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STAR ; Washdngton„ D',C. March 6, 1962 Tobacco Probers , Report Progress ~ ' ln Research NENV Y(SRK, Mar. 6 (11'P).- 14ta Tobacco Industry'Researolt I Comm1ULle says progress' is ^ ~ beUtg made antheinveatigatlon -lf 'cf' "the chalenges o.f eancer, heartdis.:asesi and othercon- - Yfltutionaf atlmentai' ' In~ItE1B61iannualireport,the~ ~ eommittee's~~s scientifte~ director.. . _ . . ~ Dr. Clarence Cook Little, sata yesterday:' "Whlle°the answers we seek are stlll,not within our gras Op.. we now have a far better un- derstanding of the pueataons. ~ Clearly„ progress is being made." In the last year, the coat- mittee, endowed by funds from the tobacco indUstry:,has made grants to 120 independent aet-• entists IWmore ~ thaMa0 1hospl- ~ tals; So far, the,TIBC'said, it baa:apent:almost: i5ys milllon on such reasearch. At,~one point,:t;he annual re- ~-port~ssys~that~~.tests on tobacco ~ smoke indicate ~that~ "the smoke is much too feeble" to play' a . . •ro1e~ inn eausng', lung~.g cancer: This does not, it added, neces- sarify exclude tobacco from, having, anyy role at' all, and.d eaued for more study of' the problem. ~ ADVERTIISZN^~ I1iGE March 12, 1962. ~ SMOSING-CANCER L'II!ig TENTATIVE: 3R. LITTLE Ntw YoRtc, March 6-The habit of'using the hypothesis thaYsmok- .rr'~- tng causes tungeancer "seemstos have indUced some scientists to forget its wholly tentative status;' (h Dr., Clarence Cook Little has re- ported in his,1'96l annual report,on r* ) cancer research. Q Dr. Little, who isscientific direc- tor of the Tobacco Industry Re- search search Committee, said that "a, *N, more accurateperspecSive, of thee whole.picture ofiung cancer cau- ~sationn iss emerging" from further_ studtesofthee[tectsotchronicand .. acutee tunginfections, airr pollution, genetic factors, stress, hormonal viruses, diet anditossi- influences, ble other factors:,tt STATE JOURNAL Matiison, Wisconsin March 6, 1962 C kesearcher Says . N')iSmoking Doesn't f~ Caluse' Cancer NEW' YORK (0.1PI) - The Tn, ~ h)oco Inddutry Research comtNt+ ~ tee scientific dinector, said Mon.. day research indicates' tobacco smoke alone does not directly ~, cause lung cancer. ~ This does not necessarily ex- ehtde tobacco from having any K(, role at all, nor is any such role establisbed," ' saidI Dr. Clarence v Qook Liule, cancer research au, Q thority, ~ "More,investigations are neces sary, on the suggestions of poss•t- ble, indirect' contributory roles for tob'aceo,'• he said in,the1961 an•- nnal report an the industry, re- eearcti progress.. He said , contint)ing tests of ta- hacrn amoke indicate "the smoka is much too feeble to play a~role in the etiology of hmg cancer as a direct contact carcinogen." REGISTER IDes, Moines, Iowa March 6, 1962 .. Cite Progress ><rr•r Cancer Research NEW YORK, N:,Y- (!A~- The Tobnnco fndustry' Re- search Committee said Mon- day progress is being tnade in the investigation of, "the challenges, of eancer6 hearu diseases and other constitu- tional, ailments:" In its 1'9611 annual, report, the committee's scientific di, rector, Dr. Clarence Cook Lit; tle, said:. "While the. answers we seek, are still not within our grasp, we now have a far bet• ter understanding of' the questions.. Clearly progress is being,made."' In the last, yean the com- mittee,has made grants to 120 lndependent'scientists in over 80 hospitals. / D035•375"~3 ~ UNION Spri'ngfield,,Mass. March 6, 1962 Denv Smoke • CanSes Cancer NE.W~YORK~~ uf~.- Theoco, induslry resear•ch commiGee:saidl MondAyy progressis beine niade. mthe:mvesvgahunot, thec!mi- lenges of eancer; heart diseasex and' other constitutional ail- menta."' In its 1981 annual, report, th~ commiLee s sr!enuhc duroor. Dr. Clarence Cook lrttle, sa:d: "While the answers weserk arestill not:within our grasp. wr now~~ havee a~ far~ better unc[nr- standung otthequeshnn-; C(canl) pro;ress is beingg made." At one.point the annual rep"r! says that tests on tobacco mirkr indicate.tnat."thesmoke.is mu,3+ -tooo feeble" to p1aya. -nleI in causing funR cancer• Tliis rtaes rot, it addtd, nex•i,=.arily exr'u& todaoco~.from~~hav'nq~any mie at. all!.and ralled~(ormvre.sh.,dD nR the : problem. ~. ; lp ~y.. .- ,c s. . . . .- JIJURNkI. Winston-Salem, N.C. March,6, 1962 •1.unor Cancer Research Is Reviewed NEW YORK-The scientific dla rector of' the Tobacco Industry Research Committee cated,"sev. eral sigoificant developments" yesterday, inn h'is. 1961 reporton- .,reaearcb progness, Dr. G7arence, Cook Little re- viewed scientific findings of the past year and discussed these developrnents! 1. 'The means now seem to,be at hand" for desipning tests to evaluate what, influence, it' any, each of many esternal, and iit, ternal factors may have in indue• fng; lung cancer in aniinals- 2: By' expostng anirt!als' to cer- tafn viruses along with chemical agents, scientists have indueed animal lung cancers similar to those found in human beings. Such results were not obtained when either the, vtntses or the e,hemicals , were used' alone, This is another step in the "rapid I de- vdopment of methods for study of squamous cell carcinoma (can-. eer)' in apimal lungs?• Tobacco Smoke Tested S: Continuing tests of tobacco smoke Indicate that "the smoke Is much~too feeble to play a role in the etiology of lung cancer as a direct contact carcinogen. This does not necessarily exclude to- bact'o from , having any role at 811. nor is any such role estab- lished. More investigations are necessary on the suggestions of possib'le: indirect,, contrilwtory rolestor tobaeco." Dr. Little said that the experii mental systems discussed in the report"brovilie a basis for, evalu+ ating the relative effects of many extrinsic and intrinsic factors on the rate and level of' incidenee"' of lung cancer in animals. '"I7te fortunatr aspect is." be crontinued.l "thlat, as the contribu- tious of the various suspects are evaluated, methods of nullifying or blocking some of them mayy beeome.e apparent . . . Hopefu6ly, effective methods of'redtwing,the toll uf h'uman lung cancer may become evident from this type of work:"' The present status of research. he said. "emphasiaes the truth of what we anat others have, saidd repeatedly, The oriSin of lungg cancer is complex and still olir acure.'."