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Dr. Stephen Gold wants all Durham Region residents to have a clean bill of health by the year 2000. That's why the acting medi- cal officer of health, along with the region's health and social services department and the Ontario Ministry of Health, are promoting Durham Project 2000. "The intention of Durham Project 2000 is to enlist the co- operation and support of all willing individuals and groups within Durham Region in a joint health promotion cam- paign to measurably improve, by the year 2000, the health status of the residents of Dur- ham Region," Dr. Gold said. One of the main concerns Dr. Gold has is the amount of health problems associated with tobacco and alcohol use. "On the surface of things, Durham Project 2000 may perceived simply as an attack on smokers and boozers, per- haps a poster campaign for oat bran cereal and stationary bicy- cles," Dr. Gold said. But getting the message that smoking and drinking are health hazards across to the publicis essential, he said. Some smokers take up the habit as an escape from intoler- able situations, Dr. Gold said. "An interesting study ob- Region's report shows councillors salaries, mileage (From page 1) + $1,038.79 in mileage expenses for a total of $22,538.79. Although she didn't place in the top three collectors, Ux- bridge Mayor Gerri Lynn - O'Connor collected the most in mileage expenses -- $1,618.31 which bumped her total monies collected t0 $20,618.31. Pickering Councillor Bev Morgan collected the most in conference expenses. She re- ceived $1,608.05 in that catego- ry for a grand total of $21,010.19. Scugog Councillor Yvonne Christie received $773.51 ($650 remuneration, $123.51 mile- age) for sitting on the Lake On- tario Conservation Authority. Mayor Hall received $772.93 in conference expenses for his seat on the Community Memo- rial Hospital board. COMPARE THE RATE! 165 QUEEN ST., PORT PERRY [ hl TB ERR TE Se TEEN "gg a served that the risk of a teenag- er smoking in the long term, correlated more with the school drop out rate than any other factor," he said. Peer pressure accounts for the highest influx of new 8mok- ers. "For most individuals, high risk habits become addictions innocently taken on during the teenage years -- a time of life when we are easily influenced by peers and concerned more for the experience of the mo- ment than the preparation of the future," Dr. Gold said. A case in point is Claude Parker, a patient of Dr. Golds'. He described Mr. Parker as "a very lucky man" and "a credit to our current health care sys- tem." Mr. Parker started smoking when he was 16 and growing up in the Maritimes. He moved to Durham Region when he was 20 and worked for General Mo- tors. i But in 1986, at the age of 56, Mr. Parker had a heart attack. He spent weeks in a hospital convalescing. That wasn't to be the end of Mr. Parker's problems. In 1987 he started to suffer from a sore throat and he had trouble swol- lowing. He was diagnosed as having cancer of the larnyx. Today he speaks with the use of a mecha- nism that works off the vibra- tions of his throat. "I was 16 when I started smoking," said Mr. Parker, who confessed to enjoying up to four packages of cigarettes a day. "Like the other teenagers, I didn't know the consequences. I'd tell the young people to nev- er start because I've been there and I know what can happen." Smokers have a 16 per cent greater chance of developing cancer of the larnyx than non- smokers. But that isn't the only health risk associated to the harmful weed. According to statistics from the Ontario Interagency Coun- cil on Smoking and Health, to- bacco use accounts for 90 per cent of all circulatory diseases, chronic bronchitis and emphy- sema; 80 per cent of all lung cancer; 50 per cent of pancreat- ic cancer deaths; and 30 per cent of all heart attacks. Smokers also increase their chances of getting bladder and PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, February 27, 1990 -- 3 kidney cancer by 31 per cent in women, and 40 per cent in men. Thirty-four per cent of Dur- ham residents smoke, Dr. Gold said. That includes 6.3 per cent of students in Grade 7 and 23 per cent of Grade 10 students. In an 11-year span, 37 per cent of females who died, passed away due to heart dis- ease, breast cancer and genito- uritary system problems, while 59 per cent of males died of heart disease, and cancer of the Project 2000 looks for healthier tomorrow trachea, lung, bronchus and di- gestive organs. Dr. Gold said many of these deaths could have been pre- vented. A 1987 survey of over 4,000 Ontario students in Grades 7, 9, 11, and 13 revealed that most students who smoke also drink alcohol, Dr. Gold said. In 1987, 54 per cent of traffic accidents in Durham Region re- (Turn to page 4) Scugog to pay $624,643 interim taxes to Region The eight local municipali- ties have until tomorrow (Wednesday) to pay the first portion of an interim regional levy. The region will collect over $15-million from the munici- palities tomorrow and an addi- tion $15-million on April 30. By doing so, the region will not have to borrow any money prior to the adoption of the 1990 an- nual budget. The early payment will be subtracted from the 1990 net regional levy. Scugog will pay the region $624,643 -- a sum equal to 25 per cent of last years' net re- gional levy -- on both due dates. The township's 1989 net region- allevy was $2,498,573. Brock Township will pay an interim levy of $347,384 -- the least of any municipality -- while Oshawa will hand over the most money. 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