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soo NRw2og HmHIIAxDa, M.es., ADN110, 1972. Han. FaAxa E. Moss, U.N. Ncnatq ' A'ashington, D.C. DEAR SeNAraa Musa: I have been Interested and have made a study of the clgnrette ludnntr,r nwst of my life. I offer you the following testimony thetle made np from observatlone that are a matter ofpllblic record and in almost all frnm guvenmtent doeumenta. I have enclosed 19 dlRerent puges of referrals and to hrrilitate wlxe of anbstantmtion each Item is coded xeparately. "19ds ia the 11rat tlme in the history of the cigarette lndust.ry that any kind of a control on the pruduct Itself will be miplemented-should ihe Act be passcvV" - It will be n flrst In the right direction, lexause It will give a strong support to all the otLer efforts of Ihe health agenclee. It will hnve a strong dlrectlon, which Is non -exlstont tnday and never was. There hae never been a Less Huvrnlnns Cignrette Program that was and Is openttlonal. There Is only an /dentlncation uf nln'Inogens program. Heart and many other diseases related to smoking are unaning.. In your 1,111 8.1ar.9 you have picked probably the most elgnldcant highlight in ull the Iteporla "The nccumulnted evidence strongly strongly suggeats that the higher the tar and nicotine content of the cigarette amoke, the greater the Ilkcltnnod of hurmlul effects" Please note The_ lbbacco Working Oroup practically discounts filtration. I refer you to pngc Q NCI Jan. 1999. The TWO delegates the technology of modify.ing a cignrette to the Industxy. The wisdom of tlde would appear emnewhnt uuestionahle. '1'here are a,mte other enelnsures which demonstrate that there is no pro• gntin. A lhuit oa aollde Is needed. Therc ieno txovlelo_n anywhere of a program /f Init,letheiited to-day can suves lives to-day. That Is what the Act will and should do. It will mark the heglnning. Should you wish any more supportive material I shall be most happy to forward It. 9lncerely, Inute Baarrar.ao. FAraumx Dtcarneox Uxtveserrv, 1i01LCOx ar EDUCATtog, Teaneog, NJ., FeDraary 7, 1078. Hon. FRnxe E. Moss, Chnirmm., S'p(ato Subcommittee for Consamers, Benate OQtce Building, lVaahinaton,H.C. DEAR gesATOR MOBS: 1 wish to file a statement for the record since I am unable to appeurYn person as a wltnesrs in the pnblic hearings on legislation to limit the tar and nicotine Content of clgnrette@. I am a private Citlxen, a Ilcenaed professional englneerand anon-amoker, who has followed with extreme intereat the controversy over stamokingand health and has followed the research on the virus cause of cancer. I would like to briefly call the commlttee's atten, tlonto another factor that should be conbldered in the search for a safer cignrette. The question that has to be asked In the search for a safer cigarette is: If human cancers arr caused by a virus or vlnlses,eemoet aancer researchers nmpect they are, and cigarette smoking la a cause of lung cancer in humans, as the atattnt/eal evidence shows that It is, then where do the responsible viruxes cume from? -- These virnsea could come from the cigarette /tself. Cigarettes and other tohacco prrRiucts are not made under 'clean room' mndltion. There are count- lesv opportunltles for tile tohnceo to 'pick lip' vlrnses or bacteria. These agents eonld come from the manufacturing enviro_nment. insectn, the numerous and vnrkiue-toLacco diseases, or they could be the result of fmproper curing and aging. The frmgus AOatnxln RI, whlch has recently been linked to eancer, Is re- ported to he present In leaf tobacco. Alternaria and Aspergillus N1gus are found on tnbncco and hnve been khown to he toxic to experimental animals. Theee two mycotoxine nn+ present In various amonnta on nearly all cigarette tohettro, and In lesser amounts In cigars and In pipe tobacco, Tobacco Mona/e vlrua le found V f:4-r869?:0()T t t 1 601 In nenrly all cignrettes. It'p rale or the role of a mutant mosaic vlrus In human dlaeune Ix Nn for unkninl•n. - -- - The