Thursday, October 21. 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A • Page 5
Peer pressure, alcohol contribute to smoking
Continued from page 1A
Some smokers don't even like to smoke, but they find they can't quit once they are hooked. A pack-a-day costs about $1,000 a year. Photo by Matt J.
Daugherty/KANSAN
generally smoke more when drinking.
"Some people say it's like second nature to pick up a cigarette when they're drinking," Francis said. "They say it tastes better, and their inhibitions are lowered as well."
Wade said Walters' sentiment was a common one.
Cody Walters, Onaga sophomore, said that he had seen all of his friends smoke at least once but that at least 75 percent were regular smokers. He admitted he smoked more when drinking alcohol.
"Your body just feels like it needs one more when you're drinking," Walters said.
"I think a piece of it is the associations one has when one drinks." Wade said. "Certain activities are just paired, and with smoking, it's that kind of thing."
The force of habit
The irony for some smokers is that they don't really like smoking. it's just a habit they can't or won't break.
"Once in a while after a meal I have a really good cigarette." Walters said. "Most of the time they're not that good."
But lack of pleasure has not prevented Walters from paying for his pack-a-day habit, which amounts to more than $21 a week or about $1,100 a year.
Francis said more than just an addiction to nicotine contributed to why people continued smoking despite health risks.
"People enjoy the task of smoking," she said. "When people quit, the things they say they miss are lighting the cigarette, holding the cigarette and smoking while drinking a beer."
Just last year, Walters quit smoking. His body lost its hourly itch for nicotine for a time, but he starting smoking again two months later.
The power of biology
The U.S. Surgeon General released a report last year detailing the differences between the incidence of smoking and smoking-related deaths across cultural lines. The report stated that Native Americans and Alaska Natives had the highest prevalence of tobacco use — nearly 40 percent of adults smoke compared with 25 percent in the general population.
Mike Tosee, an instructor at Haskell Indian Nations University, said it made sense for more minorities to be smokers.
"People smoke for various reasons, one of which is stress." Tosse said. "When you look at minorities in terms of economics, more minorities are in poverty, which causes stress."
However, Tosee said he did not see that statistic mirrored on
Haskell's campus although tobacco was considered an important part of some tribal ceremonial events.
"What I see on our campus of 800 students, I don't think it's that high." Tosee said. "But this campus is a sample of 150 different tribes, so I don't know if that's a good sample or not."
According to the Lung Cancer Awareness Campaign, lung cancer is the leading cancer killer of women, and women will account for more than half of the lung cancers diagnoses in the United States this year.
Whatever the reason for starting to smoke, one thing is clear: once hooked, little will deter a smoker from continuing.
Take Walters as an example. For him, cigarettes have become a way of life. Although smoking-related illness has hit close to home — his grandmother has to wear an oxygen tube in her nose and carry a bottle of oxygen with her — Walters said he had no plans to quit.
Festival offers American viewers an alternative form of animation
- Edited by Kelly Closen
By Erinn R. Barcomb
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The Center for East Asian Studies Amine Festival has given American audiences a taste of animation that goes beyond the normal Saturday morning fare.
The festival, scheduled for every Thursday in October, will continue with a showing of Princess Mononoke by Miyazaki Hayao at 5 p.m. today at 308 Dyche Hall.
Elaine Gerbert, associate professor of East Asian languages and culture, said about 20 people came to the two previous showings. Those two films had English subtitles but Princess Mononoke will not.
Although she said the visuals were spectacular, Gerbert recommended that viewers reviewed the
synopsis posted on the Internet at nausicaa.net/miyaazaki/mlh/synopsis/page1.htm, to better understand the film.
Michiko Ito, a librarian at the East Asian Library in Watson Library, is a huge fan of anime. The Japanese art of animation deals with adult themes that most American cartoons do not, she said.
"Anime is more mature tense," it said. "American animation tends to focus on children. Japanese anime is at a high school or adult level."
The subjects of the other films included a story about Japanese children during war and a tale of badger-dogs fighting for the environmental rights of the mountain they inhabit.
Gerbert said although the films were a part of Japanese popular culture, they still had thought-pro
voking themes.
Part of the allure of watching anime is the visual details. It said that watching American cartoons was like looking at a picture, while watching anime was more like looking at real life.
"The subject matter is very serious," Gerbert said. "We're trying to awaken interest in Japanese culture."
Karen Mack, graduate student in Japanese art history, is an anime fan. She said she especially liked visual artistry that was more detailed than American cartoons.
"It's of a sophistication not seen in American cartoons," Mack said. "It's a fun way to gain insight into Japanese culture."
The final showing of the festival will be Oct. 28.
Edited by Clare McLellan
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