Tobacco Documents Online

r.. n_o.Aers' Ad'mit Harm ut,Mosf Find Cigarets Pleasurable I_. ~ By JOHN TBOAW; aeryM-sowN 1trmMMr. . PHOENIX, March 1Q-An American Cancer Society re• adarcher reported today that only about one of every seven dgaret smokers "considers the habit, pleasurable, safe and worth the costs." "In studying the patterns of attitudes among', regular, smokers," Dr. Daniel! Horn noted. "the most striking characteristic is the large pro- portion who express dlssatis• faction with their' smoking habits. "Sure1y there must be no other industry which has so many dissatisfied customers." He spoke here at the open- htg of a aix-day seminar for science writers sponsored by Ithe society. , More Harm Than l'aood. He said a, sample survey of American smokers dls- Ing among, women but level- halff of the general publte dosed' most of them found' ing'off among men, thinks cigaret smoking is "a dgarets "pleasurable" and' !I[oro Heavy S&mkeraL maJor, acause of lung cancer." felt 'there is nothing wrong' , He said 36-percent of wom- But only one of every sbc with smoking as long as' a en over age 21 now smoke, persons is absolutely con- petson smokes moderateiy."'. l t t vtO'~ . ~m w t t 3Y pexcen p- However, he added, the study' seven yean ago. Amotfg,men, also revealed most smokers the parcentage has dropped thought thatt all In all, dk• fmm 61 to 59 percent In The society itself rertented Its bdief, baaed on previous, studies, that smoking is rti arets do more harm than both groups; however~ there sponsible for, three of every good. Most also b e19 e v e,a now are more heavy smokero four cases of lung, cancer. smoking was both "a dthty ---one pack or more a day. This is challenged I by the habit+' and! "eost9 more than ' The breakdown: tobacco industry, which ,in-- the pleasure (s worth:" Men - 37 pet~oot~t smoke sists proof is still ladcing. lT~ecu•helttu'ngly, Dr. Horn heavily, 20 petcent smoke The society estimated 9,%. , the smokers moderately, 2 per cent smoke 000 new cases of'lung cancer said express oea.sionally. 23 percent never will be diagnosed in the Unit- hope their childten won?t pick have smoked and' 18 percent ed States this year, including up the habit. And most also have quit 2000 in New Jersey and' S51)0.' feel.lawsagainst sale:of eig• Women-l2 percent smoke in New. York. _. arets to youngsters "should heavily. 20 ipercent moderate. Of' these, the society' pm be strongly enforced." percent newer oh~avee smoked ~~ ~lODO wlll die. Dn Horn saitl'~ his study, and 8 percent have quiC It pointed out'.)uttg cancer now kills more men than any Involving about 2000 persons, Lung Caocer Clted- other type. In women it tanks; indicates smoking i_s increas. Dn Horn said more than '-ro: 8 among fatal cant4rs: 1(m P05T Baltimore, Maryland' March 10y 1962 - Cites R+esuks' Ot S'ur'L•ey~ Few Ciga1.aet Sffi4keTes VI) Like Ilem, Expert Sa.7 s N ~ G . ~ fRret tmwkin Uon between d g no eonclusrva proof of a link d l FHiIEN~, Atin:, March 10- pleasttre, safe and worth the e:- fAP) - Do people who imoke Pen+e~ elganets really ifke them? Dr., Horn said the smveyy designed to be reptesentatlve of, :AOne smmker, lIn etght,doesdt th'e adult U. S. population, wass a condueted in late January and I aaya Dr.. Daniel Horn of tti American Cancer Society. (early February of this year. Dr. Horn is one of the au- Tobacco industry' wutt!es, thors of'the sodety's statlstlallwers not immedistelyavailable, ttport which shows an assocla- d r eommenL However, the fn- c°ntenda there bas been a ~ ~ an ung cancer. (between cigaret smoking and Reporting thL# Ume on the,4ung.ancer: .. public attitude toward amoking. IS Dr. Horn said' 58 per cent' of ltntokets in a survey of 2,000 . ptmons, found smoking, a pieasure;butdidn'fthink,iGwas. , worth the cost. Most of this i gt»up:also felt smoking was aa harmful habit, he said ONLY 14 PER CENT of rc:ular , cigaret amokets: said they throught smoktng, was a . s• •~. 4 .. ~ 'Y e . . . . THE FL&32f DEALER Cleveland, ph'io .. Mt33'ch' 14y, 1962! Mfce..Fedl.danoerA'genW t, ,~ 1 fed agents to 1abo- IS' S'I~n1K~Ch 1. ratory mice, and found they caused a wide range of tumors 1 t a~ o r RQ ~Ilri In the mice:: skin cancers, breast cancers, ]ung oanaeta, for instance. to Cancerf foreTtiesebeliev tuedtmors o wehavete, herebeento; . caused by external eontact. By )OH.'H BARBi()Utt i nri th aa cancer-causing . agent, or PHqENIX, Ariz: , U4ti-The by yituses, he said. avenue for the agents that Somestrains; off mice, he ex- ause human cancer may well plained• have a susceptibility to be through manSs own stomach, breast cancer because of their a sdentisti suggested' yesterda,y. hormone balance„ and the pres- Md.these chemfcal agent; ence off a virus believed totnan inadvertenUy ivrallows- cause the bt canttr. ( In his daily diet and habits- A similar strain has the same tmay produee cancers far ne hormone balance, but nnt, the d moved in his body from ~ the .. dl- virus, and hence does . not . get igestive.tracte bteast't cancen This strainwu This possibility Is being con- fed cancer-causing agents, and siderad following experiments got breastcancer,, nevertheless. with, animals, said Dr., William In other strains of mice, E. Poel,.head of'theUniversity_varietiea of tumorswerepro- o[ Pittsburgh's laboratory for duced by feeding tttem agents experimental eateiqogenasia. Isuch as foiundl in ei¢arett. "No uane person would eat a isnioke. ZLese agenta also are cancer-causing agent fmom a'found ht charred hamburgers labeled,can."' Dr. Poel tbld the< and steaks, toast and potato American Cancer Socletyl1 ad. Chipy ence writeW 'seminar•, Yet;,he In the expetlmenlsDr. Foel added,' sane people do (nadt~er~=. found,thst there was a daae tentlytwallowegenta-such as ciganette smmke. below which there was no ean- , c.c, ~_e, ..~.. ...