P485ORACLE 485 Mon13 Jan C4 1710:41  1/4         NATIONAL NO-SMOKING DAY - 12th MARCH If you're still addicted to the dreaded weed, put a ring around March 12th in your diary, as that's when natignwide, smokers will be trying to give up. More news of events planned for National No-Smoking day, will be released soon, but in the meantime the Health Education Council, has launched a strong attack on the tobacco industry According to the council, the tgbacco industry is trying to stifle the anti- smoking message, by barring companies employed by them for working for the campaign as happened recently with "Research Services Ltd". more Home File Index 480 Babycare 486

P485ORACLE 485 Mon13 Jan C4 1714:27  2/4         DISSUADING CHILDREN FROM SMOKING... The British Medical Associatign has asked stores to reconsider their policy on selling children's books and toys featuring cigarette adverts. And in Liverpool there's a strgng campaign by the council to eradicate smoking in local schools and dissuade council staff from smoking too. This reflects the worldwide anti- smoking crackdown, which is strgngest in the USA where many firms now insist that employees smoke outside wgrking hours. more follows > Home File Index 480 Babycare 486 GET FIT & STAY FIT AT LONSDALE 492

P485ORACLE 485 Mon13 Jan C4 9728:52  3/4         BREAST CANCER - HERBAL CURE?.. Researchers at the Welsh School of Pharmacy believe there may be something in the traditional Chinese method fgr treating breast cancer using the hera - "Scutellaria macrantha". From the same family as the lavender plant, the herb contains compounds known as flavonids, which inhibit the the production of female hormones, believed to be involved in the development of breast cancer. Work will now begin on investigating and developing synthetic flavonids. ome File Index 480 Babycare 486 WORK OUT IN STYLE AT LONSDALE 492

P485ORACLE 485 Mon13 Jan C4 1725:00  4/4         FREEZE CURE FOR TOES..... Gone are the days when you had to hobble around, foot swathed in bandages simply because you'd had the "treatment" for an ingrowing toe nail. Now you don't have to have all or part of the nail removed, you can simply have it "frozen". A quick spray with liquid nitrogen and the inflamed tissue is instantly destroyed, easing the pain and leaving no scars. The main cause of in- growing toe nails Ill-fitting fashion shoes! more follows > Home File Index 480 Babycare 486 GET FIT & STAY FIT AT LONSDALE 492