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eonard r L__ PUBLIC RELATIONS COUNSEL uan'~d~~A~ssociateslnc P. 0. BOX'523 • 13 LINCOLN ROAD • GREAT NECK, N.Y. 11021 •(212) 895-7445 FOR: THE COUNCIL FOR TOBACCO RESEARCH-U.S.A., Inc. FOR RELEASE WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 26, 1980 $6 MILLION GRANTED FOR SMOKING-HEALTH STUDIES New York -- More than $6,000,000 for studies on smok- ing and health were granted by the Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc., last year, it was announced today.` Twelve new projects were funded as were more than 45 renewals of projects previously approved. Among the new studies are research into lung,cancer in Connecticut from 1935 to the present, genetic susceptibility to bladder cancer, and the biochemical basis of predispo- sition to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Other studies funded by the Council were for various aspects of cancer, heart disease and respiratory ailments. The Council has provided more than $58,000,000 for research on smoking and health since its formation in 1954. More than 700 original grants and contracts have been awarded to 398 independent scientists in 250 medical schools, hospitals and research institutions. The investigators alone are responsible for disclos- ing their findings in recognized journals or at medical and scientific meetings. They have so far published 1772 research papers on work supported by the Council. Council grants are awarded following recommendations by a Scientific Advisory Board currently consisting,of eight members. -0- (Attached is a list of the scientists who received the new grants, their institutions and their project titles.)

2. Recipients of new grants, their institutions and the titles of their projects: DAVID L. BUSBEE, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology, North Texas State University, Denton. "The biochemical and phy- siological characteristics of a protein which specifically binds polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons." ROBERT ECHT, Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing. "The effects of hypoxic hypoxia, car- bon monoxide and treatments influencing hypoxia toxicity on endocrine-like cells in airways of young rabbits." V. GENE ERWIN, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Dean, School of Pharmacy, University of ~Golorado, Boulder. "Action of nicotine on isolated perfused mouse brain." .- MORTON GALDSTON, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York. "Biochemical basis of predisposition to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease." HIRA L. GURTOO, D.V.M., M.V.Sc., Ph.D., Associate Cancer Re- search Scientist, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo. "Role of genetics and polyaromatic hydrocarbon metabolism in human lung cancer." AARON JANOFF, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, State University of New York, Stony Brook. "Immunologic assay of lung elastin degradation." JAMES C. LEE, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Louis University School of Medicine. "Effects of ligands on St. platelet microtubule assembly." HANS MEIER, D.V.M., Senior Staff Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Me. "Inhibition of chemical (lung) car- cinogenesis by naphthoquinone derivatives: in vivo and in vitro '- - studies. rr J. WISTER MESGS, M.D., Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Director, Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit, New Haven. "Review of lung cancer in Connecticut, 1935-present." , BEVERLY PAIGEN, Ph.D., Cancer Research Scientist V, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo. "Genetic susceptibility to bladder cancer." DENNIS R. PETERSEN, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharma- O („7 cology, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado, Boulder. ~ "Influences of genotype, sex and chronic cigarette smoking on 0' nicotine and alcohol metabolism in mice." Q GD EILEEN REMOLD-0'DONNELL, Ph.D., Center for Blood Research, Boston. "Purification and functional analysis of elastase from guinea pig macrophages." )

RECEIVED MAR 2 4 1980 A. J. STEVENS isO~S~eo