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inareg plm.W IZ. THE TENNESSEAN 3 1-440 First Public 'imderwamecT about smoking: MD part I I smoking, Harkin replied, "Certainly. I know the most serious is smoking. I don't have to know anything more." Harkin also said the disease usually is progressive and that Roysdon probably developed it over many years. Roysdon's attorneys must prove the cigarettes are harmful and defective and that his claimed addiction kept him from responsible decision-making when taking up the habit KRISTI UMBRETT route Downtown Nashville TOFWEVOUR CLASSIFIED 254-1031 All around the house, Fella Windows, Doors and Skjtfghtei are easy to live with.

of 1-440 opens today Idea came 30 years ago ROBERT SHERBORNE Staff Writer Almost 30 years after it was first conceived, the first of two stretches of Interstate 440 will be officially opened this morning, linking Interstate 24 east to Interstate 65 south of downtown. The second stretch of 1-440, linking 1-65 south to Interstate 40 west of downtown should be completed in about a year. 1 "With any luck, we hope to open that stretch about this same time next year," said Vicki Keeton, director of information for the state Department of Transportation. Gov. Lamar Alexander, Mayor Richard Fulton, members of the Metro Council, state transporation officials and a variety of legislators have been invited to today's 9 am ribbon-cutting ceremony, which will take place at the Lyle Avenue interstate bridge.

1-440, which was delayed by community groups opposing it and a protracted court battle, is designed to relieve traffic congestion on the inner loop of interstate highway south of downtown. "The 7.1-mile 1-440 loop is the most expensive stretch of roadway in the state, with total costs reaching $178.3 million, Keeton said. That figure includes engineering costs, the cost of acquiring the right-of-way and construction costs. The 2.5-mile stretch opening today cost $69.6 million, Keeton said, while the stretch connecting 1-65 to 1-40 cost is expected to cost $108.7 million. you're less likely.

That's a fact" Harkin told the six-member jury of non-smokers that smoking causes small blood vessels to constrict hampering blood circulation to the limbs. Roysdon suffered the disease and blamed it on his smoking, he said. The physician said that while scientists do not know exactly how smoking byproducts such as nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide enter the blood vessels to cause the disease, evidence consistently links the two. RJ. Reynolds has said there is no conclusive proof that smoking causes atherosclerosis.

The company's attorneys attacked Harkin's claim that Roysdon's vascular problems were caused by smoking and suggested the doctor was not privy to enough medical information about the man to make that diagnosis. "Have you seen the patient or talked to him or any of his doctors?" asked Robert Campbell, RJ. Reynolds attorney. Harkin said he had not "Isn't atherosclerosis associated with many risk Campbell continued, citing diabetes excessive drinking of alcohol, heredity, obesity and consumption of caffeine. But Harkin said Roysdon did not have diabetes and was not overweight He said the factors mentioned by Campbell could play a part in the circulatory disease, but claimed the attorney was "muddying the water" in the case.

When asked if he had explored Roysdon's symptoms before deter-' mining he had atherosclerosis due to The Associated Press KNOXVILLE The public has been for decades about a link between smoking and circulatory disease, a cardiovascular surgeon testified yesterday in a $55 million cigarette liability suit "At least by 1951 1 realized there was a connection between smoking and hardening of the peripheral blood vessels," said Dr. Dwight Harkin, surgeon emeritus at Harvard Surgical Medical Service. "With respect to peripheral vascular disease, the public has been undernamed," he said. Harkin's testimony came in the third day of Floyd Roysdon's lawsuit against RJ. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Roysdon, 51, of Oneida, claims he lost his left leg in 1983 because of a vascular disease called atherosclerosis, which he blamed on smoking Winston and Camel cigarettes since he was 13. The trial and a similar one in California are capturing attention because a win by the plaintiffs could trigger an additional wave of lawsuits. Harkin said studies have shown that cigarette smokers have a defective ratio of certain natural blood proteins that, when in balance, help keep fats from collecting in blood vessels and causing circulatory disease. He also said most of the public know too little about the relationship between smoking and the disease, although doctors have linked the two for decades. "We know that if you smoke, you get atherosclerosis and if you don't, Almost from its inception, the 1-440 loop has been beset by problems.

Community groups opposed Its location and the increased noise it will create in neighborhoods through which it passes. To reduce noise levels, transportation officials agreed to build part of the highyway below ground level. Once construction started, several other problems arose. It was discovered, for example, that some overpasses built several years ago were too narrow and had to be torn down so wider ones could be constructed. Thousands of hairline cracks were then discovered in interchanges at 1-24 and 1-65, and the cracks had be filled with epoxy cement 1-440 is the last stretch of incompleted interstate highway in Tennessee.

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