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Testimony befo¢'e' the House APpropriations CotmsliIttee was reported in the. New' Ylork Times and in a limited' number of other newsp,apers.. 14EIY YORK 2"IKEfi . New York, New York . Marah, 25, 196'2 House Panel Told of Evidence Linking Smoking to Lung Cancer; . ~. 1. hh Hea1t.D Serarice.e clusivelyto thee association be- 1 . eases and Blindness. Thatlnstt- - tween smoking and dlsease''Y~4t .... ltivt the evidence re-IngRsamfConn.j andother..loca- tute Ls conducting a studyof~However,.y several statis-ica'-~~ ,-. c.,~ur c::mc{mg.as;r tions havee linked clgarettc rome,23;000pregnantwomento ~ studiesare~underways major causeof'Iung;cancerLk smok"utgwith~.anincroasedmai• determine~uses o['bittli~.de- Statementsf linking smokingsufficientlystrong tojusttfy an tality in coronaryartery' di, feets O to: such diseases as lung canecr i "K'omenwho smokee have an and aoronaryheart'.ttvuble we:•e ntensiveeducationalcampaigne sease." ma•Inin February at c1osMF'~cperienee with edtuationalDr...Shannon said thatfo116w- 11.6.per6 eent'incidenoe of'pre- "\ u studies ~~also were bein madce maturity;" Dr. Masland testi- ~-c 1~U nf a s tbn ~tm ._.,?.eampaigna In this field leads usp B fied. "Amon women, whoo do ` •' •'' Apl ~i'.. '~~tists Com; to . believe that'a key factor Is 290of the,OOO smoking ; Government habits life ob insur- somoe not . smoke; the tneldence is 7.7' the attitude . ot' physicians, and I aaee policyholders. Hereported.', per cent. . i t, ;several'.weeks before oNerhealth workers. "PEi•ss study, which began in i - "We have . to,emphaslse that- -au.•.vn:~.teeotRri[ain'sRoyak. "T~hrre[ore, ourr educaUnnal F®53.,1acontlnuing;andsuppnrt~we.cannotsaydtis'~.theamoking.. C6Jc;;e..~fe i hyS'scians Issuedi .I'i-ampaign.isn directed primariJy original ilndings.ofa strongg as-. tAe~ mor woman who smokes ts ee te. rcFOrcnnr--.1 gUt -trli•;uc"~.t thesee pnofessionali groupsd ,ocwtion between cigaret vmoking..anA lungcanner anri'~ISkclytohaves.Dabyweighingmder 8ve pounds." AcAttth that tltere,. was . contmu-, eases• has Deen found to De nt -tag evidence of a lihk between. Testifying before the House ^,~ betWeea for smoking andtlung among tnaivtatrats wno.•e ~, cigarette smoking andvaMous'.A'Ppropria4ons subcommitteecancerhasnotbeen.proved. . been.cigarettesmokerslit.ton- disea.ses.n lastt month;, Dr. KennethM. Statistical studies'"tnvo1ving. trtsG to thosewh~oe did not Thetestimony; not.yet made~E~ndicottsaid several~campaigns s,nokers.wens di.scussed'by'sev-smoke cigarettes.oronly'smoke ypublte,came:from physicians at:dealing with cigarette smoking errl witnessess dut'ibgsubcom-~® a~o~y•• 1i.. the National Institutes of already were under.wayin the ~tteehearings. Auotherreport onthe.effeetnt`. Health, the research arm of the United States. Dr. James A. Shannon, direc- Public Health Senvice:, Dr. Endicott, . directorr of'the tor of.tshe National Institutes ;of of'smoking;was presented too th SY~~77e The Nationall Institutess of National CAneerInstitute ot. Fiealtlt., submitted a statement ro~ittee.byIDr. Richard Maa• 8eatth Ia not carrying on any the i~ati onalnal Institu[esof~t said: land.l directorr of the: National .large, clinical study devoted e~t- ~ .F':e lth ~d: "PO ulation~ studles at.Fram- Institute of Neurological Dis- ' 'l p , -~~A Cqngressiortaisubcommitteecancerandpnobablycontributed ccrSoeietyieconcentratedpar-' andlcoronaryheartdisease. 'w.utoldiinclosedhearings.last'to4hedevetopntentofotherdis- tlcularly.onthelay pubuc:' 'A.fi3.per.aeatexcessmortal-~., i TDetobacco. Fndustry h'as's ity 1nom~~ooronary~heaK'diseas ve March 2l-'smokmgg waa' a cause ot Lung ajtiFe that of the AmerlcanCan- alsoo between cigarette smoking WASHINGTON aPtI.l Ila RTh^ \: m Fo-l 27arw, . GAZETTE AND ,~azLY York, Pennsylvania March 29, 1962' 'tnat'oI rne 1me~lean Cancerso-concentra Studies Continue To Show Cigaret Link 'ont~eslay public.^~ partfcutarly ~ Statistical rCu d t es involvin, V1/~tN~ Various Ills, Secret Hea~-~~n~ngs Tolk! ~~tes ~ du discussed suba~osrunittee hearings. Washington - A Congressional such diseases'as lung cancer and were under, way In, the United ~' James A.,Shannon. dii•ectir subcotnmittee was told in closed coronary heart trouble were made States; of the Nationali Instit•aes of bearings last month thaf there in~Febnuary at closed hearings of- Doctors' Attitude Key IPtiotor Health, submitted a statemenl was continuing evidence of a link a subcommittee of the House Ap- Dr. Endieo9t, director of the that' said:' between cigaret smoking andl propriations committee. National Cancer Institute of the ' Population studies at Framin~ various diseases. This was several weeks before a National Institutes of Health said,: ham' OConnJ and other iocat:6n The testimony, not yet made committee of Be+itain's Royal Coll "The Public Health Service be- have linked eigaret smnking usiih public, came from, physicians at, lege of Physicians issued a report lieves that the evidence regarding an increased mortality in oororat}• the NatlonaliInstitutes of'Health'i contending that cigaret' smoking cigaret smoking;as a major cause artery disease." the research arm of the Public was a cause of' lung cancer andl of lung cancer Is sufficiently Dr. Shannon said that follow-up ealth Service, the New York probably contributed to the de- strong to justify an intensive edu- studies also werc being made or ies reports: velopment' of' other diseases. It cational c a m p a i g ni Ekperienee the smoking haaas of some 29~J.- 1he National Institutes of recommended that't thee govern-with- educational campaignsin .~government.life insurance:pol1 h k o lers., He repor•rted': Health is not camving on any ment educate the British public to this field leads us to believe that 1eg large, clinical study devoted ex- the hazards of' smoking: a key factor Is the attitude of ~ Th'Lt studx' which began 6t clucively tb the association be- Testifying before the House Ap- physicians and other health work- i1953, is conftuuing;and supports' tween~ smokinganddisease. Hox•- propriations subcommittee. 1 a,.s t ers.. original findings of a strongg as-ever, several statistical studies are month, Dr. Kenneth M. Eudicott 'T~herefore, our educational sociatlon between cigaret smokin!; underr wa saidd severall eam i . geampaignis directe~primarily.at'andlung;cancer and also between y, pa gns dealin Icigarct smoking and coronar Statements linking, smoking to with cigaret smoking already these professional groups, whileheart; disease.