinned the CAA members against the
wall. One of the members called the
police, who arrived within 10 minutes
to try to control the crowd.
The CAA planned to hand out
numbers early oniy for the Duke and
N.C. State games because of the number
of students they knew would be camp
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"It (early distribution) was merely
for the convenience of the students so
they could go home," Wilkinson said.
"I went down Saturday morning be
fore the football game. There were
about 10 people already down there.
They asked when the earliest distribu
tion would be. I said 12:01 is Sunday
morning."
Wilkinson said he thought that this
remark might have started the rumor of
numbers being distributed at midnight,
but that CAA members had already
decided earlier in the week to begin
distribution about midnight.
CAA members never expected the
chaos of Sunday morning, Wilkinson
said.
"The thing that surprised us is that
we've never had a problem like this,"
he said. "This is what the numbers
were supposed to prevent."
Sunday night, CAA members
walked along the line of students
waiting to pick up their tickets to get
suggestions from students for improv
ing the number distribution system.
"A lot of the things we'll do are
suggestions from students," Wilkin
son said. "We haven't gotten that many
negative comments. One girl said
someone really could have gotten hurt.
Fortunately, no one was hurt. Some
one else suggested we make the num
bers for the Duke game null and void."
But he said the CAA had decided to
let all numbers remain valid because it
would be unfair to the first 1 00 or 200
people who really had stood in line for
tickets; and. because redistributing
numbers would cause more problems.
Wilkinson said Sunday night's ticket
distribution went smoothly.
"It was real organized last night," he
said. "I talked Sunday with Mr. Elliott,
who's in charge of the Smith Center,
and he said that's such a thing you can
run into (the rush of students). To them,
we're in charge of distribution."
Frye said many students' opinions
Sunday night seemed to have changed
from the time of the incident.
"There are certainly people who
didn't get the tickets they deserve," she
said. "I don't think people are angry
because they think we tried to do
something unfair. Mostly I've received
constructive criticism."
Frye said she hoped anyone who
was upset would call her. "We're going
to do everything to make sure it doesn't
happen again."
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