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%ge '63 H j®0033064 EAC]E Readtng, Pennsylvania June 27, 1964 San Francisco l:abeling olRaretfe packaLes with warnings that smok- Ing may cause cancer and other diseases will do little or no good. the American Medical Assns e president prediate. Dr. Edwsrd R. Aanis said yesterday that "7abeling len't the answer, but education Is." Speal;.ag before the Com- monwealth Club In the Sheraton-Palsce Hotel, Dr. Annis declared that if cigarettes are labeled as haaardoas, as ordered by the Federal Trade Commission, then alcoholic beverages also should be. He suggested that the answer to the tobacco basard may be to add an ingredient to prrvent cancer rather than attempting to Slter danger• one materials out. TRIEITitE 9outh 8end, Indiana June 27, 1964 Realistic AMA s The Federal Trade Commission has moved to requlre the manufacturers to warn their customers that cigarette- smoldng is a health hazard. , And the American Medical Assn. got around to acbowledging that dgarette- smoking Is a threat to health, but wasn't as positive In Its stand as the United States surgeon general's report laet January. The legal authority of the FTC to Issue Its ruling apparently will be put to tebt In the courts. In concert, the two actions may put a dent in • tgarette sales for a while, as the surgeon general's report did earlier this year. If, however, the resurgency of ci• garette sales In the laet couple of months Is Indicative of American reaction, neither the FTC move, successful or not, nor the AMA word on smoking will have any lasting impact. TIM3 ••RE PUSLICAIV Maraballfsown, Iowa Jtme 25, 1964 0garet War Stil/ On The cigaret war is still on. An annual medicall conference under the auspices of the American Medical Association was held in San Francisco this week and a major topic Is the A1r1A research study on smokdng. A wealth of eiaterisl for debate is still gathering on the subject of cigarets. Not only the AMA study but federal govern- ment agendes are still looking into cig- arets. A. report this week revealed that two major federal agencies disagree oa what the govermnent should do about smoking.. Ine odginal bombshell on eJg.••b tvtme whea an arrn of the U. S. De- tartment of HealW released a volum- Inoua wort to show that elgarets are a leading aause of lang emcer. It seems the Federal Trade Conunis• sion wants to control the labels on cig- aret packages but the Health Depart. ment wants to control such werntng labels since drug regulations belong un- der the Health Department. 1'be House 'Commerce Commtttee was hearing fed- eral spokesman argue this week an what should be dooc about amok]ng and the a~g Co~~ts. Even with all the deb ngneas. however, doctors may do more talking on cigarets. At the AMA conveatlon this week 12 of the 72 resoiutions submitted on the first day related to smoking and health. For this reason, the attitude of the medical astaciation an the Issue may be viewed as more realistic and, In the long run, more useful tothe publicinterest. The AMA has accepted a;10 million grant from the tobacco industry for re- search into the effects of smoking. The reason: Trustees of the association ex- plained they were convinced that people will go on smoking, a belief fortified by the record of cigarette sales this year, and that the only hope of minimizing the dangers lay In more research. The good sense of this analysis of what really needs to be done Is so apparent as to be obvious. The record of preaching on the subject and the record of thc . . sults of scary re- ports do not encourage conclusions that either or both will lend to even moderate success for the anti-cigarette - smoking forces.