['Mr.', 'John', 'Pinney', '(Institute', 'for', 'the', 'Study', 'of', 'Smoking', 'Behaviour', 'and', 'Policy,', 'Harvard', 'University,', 'U.S.A.)', 'opened', 'a', 'session', 'on', '"Public', 'Policies"', 'by', 'addressing', '"The', 'Rights', 'and', 'Responsibilities', 'of', 'Smokers', 'and', 'Nonsmokers".', 'According', 'to', 'Pinney,', 'the', '"unborn', 'non-smoker"', 'has', 'a', 'right', 'to', 'a', 'smoke-free', 'environment', 'in', 'utero', 'and', 'post-partum.', 'He', 'submitted', 'that', 'in', 'the', 'near', 'future,', 'offspring', 'of', 'smoking', 'mothers', 'may', 'have', 'legal', 'cause', 'for', 'action,', 'if', 'not', 'against', 'their', 'own', 'parents,', 'then', '"certainly"', 'against', 'tobacco', 'companies', 'for', 'the', '"deleterious', 'effects', 'they', 'suffered', 'as', 'a', 'result', 'of', 'smoking', 'during', 'pregnancy".', 'Women', 'have', 'the', 'right', 'to', 'the', 'best', 'possible', 'assistance', 'in', 'quitting,', 'especially', 'when', 'pregnant,', 'Pinney', 'continued.', 'The', 'idea', 'that', 'the', 'costs', 'of', 'smoking-cessation', 'services', 'are', 'not', 'a', 'deductible', 'medical', 'expense', 'in', 'the', 'U.S.A.', 'is', 'to', 'Pinney', '"a', 'barbaric', 'reflection', 'of', 'the', 'power', 'of', 'the', 'tobacco', 'lobby', 'to', 'influence', 'the', 'Internal', 'Revenue', 'Service,', 'which', 'has', 'ruled', 'that".', 'Men', 'who', 'smoke', 'have', 'a', '"enormous"', 'responsibility', 'to', 'assist', 'their', 'smoking', 'spouses', 'by', 'quitting', 'themselves', 'and', 'to', 'protect', 'the', 'health', 'of', 'their', 'children', 'by', 'eliminating', 'smoking', 'in', 'the', 'home.', '‘Pinney', 'went', 'on', 'to', 'say', 'that', 'women', 'have', 'a', 'responsibility', 'to', 'themselves', 'to', 'recognize', 'that', 'they', 'have', 'been', 'and', 'are', 'being', '"exploited"', 'by', 'cigarette', 'manufacturers.', 'Women', 'have', 'the', 'right', 'to', 'a', 'free', 'choice', 'about', 'what', 'they', 'do', 'with', 'their', 'bodies', 'and', 'their', 'lives,', 'including', 'the', 'choice', 'to', 'smoke,', 'but', 'they', 'should', 'have', 'full', 'and', 'accurate', 'information+:on', 'which', 'to', 'base', 'their', 'decisions,', 'according', 'to', 'Pinney.', 'Mr.', 'Gerry', "Oster's", 'preliminary', 'estimates', 'on', '"The', 'Economics', 'of', 'Smoking', 'and', 'Reproductive', 'Health"', 'concluded', 'that', 'the', 'total', 'cost', 'to', 'Americans', 'for', 'intensive', 'care', 'of', 'babies', 'born', 'too', 'small', 'because', 'their', 'mothers', 'smoked', 'during', 'pregnancy', 'was', 'USS', '152', 'million', 'a', 'year.', 'Oster', 'said', 'maternal', 'smoking', 'is', 'responsible', 'for', 'five', 'per', 'cent', 'of', 'the', 'total', 'annual', 'cost', 'of', 'neonatal', 'intensive', 'care', 'in', 'this', 'country.', 'According', 'to', 'his', 'calculations,', 'neonatal', 'care', 'for', 'those', 'infants', 'born', 'to', 'mothers', 'who', 'smoke', 'averages', 'US$', '170', 'more', 'than', 'that', 'for', 'infants', 'with', 'non-smoking', 'mothers.', 'Former', 'Federal', 'Trade', 'Commissioner', 'Michael', 'Pertschuk,', '(The', 'Advocacy', 'Institute,', 'Washington,', 'D.C.)', 'discussing', '"Strategies', 'and', 'Tactics,"', 'was', 'the', 'final', 'speaker', 'in', 'the', '"Public', 'Policies"', 'session.', 'He', 'said', 'a', 'major', 'front', 'should', 'be', 'in', 'the', 'area', 'of', 'eliminating', 'cigarette', 'advertising', 'and', 'promotion.', 'The', 'audience', 'was', 'urged', 'to', 'become', 'actively', 'involved', 'in', 'pressing', 'for', 'smoking-control', 'laws', 'in', 'public', 'places.', 'Pertschuk', 'also', 'encouraged', 'the', 'group', 'to', 'challenge', 'the', 'legitimacy', 'of', 'tobacco', 'companies.', '"So', 'long', 'as', 'cigarette', 'companies', 'seek', 'affirmatively', 'to', 'stimulate', 'and', 'expand', 'the', 'sale', 'of', 'cigarettes,', 'they', 'do', 'not', 'belong', 'in', 'the', 'company', 'of', 'civilized', 'institutions,"', 'he', 'remarked.', 'CONFIDENTIAL:', 'TIMN', '281671', 'MINNESOTA', 'TOBACCO', 'LITIGATION', 'ieee', 'tenis']