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C THE WALL STREET' JOiLRNAL New York, New York April 12, 1962 Ilealth Sertiice?11ay I'Valne Panel to Assess Possible Cibaret-Cancer T ie, AdLise Action - ` European Scare Snreads: to U.S. I tablishment of a temporary Prestdentiall com- Awa.~srszsrJouIaxwt..New.anusduvAll, U•S. olgaret.makershavestakes.infor• mittee on tobacco and health tostudythe. The.U.S. Public Health Service is considler- eign markets,,but, the percentage of~salesand qµestion, consider its effects on the tobaccoI.ng formation of an advisory group to assessearnings.provided by these markets Is smalli.industry and make recommendations to the thee possiblelink between.cigaret smoking and! P.,Lortllard Co:,,forexample„said at its an..President' on tobacco processing, distribution, lung cancer and to reeommend~ what new nualmeeting last week that exportss account advertising; research and, possibly;i develop- stees, it any, the. Government should take. for 5% of its sales and 2% . of lts profit. ment off standards. lUslikely such a study group~will'tie or. Nonetheless, thee economic effects ob theganized, according to sources in Washington, eurrent. European, health scare have already. Too Early to Gauge. Effect buY.it probably will be months before it makess begun~to span the Atlantic. Stocks of. U.S. to•i In the House, a billi introduced March 26public its.first conclusions. A Health Servicee baccoeonipanieso plunged to. 1962 lows ih.Mom•!b'y Rep., Fino (D., N:Y:) doesn'4t mention thee officiall said the agency's new look att the day's trading on the New York Stock: Ex- cancerissue: but' would requiree cigaret labels problem~ is stimulated pnmarilyy by what it change. Prices haveralliedi since thenj , but to state: nicotine and tarcontent., Thee bill: is considers to be growingev4dence of the danger investorsremain uncertain.about the prospectsin the. House Commerce Committee and its of cigaret smoking. of these stocks, prospects are uncertain. T'he Health Service'sincreased: concern"Twentyfive.peoplecalledmetoday; everyAside from Great Britain and Italy, nocomes in thee midst oD maryorr new public agita- b'ody'9 callingg about cigaret' stocks,"said! Europeam countries have yet taken steps : tiomabout smoking in Europe;, touehedoff last a tobaccoo specialist for one of WaW Street'ss against cigaret: smoking• AmeriCan tobacco in- month by a report by.theBritish Royal College big research concerns. "All the people are dustiyy sources said. But these.sources added~ of. Physicians asserrtingthatcvgaret smoking:Iswworried becausee theyy don't know what othen that Danish producers areplanningfo ]lmitt a cause of lung, cancer and recommending news might be released.. Perhaps a Congress• their theater advertiking:..There is also "a lot government action to dis.couragee smoking. manwill make a speech, or a new study will of, talk" in Sweden, one official' said, "but: After publication of that report.,major eig-be reported. Or maybe a major magazine will the:best gurss is thnre will be no action." aret producers inEngland! saidd they planned pick: up the: story." A cigacet: companyspokesman said~ there's lo limit' television advertising off cigarets to However, another analyst.continued lotalk,no evidrncee the.soare has had anyy elfect~ on hours when children probably, would not M^ hopefully about the long-term prospects.of.thes cigarel,corw'.mptlon, but siheethe lalest round watching and to remove cigaret machir,e, eigareti industry. "To~ some people, tobacco of publiritp b-•Fxn only in March it's too~early from locations accessible to children. And tn stockss arebeginnlhg to look cheap," hee said. thlell d,•imitclyy abouti domesticc consumption.. Italy the senate passed a bill outlawingto- "They've gone down a lot more thanconsump: The intlnst!