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~.~, .,,.,, .. IItPLICATIONS OF BAT'rEI4~ I~PPO ~.~:~,~ detemination ~ ~ttelle of the "truquil~lng" function of " ." . ~..~/.~cot~e, ~ received ~ the ~ system in t~ delivered ~ke of .... " ' .~,;~'~ cig~ettes, ~gether with nicotine's ~ssible effect on obeslty~ .-... ~,::.:.~deltvers ~ the ia~stry w~t well ~y ~ its first effective l~t~- ,-'_~ :~'~:~nt of propa~nd~ counter to that of t~ ~er~c~.~cer ~ciety, :.~:.~?~,..et ~, ~i~ ci~ettes as ~vlng a c~l relationship ~"" ~ ~,~of the 1~. ~e ~ttelle work is not in ~ degree respo~lve ~ ' ,~ ~at ~ndic~ent nor to the ~rt e~cted to ~ re~ed by the ~'~g~n ~neral'e ~ttee on ~ok~ng ~d ~alth. I ~uld ~b~t, .*~,~~.ho~ever, t~t the ~ff~th f~lter offers the brl~e over ~hlch the • "~.~,~'~dustry ~ght pass from ~ts present terrain of defen~ to a f~eld ~ .~-.. July 17, 1963 I& II .. :.,-; .~:~,for effective counter attack using the Battellestudy a~ the basic . .~..' ~; ~. ~:,~:we&pon,~ I will assume for purposes of-this note that the "Grlffith ""/~_ :~:,~,..£11ter' is one which permits filtration to specification; it filters-'. :., ~ ~:~.,".~ selectlvely, both qualitatively ~nd qu~ntltatlvely.: ~.It c~n deliver -:. ~. -~" !~,i~~;t~ste and nicotine (and nlcotlne in even more effective form)-free ' ,~,~'-~:"~.of constituent #1 to infinity, selectlvely. I grossly overstate and o~.~ .~" oversi~pllfy Dr Grifflth's claim~ deliberately. • ......... • ..- .... ,~, '~.,-. .. ..,,-. ,. , , . ., . . • ,. ~ ..... , . .'~.:~',~. The problem is slmple~ If the angers ~re complex.'. Assume the ,A,~.,-'_~,? " Genera/'s Committee concludes (whatever the jargon of- sclentlflC .,.,~; '~<~ ;',~.~,~- ~..~. ~nalysls and. to whatever degree speclflc) that there is. real and .,..:;-.~.~. "."~_~.~,~"'~, c.ompelltng evldence 0fa cw,~sa,1 - or even a ,trongly ':pl:edisposing~.~..~ ~..'~_'~.,rel.atten between smoking and cancer...,.CardiovascUl~. ~Lisorders ~.~_~.~::~;h~:~Beport; we must f&cs .the fact that & responsible and qualified- .~:hav~ (.spoken. " One would suppose we would not repeat Dr. Little's,of~ ..~: ~,~ ~.~reiterated ",not proven~. ~e ~ould ~pe the ~s~y ~uld act ~:~f~ti~efy ~d not merely r~t defe~ively, ee aust, I ~i~"~'~:: ~-.~T~recogn~e 't~t ~ defe~e of the industry ~d in" preservation 'of ~,:~pre~nt e~n~gs ~sit~on, we must either g) disprove ~he th~ry ~.;~,~?,:cgu~l ~lationship or b) ~s~ver the c~clnogen or ~c~gens~ ~..:~ ~.~,~-c~ci~gens, or ~tever, and demo~trate o~ ability.to re~ve. ~'?~ .~.:'-~//-.~r neutr~e them. ~is me~s t~ we ~st emb~k -.~n w~tever" ~.~ ... ,. ~ fO~ of org~ation - on ~sslve ~d ~pressively ft~ced :~' ..,~ the" etiology of c~cer ~ it relates to the use of ~b~co; w~t . ~ ",. . ....~,~constituents or combi~tion of constl~ents in cig~ette ~oke cause.:-. ,,, ?L" . .. ~.,~ -,. or ~ conducive ~ c~cer of .the lung. Certainly one would ~po .~ .~,.. ,.)" ' prove there ~s no et~olog~cal factor ~ ~ke ~t the od~ ~e. ,.~' -.,~ greatly against ~ocess ~n t~t effort. At the ~st," the probabilities'" "'.: ....~e t~t ~me comblnat~on_of co~tltuents of smoke will ~ found "'.~ "~- .~:'".. ~, conducive ~ %h, onset of c~er or ~ .crests, .. en, lroment. ~,.,-hi~.;":~":'.. . ~,-,-" ~',. c~cer is more ~el~ ~ occur.: ,, . ~ ...:..,..,_.,..,:..:. :.~.. .~ .~. , , ..... _ .. . : -~ ,,,.. ;-~.~,.., , -j,,...~.. ~

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