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March- 20, - 1y 73 MEMGRANDi,'M , ~ To: Messrs. ~ornega~` ClQments, and Mia~ls ~ From: Fred Panzer Dr. Gio Gori's view=on one aspect of smoking- and health should be of interest to Fred Haas ' subcommittee set up at the March 15, 1973 meeting in New 1'ork City. - Regarding-the relative safety of air-cured-vs. fli~e-cured_ tob acco, -and the theory that ~ugar - content might -b e the reason for the difference he said: "One would tend to inhale more-when-the-smoke is acidic,-and that's-why I believe that flue-cured tobaccos may be :nore dangerous,-in the long run, than the burley, or air-dried type." He a-lso-says cmnlca rriTflP'"~-~atP_s - "tars" - are 1" _ painted on the skin-of mice,`researcners find "a slightly increased carcinogenicity in the flue- cured tobacco." "I dori't think we have studies today that would tend to incriminate the sugar content per se-the sugars only-as the substances in tobacco responsible for the__ carcinogenesis-_of the tar," he says. "I say we have some rationale to think that air-cured tobaccos may be slightly_less hazardous than flue-cured tobaccos, but- -considerably more evidence will have to be-gathered- for a definite answer."- The entire article from-which his comments were abstracted is attached. kc Attch.