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~ . ` -. ~. . . , . . .. . . THE EVENI NG STAR Washington, D.~i. v' f [00 ~ 0 J.J3746 March 7, 19b2 .......... ' search may well establish that ~ ' azette smokers who can't qudt- cigazettes are not: the real cu1L tlld i..1~CS Cif ~JI el lesl? >~ It also had a tip for ci6- - , t hrow away, a cigarette when Prits, Half evddence toi . it is smoked because the 'There is much ~'r of D t 4,/S~ J unburned portion filters out -suggest that the, striking dif'- much of the dinjurious matter, ferenees in ttae: incidence of' Sir Robert Platt, the chair- lung cancer aad bronchitis be- . hO ~een urban and rural areas, NDbN Mar. 7(AP) :-A for tuberculosis deatha among man, told a news conference and between one country and' committee from Britaita'g Royal elderly men. that 20;OOD men in Britain Colleef Surgeons reported • didf l lat another, reflect in varying fie~ g oe oung cancers year, contribu- ;and tltat deaths among women ~~' ~e effecta of air paIIu~ , r tmday after a two-year study Smokiag may be a ,, tory factor In cancer of the tion ' the statement said ,. " that cfgareGte smoking mag beGh 3 t1ID0 In 19I61 are increasing mou, pharyna esophabus and,• , a contributing cause of deaGh bladder ; "It's the eigarett'e smoker 1[J S. interests Hit Data , ;irom a number of diseases be- `' °wtso 8ets canoer of the lung" ' ' , ~ ~,~, t It lacte 'In New York, the Tobacco In, sides lung cancer. ma8 be a reason for the Sir Robert' said. „These ; The commit'tee studied thou, mcreasEd mortaldty irom peptic •are unpleasant and unpalat- atitute, an organization aup- aands of' case histories andi ulcers, ported bg American tobacco examined more than 204 other It is an important preddspos- able; but they are facts' 34P.:manufacturers, said'the "report. medical inqtiit'ies inko smokimg. Ing cause in development of Tobacco Men Amawer from England is admittedly a °- Some of their conclusions chronic br;g~i,,is. .„__ .-. review of old daba without ar~y d The British Tobacco leaked out several weeks ago. The neport aclunowledge Manu new research~ iindings."' : But the full 70y Standdrtg Commd page report was' that smokiing may liave psY- facturers" promptly issued a statemen George V. Allen, president of not made public until today. chologicad and soeial benefits. the institvte, sadd'he questioned' saytng it has co~operated wi whether the report would have Findings Suasmarized ~. Higher Tax Suggested medical and' scientific suthori any bearing on the sitvation In It confirmed findings o1 ries in studying the relation the United States "since the Here are some of their find- aTifp 5e~veen healtS anic smwDk~= ings: s. other medical groups that pipes ~g• aame data have been uader. Cigarette smoking is the mos~"and cigars are lesa dangerous ~e statement noted that the study here for a long time." ~e added: ~ likely cause of the recentworld- than cigafettes, probably be- medical committee deliberately: " wide increase in deaths from cause the cigarette smoker in- ,had' excluded questions of sitThe suthors also ignore a ; pollution to await a separate ~ge amount oi'fmportant re- „_ lung cancer. hales far more. The commit- eareh into many other 1$ctors uggested that ior llealtls' The habit probably increases ~e s :;s report. ` at are being studied. These the risk of death from coronary sake governments should boost The tobacco manufactnu cigarettesattd ers (nclude viruses, environment, heart ddsease; particularly in axes isharply on thought that smoking and air iet, previous 1Iltteuses and the early middle age. ldwer tYtem on cigars and pipe poldution sliouldi be corsidered i differences between ind1- _ It may be partly responsible t°baccn, together, and that more re- iduals,,whether they are smok- ers or not." . POS'T GAZE'I'TE & SUN TELEGRAPH Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaziia March 8, 1962 Surv~ey Blames Them for Many Diseases Royal College ur eons' !,. ."L,ampn, 3,000 in 1961, are ~`1 a i a rueasing. e-ig1 l~ ll~ lll.~l uj~Q7; S I~.~llpytS wh--iCs the eigaret amolker <,,1 o gets cancer of the lung," =~~r .,f. Plait said. "These facts are LONDON, Marrh 7(AP) -!' 1i The hahit probably im• ~ gerous than cigarets, prob- unpleasant and! unpalatable, A committee from Bri!ain'screases the r isk of death from ! ably because the ci g a re t but they are facts." Rog ali College of Slargeons ne• j coronary heart d:;ease, par- smoker inhales far more. I ' The British Tobacco 1llanu• ~ ticularly in early middle age: i 'f.+cturers' Standin ' Cornrnit- ported today after a two-year I „ g i' study that cigaret smoking ' lo, It may be pa:-ty repson• ;: Ttie committee: suggested ' tlee p r o m p t l y issued a•a mati• eb a contributing cause, sible for tuberculosis deaths ;; that for health's sake gpv- - statrment saying it has co- t'- of death from a number of, among, elderly men. ~' e rn m e nts should' boost ohenated with medical and' diseases besides lung cancer. Smoking may be a conti•ib+ i taxes sharply on clgarets ' seiienuific authorities in study- The committee s tu d i e d ulory factor in cancer of the ; and lower them on cigars ~ ing the relationship between - thnusands of case historirs' mouth, pharynx, esophagus', and pipe t,abarco, ~ health and'smoking& and examined more than 200 and bladder. It alko had a tip for cigaret ', The statement noted the t oiher medical inquiries into ! It may be a reason for the sm o k e r s who can't quit: committee of physicians had smoking. Some of their con- I increased mortality from pep-' throw away a cigaret: when it deliberately excluded q u e s- clusiions leaked out, spverai ' tiio ulrels. ; is half smoked because the tians of air pollution to await' weeks ago. But the full 70- It is important predisposing unburned portion filters out a separate report. page report was not' made ~ cause in d e v ed o p m e n t of ; much of the injurious matter. But the tobacco manufae- ; public until' today. ilchronic hronehitiis, ' Sir Robert Flartt, the chair- !~~rs thought that smoking ; Here are some of their find• The report acknowledged mavr, told a, news conference ; and air, pollution' should be ' that smoking may have psy- 20,000 men In Britain considered together, and that t ~ Cigaret snioking is the cholog:ical and social benefits • died of' litng cancer last year, 4more: research may well es- mnst likely cause of the recent . 1it supported findings of' and that d e a t h s among itablish, that cigarets are not ~ ~ti•orlr~lwirl elwirle increase in deaths i other medicali groups that , _ the real culprits. from lUngcaneer ~ pipes and cigarsare less daut ; s..-, ,