WEATHER: Mainly cloudy, with ocasional sunny breaks, cooler temperatures. ONLY A smoker can tell you about the good feeling that comes from the’ newspaper picture of the guy who has just turned 106 and claims to‘smoke a pack and a half a day. My MARK HAMILTON But a pleasant young Jady did a lot to wipe out that feeling for this smoker — and a couple of dozen others —' at Park Royal Mall Wed- nesday. The occasion was Cold Turkey Day, B.C.’s an- _ nual quit-smoking” cam- paign. The young lady + was Pam Klassen. Klassen spent the day preparing smokers’ pro- files, computer print-outs that personalize the risk factors connected with smoking. ‘Through the day, Klassen and the others manning the booth com- pleted two dozen smok- ‘ers’ profiles and handed out pamphiets on the ef- fects of smoking to dozens more. And while the effort was mounted by a church group, those on hand were interested in saving bodies, not souls. My profile started with the news that my life ex- pectancy has been cut by 8.1 years because of a 16-year, two-pack-a-day habit and went downhill from there. ‘We're concerned about our friends, neighbors and loved ones who smoke,’’ says Klassen in explaining why the Adventist Health Centre, an off-shoot of the Seventh Day Adven- tist Church, was doing the profiles. ‘*We want to help people make healthy life choices."’ I knew my choices weren't healthy when Klassen ripped my profile from the computer print- PEACE:A10 Crossfire over the issue of the municipal role in peace. er and said ‘‘Oh-oh, you’re not going to like this.” Among the statistical probabilities, based on my smoking habits and the 1983 report on smok- ing by the United States Surgeon General, is the 1,776 per cent higher risk of lung cancer I run than a non-smoker. [m not HOMES:BI This week’s feature home and a look at whai’s on A3 - Friday, January 18, 1985 - North Shere News ENTERTAINMENT: Your complete guide to what's going on in the market. entirely sure where my pharynx is, but according to the statisics, | stand a 2,100 per cent higher risk of developing cancer there. As if the cancer risks aren't bad enough, the increased risk of respira- tory disease runs from 52 per cent to 22! per cent, | am 419 per cent more theatres, clubs and cabarets is on Al3. “Caring group’ dispenses bad news in print-outs likely to develop cirrhosis and my risk of catching the flu or pneumonia is 478 per cent greater than a non-smoker. The good news Klassen was dispensing was the availubility of programs to help stop smoking, ranging from the church's own Five-Day Plan to the B.C. Lung Association's NEWS photo Terry Peters PAM KLASSEN, in background, prepares to load responses to questionaire into computer for preparation of smoker's profile. See accompy2ying article. Operation Kick-It. ‘Most smokers are well aware of the health risks they face in a general way,’’ says Klassen. ‘*These smokers’ profiles help to bring that message across in a much more personal way.”’ A little shaken by my results, 1 could only agree. Bob Hunter........A4 Clssified........A16 Crossfire.........AT0 Doug Collins.......A8 Homes...........B] Mailbox..........A7 Movies..........A14 Scene Changes... .A13 Table Hopping... .A14 TV Times........A15 THERE’S a couple roaming the North Vancouver. They’re young, .they’re well- dressed’ and polite. And, says North Van- couver RCMP, they’re thieves. The couple has so far found three victims for a scam that involves stealing automatic teller bank cards and then learning the owner's bank card number by impersonating bank of- ficials. All three victims have been employees of small businesses located on Lonsdale in North Van- couver. The couple enters the store and asks if one of them can use the washroom. When that person disappears into the rear area of the store, the other member of the team keeps the sales clerk oc- cupied, allowing time for purses or wallets kept in back rooms to be rifled and the bank card removed. One member of the team, posing as a bank employee, will later telephone the clerk and say that the stolen card has been recovered. They then ask for the clerk's con- fidential bank card in order to ensure that they are talk- ing to the right person. Once the thieves have the bank card number in hand, they can loot the unsuspec- ting clerk’s account through the automatic teller. Police describe the couple as an ‘‘extremely attractive’ male, five feet, nine inches tall, with a medium build. He has dark curly hair,and a well-dressed woman, five fect, four inches, weighing 110 pounds, with short blonde hair. Both are well- dressed and clean cut, police say.