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NEW YORK TIMES New York, New York May 27, 1962 Two Agencies Study 100 30'4 y Cancer-Smoking Tie 3g ~I SpecfailhThr New YorkTlin . WASI•TINIGTON„ May 26- months. We are very active right now and we are in; con- Two Federal agencies are pre- tact wih~ Public Healh." paring reports dealing with the Mr. Jacques said he thought possible connection betwen ciga- that interest had been stimu- rette smoking and certain kinds lated by legislation proposed in of cancer. Congress and by findings and: The first agency,, the Federal Trade Commission, has ordered one of its bureaus to draw up a report to help it decide wheth- er cigarette companies shonld be compelled to include in their advertising a warning about the possible health hazards in ciga- rette smoking, The second, the Public Health Service, is preparing a report for President Kennedy on the medical evidence linking., smok- ing and cancer. The President called for the medical report after having been questioned on the subject at his news conference on Wednesday. At that time, he avoided a reply .but promised to give an answer if the question were askedagain at his next conference. Find It a Cause A spokesman for Public Health Service said today that the agenl;y's position for several years hadi been that the evi- actions abroad. Early this spring, a team from the Royali College of Physicians in Britain reported that "cigarette smoking, is a cause of lung cancer." The Danish National Society for Combating Cancer also is- sued a report. affirming a link between smoking and cancer. This month the Italian Gov- ernment banned alll forms of tobacco advertising. The Gov- ernments of Britain and Den- mark also have been urged to take steps to curb, cigarette smoking. Senator Maurine B. Neu- berger, Democrat of Oregon, has introduced~ a resolution to establish a commission that wouldistudy the effect of smok- ing on health, Representative Paul A. Fina, Republican of the Bronx, is sponsoring legislation to require cigarette packages to state the nicotine and tar content of the product. These developments have brought a sharp decline in the prices of tobacco shares in the United States and Britain in dence indicated cigarette smok- . recent weeks. ing was a principal cause in' An order of the Federal!Trade .he increase of lung cancer. . Commission, requiring, cigeratte .nat will be the position in companies to write a health u~e report p;epared for the caution into their advertising would be a novel application of P* .sident, the spokesman said. an old principle. Products such However, he added; the report~. as insecticides. fertilizers and also will point out that there epoxy, glue are required to carry are possibly other cancer-.,such, cautior.s, causing agents„ including air The commission and industry ollution. committaes often work out in- p formal understandings on ad- The tobacco: industry insists vertising. '. that the link between smoking Another coui•se is for the and cancer or other disease has commissiom to issue a formal! not been proved.It says that order giving the respondent air pollutiom is a much likelier thirty days, to eor..ply. cause. This usuall-: leada to a period Some time ago the Federal of negonation. It may result in Trade Commission asked its an order less stringent than Bureau of IndustrY Guidtrncr originally planned, or it may for a report on cigarette ad- lead to litigation im the United vertising practices. Bryan, H. States Court of Appeals, which Jacques, bureau director, said has the authorityy to support he expected to have the report commission orders or dismiss ready in a few days. them. An,v action the commission In postponing an answer to takes, "would be dependent on the query at his news confer- what the scientists, the doctors, ence this week the Presidpnt say;" Mr. Jacoues said! said: "Our orders would~ reflcct °The--that matter is sensitive their findings." .`,e eKplained. enough~ and the Stock Market "The intensity of our looking' Is in sufficient difficulty with- into this has varied over the out my giving you an answer ycacs. We are always looking, w•hich is not based~ on complete at it. There has been much information, which I don't have,more acti%ity in the last few, and therefore, perhaps we could -I'd be glad to respond to that question in more detail next week." United States health officials have become increasingly out'- spokem in recent months im their views about' possible links between smoking and: disease. Causal Factor Found Dr. Michaeli B. Shimkin, as- sociate director for field studies of the National Cancer Insti- tute, said this sprin¢ that: it had been proved cigarette smoking was one of the causes .of 'rng cancer. ur. Kenneth M. Endicott, di- rector of the National Cancer Institute, test'ifted~ at a House Appropriations subcommittee inFebruary: "The Public Health Service believes that the evidence re-. garding cigarette smoking as a major cause of lung cancer is sufficiently strong to just'ify an intensive educational cam- paign " The tobacco industry was' described, last week by Seere-- tary of Commerce Luther H: Hodges as an "$8,000,000,000 industry, contributing to the support of millions of Ameri- cans, and serving an estimated 70,000,000 domestic customers," He said that tobnrco "touches the economic. soeial and politi- cal We of, all AMPricanri:" HERALD TRIFUNE New York, New York May 29, 1962 Kennedy Gettin~ D this week. And Lung, Cancer WASHINGTON 4AP'l. A summary of currentn;c:9i- cal' data dealit:;; with possible rei,tionsflip betv een :;rok;n,; and lung, cancer is beiri;; t„ e- pared for President Kenncdj-. The summary will also cou- tain quggestions as to: «•ha~. shuuld oe dom'; inriuding' a: pos- sible new look at the whale pictnre, a Puhlic Health Scr\ ie official said yesterday. The officialisaid the summary was being prepared at the rv- quest of the Department of Health. Education and Welfare: of which the service is a unii. and presumably had been re- quested by the White House. President Kennedy said at his press conference last week that he might be able to answer a question abotit the situation at a later conference. The White House announced YesterdaY there will not be a conference ata on Smoking r,