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The Chapel Hill Newspaper Chapel Hill, N.C. July 22, 1974 .~ w Professor Is Awag ded Gj ~tx Leaf Grant - ~ NEW YORK-Dr. R. G. Mason, UNq Medical school professor of f+athology; has been awarded a research grant by The Councilfor Tobacco Research-U.S.A. Dr. Mason received a grant to study "Effects of nicotine on interactions nfplatelet's and endothelial cells." Hi's grant was one of 12 new studies that have just been funded by the council. They include research into genetic factors in lung cancer and emphysema, and the• possible influence of nicotine on fetal growth. The new awards bring to about 500 the number of original' grants and contracts supported by the council since 1954. The total research allocation to date is over a28,000;000. The projects are a continuation of the council's program, now in its 21st year, to obtain scientific information related to smoking and health. The Council makes awards after ap- plications for research support are reviewed by a Scientific Advisory Board currently consisting of 10 physicians and scient ists . Findings from Council-supported projects tiave been reported so far in more than 1200 articles in medical and'scientific publications. eonard ry L__ PUBL9C RELATIDNS COUNSELL l.at,eL~~issoci a t es, l n G , Aug. 19, 1974 Examples of coverage of the recent release on new CTR re- search grants. The Journal . Winston-Salem,. N•C. July 24, 1974 ~lwarcis*l2 Grants NEW YORK ('AP)-r.hA _Q, -0- v ni c i l' for Tobacco Re~:•:,rc :, U.S.A., uc:, an- noutr iocf Tuesday it has awarded grants for 12 ne:v studies relating to smoking and health. . i P. 0. BCXi.W • 13 LINCOLN' ROAO • GREAT NECK, N.Y. 11021 •(212)' 89Er7445