-ygotY a boost from Metropolitanbace:.oadvertisingn tion ever.will:."' Life In;ru-cnre:Cn;'s flat denial ofrumors,that The:Health.Service's last officialpronounce•U.S:.cigaret makers, if.they have.comment- It wasn planning too quote lower life insurv ment on smoking, made by former Surgec.n~ ed' on the. currenlheath scareate all, have ance prcntiumsfor non-smokers and too refen. General. Leroy Burney In November 1959, repeatedd their earlier contentions that.t}iet com to threigaret-heallhissuee in an~ advertising cal.led! ei.garetsthe"principal"' factor In thenection between smoking and cancer, is specu+ camliaig-ri... Increased incidence of lung, cancer. But Ac lAtive. Joseph F., Cullman •3rd. president ot Neither Englandd nor Italy hass beenn a big Burneyy urged, no Governmentt effortk, o,iicr Philip,Morris:,Inc:, saidalthe annual meeting.m, rket for:. American cigarets. Howeve.r; than publi¢c intormationl,to reduce the amuurrt Tuesday that, theree is "no clinicalproof" of lAn"i'rican Tobacco Co. has a. 13% interest in of smoking.or to find ways tomake. Itle..s. the link and added that Mondays drop in tIallahers. I1td., a majorEnglistitobacco con- hazardous: One reason, an official saidd rx-tobacco stock prices didn't particularly, worry•-Int• cently:.wasthat; the:Heallh Service fcdt at the him. I R;J.,Reynnlds,TnEacco Co:.has a maJority time that an anti+smokingcampaign woub.in't, Mn. Cullman saitl the stocks have declined interest ih~ Germany`s thirdi . biggest cigaret receive the enthusiastic support of the med- before because of cancer reports and thenhaveproducer, HausNeuerburg: which it~ acquired. Icall profession. rebounded strongly: for f10-2 million. Philip Morris, and P:. Lo.ril To Decide GuvernmenCs Role Bllls.InCongress lard have.establishede companies in other coun j Since the Burney statement, how^cver,.simtp Twoanti•tob'aceo proposals aree before the triesto, makettieirAmerican brands unde I Health Service officialss believe the weighD of: Senate Labon. Committee...One bill, introduced superv(sioo, These:licensmg programs Im-olv evidence.has,swungeven~more stronglyy agarn,t in January.1961 by Sen. Bennett (R., Utah),and COUntries from Venezuela to Finland, with ~ eigaret smoking and Mctorss have become ~.n- Sen, bfoss(D., Utah), would~ provide Federal onee nation producing, much revenue. ereasmgly, eager to reduce the hasards, matching grantss to public schoola to teach, The neww advisoryy group wouid be made rip childien aUoutt the Tiarmfuleffects of tobacco„ ofpeople ouUide the agency, and probabh' , alcohol sand! narcotics. .would iaclude leadingcanoer authorities anil Though theBennetrMoss bill doe.sn'.t.specify. ~ -researchers: iis: primaryconeern would n„! whai~ harmful effectsshouidbes stressed, Sen. O bc to assess the evidenoeforand ega.n.t. Bennett said in.introducingth'e bill that lung amo:amg. tiu, to dCcde whether the evidenre cancer was a major target. Hesaid~ t4ereis. O requires ;tie Goveinment tuo takee a moree ac- adeq;:ateprootoftha relationshipbetween ti1e role In di c. urem,ng cigare smoking. smoking and; lnngcauerandg the problem is. ~ The range of sclli'r.ies that miRht Se con- more onc o6 education .han of fLr tY„r resea.ch.. sldered Include a much more aggressrve puis- This: bill has received~ noaction bythe O' i lic informattoncampaigni, allmit on the per- l.abor Committee and a Bennett assistant said mitted amounts of tarss andi nicutt es ih, Inn franklp::"Wedbn't really.exp,ectany:' IF~' bacco: developmen[ oRnew.strains rt C..- ka" The staff of. Sen.. Neuberger iD.• Ore..) ts ~ ardous tobacco and •hee use of waimn„ '.abel.a more optimisticc xbout hes reso/ution, whlbh i. on ugarets.. was introduced March 23' an& referred totli the Although the advisory group --illt. be con. Labor Committee. A staff assistant said pub- [^ cerned wiW~ steps, the Hea.ltn. Servtee itseif lic response has been tremendous and favor- could take.. it's likely that any new Health ablee and thatlt six Senatorsresponded~ to Mrs. serviee policy would' influence acttons of other Neuberger'a call for co.sponsors of the resolu. Government agencies and would have tmpor-I tant bearingg on Congressinnali sentiment for tion. , I strlctercontrol of smokingthrough.g new Thls resolution calls on the President toset, upa massivee health education campaign, on ! legislation. smoktng-cancer Iinks..It.aiso provides for es I-