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• Columnists • Their View ¦ Yourvkws COMMENT . . '7iow many of those battle deaths could have ' ¦ Their View been prevented, remains a subject of debate since wars often must be.fottght to prew" . independence and.fteedban. There is no debate, however, on the number Pt an. cjimnd u of tobacco-related deaths "that can be prevented - all of them. A major obstacle in establishing an inter- national affoit to reduce tobacco dimths. was. . spelled out in the WHO tepeat. Gavequtrerits r to tob : v t S . around the world collect more than $200 hit gr lion in tobacco taxes every year. Out,&all iv tkvk FlMeslYeNmxerklt2. those' revenues. the iepott'said less than:o$e fifth of L percent of that revenue is speni on he United States should wrbrle with, ft United Nations to-peas:tolaac¢I 'aon- tobacco control, proliferation treaties. That hcolil come %e no surprise to out- Amer! The World Heialth O rga~4ttion cans who have their restraign out estimates tobacop use will kill I•billion of they way to avoid .piacing placing restraints. on the I pa- tobacco mpanies that pump campaign dona- in the 21st-century unless gover tunenta'a ggre sivdly,curb'tke spread andttse.of ti ft ew Lions in, campaign coffers. Responsible In 1965,.cigar6M packages manufacturer! I w". ' in the United:states were mq*W to carry a imperative to prtrstietieadaa to ttie:. warning label that said: "G4gatatee antokurg of arms ands nuclear weapon fee' gte may be hazardiw's to your hesltlr' humanity. They ahattld make.,an:. In 1970, the waif labels'were.cbauged to effort to vanquish tobacco. products fur the say; "Me surgron'ge. p" has dereratitreil.that Sallie reason. cigarette' smoking is'eiat,+ous.to your }ieelth:' The WHO These warning lalsels'.vw a:boon to Ameri- Report on the can tobacco companies.'` j' Jae, bels were used Global Tobac- to prevail over lawsuits attempting to recover 13pidemic, damages for the death and asn stag caused by 2008, according Cigarette slcing: co to The Associ- Their uwAompts were warned, argued the ated Press, urges ell; tobacco coxupaaietr,. a4d7dsey. emoe'to ignore . nations to dramatically the warnings. increase efforts to,pro- Despite the lards of asaistanpo'ltom the . . vent young people from. nation's capital, lawststs.started gmug bit beginning your to smoke, kelp the tobacco industry: Cities steCea.atrR.basirim smokers quit and protect b leaders successfully pushed fbr laws. ordinance nonsmokers from: exposure es and rules that curbed smoking. n n secondhand smoke. In 2006, a federal 'judge ruled that tobacco Many people are willing ebmpanies have violated civil racketeering to accept hundreds-of thousands of needless. laws by conspiring for decades to,deceive the deaths annually when it comes to the usp of . . public about the dangers of their-product. tobacco but deeply'moutn only a fractign_ .of. A Harvard study. early this year concluded deaths sattaed•by tuilitaty aFdAri: thatcigacette'matets have'fot.years delilxa' Oww Though government' studies. estueagte:iliat make them rteamtore oreaddw addicttive.vb.' s:~.cigatittea.to ' 500,000 Americans die every year from'.tobac- co-related diseases, Cbn s refuses to give Congress still iefoses to give the FDA pow- er to regulate tobwoo pptodacts that are i ncrem- the Food and Drug Adnds. Mon. the Power to regulate tobacco pEoducxs. ingly being, marketed iq forma, eauuttilelr.: ` In a 16-month period, :mm Americans are U*-%'the Unlted Stelae waft • stitb.the killed by tobacco than all the cornbinod battle United Nations to co; htwl the sprea$ #nd' use of rte Civil War,. tobacco-prgducts Ott it apps tikely.. deaths that oce»rreatl„dtrgrlg. that tobacco. will people by 2100. World War I World War II and ttie Korean . " War, as well as the wars in Viem m,;Ptfg' *A- kowkmi Nethaway writes Cox Now SkrAx Stan and Iraq. The total battle deaths of those - wars come to 642,447,