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Beaver said she does not believe that the Bow-Lingual device is accurate in its transla tion of dog barks. “It probably gets into the general emotional framework, but putting words to the bark is strictly anthropomorphic,” Beaver said. “The phrases 1 have seen associated with the device would not be considered appro priate ‘dog translations.’” Keith Wyly, a freshman civil engineering major, agrees with Beaver’s analysis of Bow- Lingual. "1 think that the translator is a clever idea, but is probably not accurate,” Wyly said. “(Although) it is a good gim mick to keep kids entertained.” Still, other people remain optimistic about the accuracy of the new dog-translating device. “1 am not 100 percent con vinced (that Bow-Lingual is accurate), but I think that there is a strong possibility,” Etchison said. “Technology advanced now that it ^ shock me.” The Bow-Lingual Translator may offer insight into the thoii!! humans’ canine skeptics concur, dogs still remain a people will never I to figure out exactly^ dog’s bark means. Anti-tobacco program results ii decreased incidents of smoking By Paul Recer THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — In 17 states that participated in a $128 million government program to discourage tobacco, the preva lence of smoking dropped nearly a per centage point faster than in the rest of the country, a study found. If the anti-tobacco program was used in all states and the District of Columbia it could reduce the number of smokers by about 278,700, said Frances A. Stillman, the first author of the study appearing Wednesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The study evaluated the effect of an eight-year demonstration project called American Stop Smoking Intervention Study, or ASSIST, that was sponsored by NCI. The anti-smoking project trained local advocacy groups to lobby for passage of higher cigarette excise taxes and to pro mote regulations for smoke-free environ ments. The program also mounted a pub lic relations effort to counter an estimated $47 billion spent by industry to market tobacco products during the study period and included efforts to limit underage access to tobacco. States included in the study were Colorado. Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York. North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina. Virginia, West Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. At $128 million, the program spent about $1.2(H) for each smoker who kicked the habit. Elizabeth A. Gillian, a University of California. San Diego, researcher and a co-author of the study, called that cost “a real bargain.” “Most smoking cessation programs will spend that (for each smoker),” said Gillian. “That’s just for a few hours of a counselor's time. When you think about what you save in health care costs, $1,200 is a real bargain.” Studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that ciga rette smoking is responsible for more that 440.000 deaths a year in the United States. Smoking has been linked to heart disease, emphysema and other respiratory system diseases, stroke and a number of different types of cancer. To evaluate the impact of ASSIST, researchers used industry cigarette sales figures and tobacco use surveys that showed that smoking decreased national ly by 2.41 percentage points during the eight-year period. In the 17 states where the ASSIST pro gram was in action, the percentage of smok ers dropped by 3.02 percentage points dur ing the eight years, compared to a decline of only 2.11 percentage points in the other 33 states and the District of Columbia. By THE . During the eight years of the ASSS program, smoking among all the I population dropped from 24.67perce: 22.26 percent; in the 17 states, it drop; from 25.19 percent to 22.17 perceitt in the rest of the country, it declined:' QXF( ; l percent to 22.30 poocH .eslie's Stillman said the 17 states inci*Jniversi some that already had strong at ing programs and some that didn't. She said the results showed that" can reduce smoking prevalence an enormous health and economic buri: smoking if they put in place proveij grams and policies.” The impact of the program been blunted somewhat by thi industry. Stillman said the Federalli Commission estimates that the aid Let spent about S47 billion promoting ft hares t <> pn’ducts nationally during the pci indent of the ASSIST program. Jennifer Golisch, a spokeswoman Philip Morris USA, Inc., the nai v ait for largest tobacco company, wouldt menl on the study. She said hercompi 1 genom now spends $100 million a year to courage underage smoking. 1999, she said, the company reduce; cigarette ads in magazines by 50pei Golisch said Philip Morris alsosupp regulation of smoking in public and favors regulation of the t industry by the Food and Administration. 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Schreier in Sioux Falls, S.D., where one of the origi nal complaints was filed. Central States sold policies guaranteed renewable for life that said the company would pay for chemotherapy, radiation “Kid with an azor. N ■on W( treatments, immunotherapy surgery and some travel expeflandle t needed to get treatment, the lawsuit said. Policyholders who developed cancer found that Cd States used such a narrow interpretation of the guage that most of their bills were excluded, said att#lectron Michael Abourezk of Rapid City, S.D. 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