roie of the ehendrnl nlrrlnogrnlc nnd cn.enrr•Inngenlc agentR found in elgarette amuke nmdemmte cunhl niau IN• thnt of mningens to awrleln bacteria and druses fonnd nn the tobncrn. '1'heNe ngents cronld act on these mlcroorganlsnm in the clKnrette ur In Ihe nnmkrr'a n•splrutorY tract. Ymnking -Gnato he vlewtrl ua le•Ing bnslcly a auek/ng action. Sucking 1a needed to draw the amokr nnd to koq, the cigarette lit. Thia aucking can cause micnmrgaulsma on the tobna.n in lae•ume ulrlan•ne and travel to Ihe aumker'a respiratory tract in the mainstream aumke or wlththe molat Inheled particulate matter. The high combltstlon temla•.rature of the elgarette deatroya only those orga. nlnirts nenr the bnrning end. '1'he 05 degree F temlieruture of Ihe amoke enter- mK the Immth lan't enough to destroy tlle organlsma near the mouthpiece Dr. Rolnnd I.e Clnlr uf the Lnlverriity of California found c•ulturnhle Tobacco hfn. aulc virue In tlw spntmn and cheat flnide of clgnrette smnkt•ra who hed lung cmcer and other pnhnormry dlNeanes. An Inoculm of thia malerlal from these lmtlrnts nmaerl T,auu•m, Moanic dlsease In Namern Idnntn. The Continental Tobacco Cn• took two groups of mice and smoked ane group with cigarettes contuhdng mFCrotnxlns undsmoked the cvntml group withnnt the fungus. The animnls snwked with the-fungtw got emplu'senm mtd got puhnonxry dlsnrders. Thp cotnrol group imd Irritatinn bnt na pnlnlonar.~ disordere. They reheated the atndy with heagle dogs und the resulta Pamllelarl the mouse research. The findings by Dr. Ix Clalr, the Continental Tobacco Co., and othera anow thnt mlenwrganlstne cnn aundve anmking. After vieu-Ing nll nf the argmuents on hnth aldea of the Rmaking end health eontrnversy, it la pxwlhle to conclude that the carclnngenlc mtnpoundkconld he a diveralan nnd that Ihe tenl culprlt(s) reapnnelhle for the nnmermm diseases aseocmted tvlth smnking nudd Iw udcna,rganlsma on the tolmren Itself. I therefore reeommend lant nll cigurette, clKnr, and plpe lobncn) umnufac- turers he re,tulred to sterlllae thelr products tn remove allpotentlally lmnuful microorgnnisnw. Sincerely youre, Hnnuwen Hr.atxa, P.E., - Dootorsl gtudtes ProOrnm. STATEMENT ar Hox. TIM LaE CAaTr.R U.N. REt•ax9anTATIVC FaoY 1\aaTUCST Mr. Chairman, members of the euhcommltteq Indlea nnd gentlemen. 8enator yfoss' t3-14ti4 hill to ImMtse FTC limttatlnns nn the lar nndnlcntine levela In cignrettes would needlessly damage tne llfe>iry9es of thmiannda of smoll farmers of tobacco In my diatrlcl and throughout the nation. I aln happy to Imve fhla nplmrhmity to7ell thia enlwolundttee nf the ftenate Commerce Commlttee the renl cunaetuenctw tlds measure w'ill have nn the small growers of tobacco I know. Aen doctor, I mn alao pleased to Clear Rp any mlanmeeptlona as to the need for uuch legislation frout h-health stand- polnt. Firet, I hope no ane makes any Inistakea about what this hlil would do to tobacco fnrming nt large. I believe it would leud to the outlaw/ng of nearly all the mnJor varletles of c/garettep now on the market and force a dratitic cnrtallment of sules. - Few of the preaent major hranda could meet naything rlose tn the unnecee- aar/ty atringrnt ntandnnla that thlx measure prouNses to estahllah. All thle wonld rtmsc n drnatlc cutbnck nf pnaluctlnn of tobnrcn leaf. And I also know It would put every smnll utwrntinn /n the emmtry either out of huainea5 or fnrcethem to revamtr their prodncta drastically. -Lurge umnufncturers would alw, Iw hnnlhlt. They would lmve to inrest most of their profltn from the pnat decnde to huy the kind of qophintlcated eqnijnnent nec•eseury to screen out enough tar and nicotine to meet FTC etand- anla. But remmuher, there are not that many auNl Inrge arganixatlnns growing hlvley tbbncm. Thln able snla.»mmlttee knows well what nort of fanuera grow the most Imrley leaf In thls country. They are snmll growers, the people having enough trouble nmking ends meet with a crop that is not n Irlg money-umker. I IV f,__.,