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(oG-,xq14 3g q CHICAG© DAILY NEWS (icago, Illinois ril 16, 1962 Weigh Cig,aret Scare to Fight Lung Cancer L.7. ~.O11SIl1eCS ~..(1j1~'1 I1~ lhc.ciinmpleof..omeolhislcl- 'Iheoneth'uthaeattracttdthe ,, ~. low..crenttas. Hc .ull smnkc., popular respunse was in, Cilrreilt ~.dlll ain31S o'garets, hut has switched to fill Iroduccd hy Sen. Ii4isurioe Ncu+ Euro~le,D ~1 r, tertips: bcrgcr (p-Orc.); whose latc h'u.- Bk' WILLIAM MCCAFFIN THE' VEW, carcinoccnc.is, hand hadl cancer and who . O/Otrr lVa:diirqron Bureau, hra..nch, EndicoCPt hascstablishcd rccently underwent a hincer nliun hcnclC WASHINGTOw'-U.S: officials are trcing,lo decidewheth'a~: `t the Natiun:~l Cancen Ihstit:nu t~pe.r . rvillhs.hcatledbyDr.Ra..ulKolin SiAxcnators.hascjorned:uau+ . .a cigareti seare, such ast thaC nowraging. inHurope, is theha•t nftheUniversitv_ of Southern spon.rrs..other resolution, which way'to combat the rising incidence-ut htng cancen Uaiifnrnia.. woulJd do Iwo.thing~s:, "Without' question. excessive.' Atmospheric pollution;.r,+dia,. -Nequest President:Ka,ncd, eigaret smoking is a.major factor THF: Ul:IISIATIC -lurr.m liun ;md'.the effectsof tohaccoo to inau!,nrrate an a,gresci,•c in th'ee rise ot Itrngg cancer.- ~i,r thu:e pruhlem. he. ,vill he studiedlin the most con- health educationn e;rmp.riennn vnot.~ine said Dn Kenneth ~4. Fndiairt mav hato findla-av to "m+skr.`cntraled'.programof this kind -f70-'r+1rccriu•n between direclor of the Valii,nallCanerr ,moking safe." cver undertaken at theinslitutee rndIc,u:,or.. Instuute: "II ama..l+o convinccd . '1'h'is is nne.of the.th'inl;c . * s. -Sei up u~ pre.idenli;rl com- that & is.notthe onlL cauce.` tl,ac will be studie& ina. F:VllICOTT'SS indecis..ion on a mineetouud% ;rn,l makerec- HeIhinksthal the variaw•.ctepped-upresearch p,rn- courne of' action, regarding cig-.ommendaaionc tn nce Ate.idcnt anti-cmokingcxperiment<g nmr gram F.ndicottt has or- .rret.i. not shared hyall govern- un howw t h e u h;,_cuindtt.tn. inibperation nr under con+idcr-r qaniced. might.beaffcacl ndon..u.h ation in Brita..in, Italy; Den, ment officials or hyy some mem--pruhlcm. ;es tobu prtk.r..lnc. mark andl Sweden shouldl hc: Tlhe cigaret compa:nresthan- henofi Congress. dizirihutioni atnd 1 clo.elv.watched. But hee i.. `elves altendy are.mnking.a ma- 7~~hrcee legielativeproposak. IITH~~,It Ilit~,~S franklh ryr+~~.~„~. ior effirl~ in thics freld, h'ee sard. .n..;dlrn _,,sc.rn, rnii rrc.lr.. puzzldd ass to vsht. IOrdeaJingwithth'eproMemhavcu A.h'.,rd-driv.ing~man in his.mid- --Puaun_ .r limit nniltCr Wd be done i n the Unite II .tes~. lU., P.n IicNt has nnt follrMal been advanced reccntlL .. Jnl Iu,t nl tar nd nrcofrm- in . . ag:.rrcls. u -A requiremcnt tha..t c.igaret'rO compunicss mu.t't plaster a i u.a.r n; . inp Lrhol on evcrn- pad.!ace.+•f~ i4_arct~.. W TfE~EVENZNG' STAR Washington, D.C. O ~`~ APril 13, 1962' ;r Am i rmed, Scientis$ mys foundi emm"ug co uee conast- when shares of United States By WILLIAM GRIGC+G entlyrelated to ttefnc4dence to baccocomuanfes erealready ew: ec.a wnc.r oA lung can-r., shaky on the New York Stock C vmoking i ie to Cancer ~ . Person= who smoke a^sck of, cigarettee or more a day But.they also ,fond. that for- Exchanfie. A recent price de- ~-m !ti twtee sa greatt acnat,ce of getttntt hmg cerrccrr as: d© elgn-bornt e.nd farmu-[iurn per- cline 11as heen *-]smedonnews'nonsmokers„ the directot of anexhaustiva Feileralsurvep of hlgher sons whc.rates move of to lung cancer cities had from GrcaEBri':in.':here, thelung cancer vlctims said IAst night.. , 17,pyal College ofPhysicians. is- William Haenszelsaid in an tntervlewhere that the surveythan othecr population groups sued a 7o-pagee report thatt confirmed the cigarette-Ittng-cancer link Indlcated 1n earlier with the aame lifetime smok- 1lnked smoking: with lung can- atudies: He said it al:w; how. " Th.e' Government's research- Ing habits: cer, tuberculosis, heart disease . eve~r„appeared to conflict with ~ No definite reason has beenn and bronclyi.tis. some: studies linkingg alr. Dollu- erIhtervfelwiedthes families establlshed for this circum- tlon too the disease. ot lriends of 1410 per cent of all stance. Further research, Dr. Mr. Haenzel iscriiet of the ~~~ known to havee died of Haenszel said,. shouldd bee done biometryy branch of the Fed- lUng cancer in the United In thtsgroup.. Thiss hi^tr lungg eral Government~a NationaL.States dtufng1858. Theynot.caneer group hashad less ex-. only checked, for a link tie- posure too air oldution and:.. Cancen Institute In Bethesda. tween the vietim'~s smoking-.robab]yp He directed thesurvey with' habits and'lung cancer but also viruses' thlans lifelon exposure toIDonald B. Lovelhnd of the for aa link between the victim's gg clty National Health~ Survey and birthplace and'~ residences and~, dwellera: Monroe Slrkenof the Vital T1teFederal survey ls being .Statl9tics.DlvSsion of~ the Pub- the dlse.ase. published'~In this month's issue. In everypopulatlon divislom cf the Journal of the Nationel. lic Health: Service. t whether rural or urban, theyiCancer Institute at a time