] Date: June 2, 1997 Source: Waco TribuneHerald/Editorials Contact: On 'heroin chic' President Clinton properly used the bully pulpit of his office to denounce the fashion industry's use of "heroin chic" to sell clothes and other products. He was referring to advertising that features young anorexic models who appear druggedout in upscale advertising known as "junkie layouts." The style was started by a young fashion photographer who recently suffered a heroinrelated death. "It's not beautiful, it's ugly," Clinton said. He's right, glorifying drug addiction and the death it brings "is not good for any society." Clinton could have added, however, that the number of deaths attributed to heroin and other illegal drugs is but a drop in the bucket compared to the 400,000 annual deaths attributed to smoking by Americans addicted to the drug nicotine. << end of editorial>>