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. BROWi 8E R'ILLIA2~IS01 TOBACCO CORpORATIO~ /!i,+) t1i.., IIr11 Rlrr.'l , /' (, l ERNEST PEPPLES SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT-LAW AND GENERAL COUNSEL October 29, 1980 Dr. William Gardner The Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc. 110 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022 Dear Dr. Gardner: TEIE/+NO^+CS t502) 774-7a7g 1502) 774-7 0 1 1 In case you have not already seen it, here is a copy of an article on ischemic heart disease. The author traces a remarkable increase in ischemic heart disease in the U.S. from 1920 to 1950 and then a 30-year decline of practically the same slope. He finds the improvement affecting all age groups. He says that although cigarette smoking comes closest to explaining the sharp curves up and down, it really does not satisfactorily account for this phenomenon. For example, the author points out that California reached the peak of ischemic heart disease fully 10 years before the rest of the country. The author seems to be looking for a single cause not yet identified. I very much enjoyed your report and that of Dr. Hockett at the meeting of the CTR Executive Committee on October 27. All good wishes. 01111414 EP/dlb Cordially, Enclosure (The Rise and Fall of Ischemic Heart Disease by Reuel A. Stallones, Scientific American, November 1980) cc: ~r. Robert Hockett ,/Mr. W. T. Hoyt