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'SA~ FR~CISCO Elects Smoker .-'Too Old to Quit' Dr. Norman K Welch, alin m~itdne, a~d to prevmtI Another ..................I I ~ b~g adv~ c~ p~sideg Of ~e ~ ~eular ~t ~ ~ ~ M~ ~flon. t h e n e w Bi~M~ ~ lie succeeded Dr. Edward Ae.nls of Miami. Doctor Welch was epeaber of the AMA'e gates for four yeurs beln~ u~med president.eleot Inn ~,ar at Atlmtle Cit~. The AI~IA's "bardust goals m~t be to keep doctors and the public Infor~ed of the trenendous advances search InsUtute which is to be completed uest year. One of its first studies will be explore what factm in ~ipret smoke produce c • ! ! cbuage a~d. aceo~llng to ~ive etathUc~] evidence. "lu~ cancer. Doctor Welch, at 61, Is a ~garet smoker but says sim- ply °Tin too aid to unit." San Frane£soo~ Ce~Aforn~a I oba¢¢omen Defended by AMA Man The t~.,ent ly r e t | r e d p|~sldent of the American Medical .~...soc~tion came to th~ defe~ of ~e tohac- t¢ Indust~" In ~e ~n~r contmwrsy y~t~y. D~s anyone m~ly ~,nk duswy w~t ~ ma~ o~er ~pte asked a ~mmon~l~ Club mee~g k lbu Sheraton. Pak~ Hotel. Hv ~ t~ 1~ el ~e' Federal ~ade ~lsulon m one.s ~e ~du~. to la~l city,mite ~es ~th ~HOL "ll we h~! ~Mp ~e or fl~ek ~ssiMe s~oes ~c~," not Jail e~ ~e of "Labeling isn't the answer. but ed.~a~lon is." He praised the tobacco dustry for making a "'no- strips'" ~'ant of 810 million available to the ~I~|A to r u r t h e r research into the problem • "iu spite of the inevitable crRiclsm we imew we would receive, u'e were happy to receive it." 'The doctor said he was convinced amoklu~ c a u s e d cancer, but t~e question of "how" hue not been an. s~red by the medical r~ • "There are some doctors wire think tobacco used moderation bus benefic~l el. facts," be said, At itz c~uvantiou here e~ I i c r Ibis week. Ihe ,e~IA Ho~e of Delegates adopted n re~uluUon reeo~l~lg "u nifi~aut relationship between cigarette smoking end lung cancer and cerlain other eases," and maid that smok- ing is "'a serious health ha- ~Md." He also said it was ~'ithi~ the realm of possibility s ~ombinatlon of filters could be develope~ to make ~mok- ing harmless. The /i~La~ president used ~o111e Of his 6p~Aki_~g time to defend his own profession against fsmiliar criticism and fire off a few critical re- maflm of his 'o~n at'tradJ. tioual taz~ete. Amerlcazz~ pay a reasonable mount for the best medical care in the w~rld, altho||gh he admitted there "are a law in the medical profession i¢liow man .... we have no delense los' these." He dl~mi~ed tits now,de- faust medicare legislation as "merely u pellUral proposal,'" He w 8 r n e d againsl tile • "sterile, h~.avy Imnd o[ guy. ermcnt" provtalng n|edlcai care. but expressed dance that Americans "'will refuse to be sociaiIsed " The A~Ls. coavenUqn here was one o[ the most success- htl L~ hlsto~, he sold,