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'C...'8B CANCER 4/6 It~ BY DEIlJS St;ITII UPI SCIENCE EDITOR Pt1LM BEACH7 FLA. (UPI )--WItILE LISTENING TO A STATISTICIAN UORK OUT "THE COMPE.TITIVE P,ISK'S" OF CIGARETTE St:OKIEG, A GROUP OF i r DI CA L S CI ErTISTS S EEMF.D I NCREAS I T.U LY A PPA LLE D. •AT LEP;CTII 0t7E OF THEI91 DR. ANTIiOfrf R. Ct1RP.EP,I OF THE UNIVERSITY OF UIS CO,JS ID 1'1LDI CA L CErTER tJ^,S h,OVED TO OBJECT. "YOU' RE SIifl10I I:a A 'SAFE CIGARF.TTE' IS II9FO2SIB'I.E l" HE SAID. "BUT tlE ElUST HAVE AT LEAST A SAFER CTGAP.ETTE BECAUSE WEt Rr. ENGAGED IN A IASI3`:"a FIGHT 'P0 GET PEOPLE TO STOP St,OKI?4 ." TI.EN IT UAS TIiE TURN OF THE STA1 ISTICIAN# DR. E. C!tYLER H^+P;'riallD ~ TO OL',JEC'T. A VICE PiMID£NT OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIEY'Y, HE IS A LcAnIt:S AUTiIORI':Y AND RESPJP?~ILLE FOR A LARGE P,"~ra OF THE OVER=ELIMING STATISTICAL I,IDICi I~1Er?T OF CIGA:21~rTE Sh:OIaNG AS A E-:JLi IPLE H''ALTH 1iAZAP.D. "I 1'AN'T I NrEINID TO.SAY A•SAFE CIGAi2E'fTE' IS I2IPOSSIBLL 9" HE SAID. "z aH'ilT I AI•1 SIIOtJING IS THAT DEVEiAPINS ONE IS GOI;.S TO BE EYT :r.'t-1ELY DIFFICUI;i. BUT CERTAI*tiLY I'i%l IN FAVOR OF ALL ATTEMPTS TO DEVELOP 01;Z.° KE UAS FUTTI?:S LUr:G CANCE.Ry HL.AjZT DISEASEp AND EIIPHYSEIIA IrJTO STATISTICAL CnI-lPr:TI'fIOtJ AS CIGARETTE SVOIiI?1G RISKS. HIS STATISTICAL BASE tJAS A MASSIVE STUDY OF DEATHS AI:JI;S MEN 13 TO GIE YEARS OLD FROM THOSE TrI::Lr CAUSES. FOR THE THREE CG11EINF:D9.THE RATE FOR Iu.'N VIHO HAD NEVER S1;O'l.ED REGULARLY WAS 7 C3 PER 100,000 At4D FOR 16 CIGA i:£TTE SVAO};ERi IT UAS 12329.

r L'OGl SUPIaOSE, HE SAID t THERE WAS A CIGA RETTE WHI CH CARRIED tti0 RISh OF LUIJG C:rICER. TH.~T U0ULD REDUCE THE "EXCESS" OF CZGARETTE ShiO;;ER5' DEATHS OVER t-;JN SE-fl};ERS' DEATHS BY ONLY 76 PE. R 100,000 FROM 621 TO 5 10 . SUPP3SE, HE COIJF I h:`1Ell t THERE WAS A"CTGARETTE UHI CH HAD NO . , . • RISK OF EI3PHY5:..:,It1. THAT WOULD REDUCE THE "EXCESS" BY ONLY •20. AND $UPP'JSE THEn^ VAS ONE uHICH ELIi'ZIIZATED T HE RISK OF HE.4RT DISEASE. THAT tJOULD BE HALF THE EXCESS OF 621 PER 10020001 TO AN EXCESS OF 310. - "1''1' IS EVID£i\'jT F.R'JIl THIS THAT IF JUST ONE OF THE DELITERIOUS EFF.:CTS OF CIGARETTE SNol:Irw COULD BE ELii°IIrIATED9 IT UoULD DO IIJtN Ck t1(":.R HA?.ARD OR THE E.NIP`rIYSLf--A HAZAP.9 )" HE SAID. °HOUrtII: :t CIGl1 Rc.T T E SI;JI:I r~G WOULD S T I LL BE EXT REMEI:i HA: I_;F UL. THIS GREfri LY CdMPLICATES THE P•°•OBLEr-1 OF ATTEI•1PTING TO DEVELOP A 'SAr"ER' OR S)VLI. GlE SAY A 'LESS HAZA P~OUS' TYPE OF CIGA RETTE." JUST THE SANE' SAID DR. -L'URRERI1 IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO t:0R: GOOD TO ELIf•:I1:.ATE THE HEART' DISEASE HAZARD THAN TO ELIMUNATE THE QOMUSTION CHF.t•IISTRY. J H91I1 A ES PRODUCE A CIGARETTE WHICH AT LENST DID NOT CREATE SPASMS ItI O TiiE IN'TERIOP, OF THE Stt.`DICER. C W. : HOW ABOUT P:JDiJCIN%m 0NE THAT MS N'o POISOttiOUS CARB3N MbhOYIDE ~ I N ITS St:OKE S T P.EAI•? AS KED }tAMt10 N 9 S CJFFI t:G AT THE CLAI M OF SOME ~ rAi''JFACTURERS THAT ONE TYPE OF FILTER NEUTP.ALIZM HAR(!IFUL GASES. ~ THE OTHER SCIE:TISTS JOINM HIM IN SCOFFIt:v AT ALL t-IAE`ilFACTURERS' " HEALTH CLAIMZ. . THEY E.GREED' AT THE CLOSIT:iG SESSION OF THE SOCIEI'Y'S ANNUAL SCIENCE FJRITERS' SEMINAR UEI;VESDAY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE THE LEAD IN DEUELOPI'N"a A "SAFE CIGIIPETTE" BY CALLING A COIti'FEENCE OF SCIENTISTS EXPERi' IN ALL PHASES OF TOBACCO AND -af~ ..,~.ri 17 .