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.ihook,- Hardy, Oft1~.~a~, Mitc~ell for Joseph F. Cul!man 3rd, • of -the...Board,.: Philip Morris .......:_,, . :igaret~e idustry re.cognizes- its -respons ~'-~ '.o the Ame~.ican ~eop!e. :.It is~nxious to seek the a~s~!~ • .- q~estion"Of .whether-cigarettes are in fact the causei~.. ! .h~mn..~sease~ -~It is unfortunate ~hat emotional propa ~nd~ 'against ::digaret~es has been perraitted to .~upp~ess). ~cientific ~.:in~l~iry and :proof. ----As a result , ".instead of the~search fo~-~he._true causes of some dise~se~ to be statistically associated with c~garette smokzn ~earchers have accepted ~.~thout investigation ~he contention ;hat cigarettesare the principal cause and, therefore,- .~ ::Cdeclined ~o devote their valuable time to research dir~e~fid . needed for --."~:~-]).".:~-;~:~.~)at dete~ining the causes of the~e diseases.- Funds ~.~i?,~]~:~~?.~'i~?~important work have been diverted .to ot~er uses. ,i..'_.-'L~ ..... -1~..,':~i~- -. ;-..- .Whe truth of ~he matte~ ~s th~s...~.,~:~.~:~ •. ...... ~.E~... :"- ~.-.-~:..-/~-A host of factors ~s under suspicion as con- -"-"-'~"- . ~-- tributin~ to thos~ diseases which appear to be - ~. ... : .,-.-..--~.~-:.-~tat~st~cally associated .w~th c~.garette smo -~:~-~ " ... -, ~-.. ~.. .-." . "~ ..,~ ~ng. ~hese include air p011utauts, hereditary " ~_" .~l ,. ~ - .... ~- . and constitutio~l factors previou~ lung damage; -": _- --.- ., ~'~ ". and others. ' -~. ~ -~ 1: ' ' " : ... , -:,~: ~'~~'~-:~.".~". ., .... " .~! . . . =.. , - ..... . .. - .,,...-. ...... . ,( " .... ~" ' -.-"" ~'" ..._ .. . . susp c oa on c gare te allegedly show an.association between cila~ette • .~,::~:~.C~.~.':~--..~"~::.~.-~~."~"..~:~:.~.~:"."~smoRi~g and c.er~a~n' diseases,.- Every one of .~hese . :~.. .... ., studies is subject to criticis~ On a purely .... " ....... '-"=-~ .... '"D:"# ])-- -..~ i. methods employed and inferences drawa from the statistics. ~ .~."~ --. ' ~- " . ~" " ~- ".~-:"--- ;"0~[~.~~:- .,'..., ',-~-.~o',L-, .... -..:~, ._.... ... ........ .:._... -~.-.-,~. :...~-2~-%.'-.- ~? :.~- "Even valid statistical associat~.o~s can b~ly ....• . -~;"~':"...: .... .... "/:". point" the finger of suspicion -- .... • ~"-~- - '-" .. prove cause and effect. -Cause and effect can only be proved by ~ g th~ [ngredien~ bY .~.~ta~cn -~ an~ the meehan~smb~ " "-- ~- ~ ~e o~ ~h~ alle~ed ha~m~uJ effects of ...- .... . ~&; ~ ~-~ ~ -- ~ _ " _ . .- ~ . - .... ... " e~arette smo~<mng, tremendous researcn .... • -.- '. hav~ never b~en able to demonstraue emther =ny ,~.~ " • --. ~.. " •~ A'ent or any mechan~s~ n=~dad to show-that.~ ..,. , ......... . ..... _ .,,... ...., • .. . . ., .. , .....

: .-.. .. £heory that. cigarettes cause disease, i'llFor exam Human-£ype"lung"canc4r haS':never been produei the lungs of experimental animals, by inhalation .....• -~-.,:""~",,,,..: ..~.. ,: cigarette smoke, but has been produced experi~. lly by inhalation of other suspected a I countries ~,ith lower per capita,con~ cigarettes than the United States have highe' " Lity. rates from. lung cancer than doesthe Stat~s "- -:- • " 10% to 2'0%.of lung cancer in men oceu'rs mn non- ~ and is indistinguishable from a .similar~'cancer: " 7The age~of peak incidence of lung cancer , .~ :-~...;..[>-~:: ........ ~..:>?:a~out sixty years, regardless of whether or , - .~"~'.~- . - .the n~ber of men smoking, the gap between male . ~"-." .? .... :~.,~2:~ .<~.~.~.~female lung cancer death rate has actually widened ". - ~:~-~"~ ~,:"$-::"- " ~ ~ There are now about six cases of male lung cancer -: :~ , -.~T"-:"!~:-~~.(~~.."~-:~ .~-: ~ to each case of female lung cancerS while in 1930 • - -..~". ...... ~- -- .- .... ,-there was little difference. ...-..-:~...,<.~.,~.-.-~.:....~. ~~ Suspected ingredients in cigarette smoke. ..... , ....... -~<.. .- Studie9 have sho~,m a greater frequency of heart .; --:..--- .~:.~ ':~:;,--~-..:.'~.~ no difference-between the smoking t~,ins and the non~-., . . ...- .. :~>~.:~k ~ :~.~..?~<7-~. - Cigarette .smoking did.not exist when chronic .... . ,~-~~-.~.~..-.."~. j" ~:.~~.-~~- ." ~ronchit~.s and emphysema were first recognized. .- _.:.-,...~ :.......-.. /' . Both diseases ocaur in non-smo!<ers, and the cadse ......,~.:. " .. ':,--..~ of emphysema .is adnittedly not actually, knob,m,. .-...:. ~ - even by n~any of t~ose who publicly blame cigarette~.: . . - Many of those-who publicly c0~demn ciRarette.s " " " ' " con~e,d,e tha,t ~here is an, ab~en,ce of proof ~o sho~.~ ". - " .. " that cigarette s~oking causes h=art ~iseas= ..... . ..... . • . ~, . .. .- .... . The Surgeo~ ~en._~al s Advxsorv Con~mxttee rn~~ .- . - ~ that n_co , ~ o.,~ not r D . ~m ortan~ health ~azar~ et • ... .... <:-. .... " .~... P , y the publ~c has been

..... . . -:?: invest~ga~ozs who dis~-.,oree wish the theory that smo,<ing: c~uses' . .disease...:-The~e have been either ignored or belittled.