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THEORY U'P I Ni SMOKE I :. L_3 , ~: "U Carl Seltzer . "d'cpcndt' on pcrson."'~ Smoking, accordiitg , to;' Cart 5ellzer• has been i i misundcrttuod. ! He~ claicns to~ har'ee new•~ 1 . evidence~ shov:ing~ tha[il refdrmcd smolclcrs~ face.I no different risk of '~ heartt d i:s~~.ea s~.e. than I li those who conttnue~the ~ habitl "I am.not ani expert~ on I~ lung~u cancer and other~.i~~ ~ diseaacs; • the ~~. honorary; I research associate', at~" Ifarvard: Uniecrsitysaid ' ~. as he~e pail3cd mti a, bigJ' cigar In his~ room a't~~ li4clbnurnc's H, t,l t:o n Hotel. Dr, Scitzcr~ - hr is~~ a~~ Doctorr of'~ Pivibsouhp~ . . not a n:rdieal doctor.~- ~ - hash bcenn brouehtt to~~ Australia ba.. the.~ Tobacco Institutc... ..He. Aas~~s smoked since he was~ld'andlhas~bsein at: Han•ard~ for: 40~ vcars: "ATai:v~ atudies, inn manv' ' parls, of~ the ivorldi shoa•~ tha~~t smokcra.hax~e. • higher~ rates~ of' hcartt disease~, aind: sonic~ other discases•"~ he said. "ltite rcyson. as far as I'I am conccrnc'd, is tNat. ~~ amok._rs~ are diHerent, kinds ~~. of ~~ people. . I"The4~ tend~ to E,et sfcker~ more', often. As'~ per-~ , sons. It;s~s nothing . to; do w-ith smo:kc: "They're more extro- ~, vertrd, as,eressihe~ and: , ha'rd'-w~uri:me~~ t; . h~ an ! non-smokcrs." . C AUSTRALIA, VTCTDRIA "HERALD"' O ~ May 4, 1979 ~ ~ ~.