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NEW YORK TIMES New Ybrk, New York ~'''4 May 27', 1962 e Tiwo Agencies Study :.Cancer-Smo'k'ing Tie SaeclkitoTheNewYorkTim i. WASHINGTON, May 26- mont'lis. We are very active question in more 'detail next right now and we are in, con- week." Two Federal agencies are pre- Act' wih Public Healh:" United States health officials paring, reports dealing with the Mr. Jacques said he thought have become increasingly out- possible connection betwen ciga- that interest had been stimtr- spoken in recent months in: rette smoking, and certain., kinds lAted by legislation proposed in their, vviews about possible links of cancen Congress and by findings and between smoking and disease. The first agency, the Federal' actions abroad. Earl this s rin a team Causal Factor Found Trade Commission, has ordered one of its bureaus to draw up a report to help it decide wheth- er cigarette companies shoiQd be compelled to include in their advertising a warning about the possible health hazards in ciga- rette smoking. The second, the Publ'ic Health from Ghe Roya4 College of Dr. Michael B, Shimkin, as- Physicians in Britain reportedi sociate director for fieid' sthidies t'hat "cigarette smoking is a of the National Cancer Insti- cause of lung cancer."' tute, said'this spr'ne' that it had The Danish National Society been provedl cigarette for Combating Cancer also is- smoking was one of the causes sued a report. affirming, a link of "i•ng cancer. between, smoking, and cancer. : ijr. Kenneth M. Endicott, di'- This month the Italian Gov.- rectmr of the National Cancer ernmentl banned all forms of Inst'itute, testified at a House : Tfie Gov- tobacco advertisin g Appropriations subcommittee ° Service, is preparing a report for President Kenned on the ernment's of' Britain and Den- ~ February : y mark also have been urged to "The Public Health Service madicaU evidence linking. smok- take steps to curb cigarette believes that the evidence re- ing andi cancer. smoking, garding, cigarette smoking as The President called for the, Senator Ivfaurine B. Neu- a major cause of lung, cancer is medical report,after having been berger, Democrat of' Oregon, sufficiently strong to justify an questioned on the subject at his has introduced a resolution to intensive educational cam- news conference on Wednesday: establish a commission that paign." would study the effect of smok- The tobacco industry was At that time; he avoided a, reply ing on, health„ described last week by Secre- but' promised to give an answer Representative Paul A. Fino., tary of Commerce Luther Hr if the question were asked again Republican of the Bronx„ is Hodges as an "$8,000J000,000 at his next conference. sponsoring,leg,islation to_require industry, contributing to the Irind It a C>tiuse cigarette packages to state the support of millions of Ameri- nicotine and tar content of the cans and serving an estimated! A spokesman for Public prodtrct: 70.000;p00 domestic customers."' Health Service said today that These developments have He said that tobsrco "touches the:agenry's position for several' brought a sharp decline in the the economic. sockr9 and politi- i- prices of'tobacco shares in the cali li"e, of all Amrrira_~ts:" th th h at e ev been years >d . United States and Britain in dence indicatedl cigarette smok-• recent weeks. ing, was a principal cause in[ An order of, the FederaLTrade .Lhe increase of lung cancer. . Commission requiring cigeratte .nat will be the position in, companies: to write a, health. Ute report prepared for the caution into their advertising .sident~ the sp°kesman~ said. would be a novel application of P ! ' an old principle. Products such However, he addedl the report. as insecticides, fertilizers and' also will point out' that there epoxygluearerequired,tocarry: are possibly other caneer-,.such cautions, causing agents, including air The commission and industry committee.s' often work out iii- pollution, formal understandings on ad- The tobacco industry insists vertising: '.. that the link betweeni smoking Another course is for the and cancer or other disease has commission to issue a formal not been proved. It says that order- giving, the respondent air, pollution is a much likelier thirty days to compiy, cause. This usually leads to a period Some time ago the Federalr of negotiation. It may result in Trade Commissiom asked its an order less stringent than Bureau of Industry Guidance originally planned, or it may for a report on cigarette ad- vertising practices. Bryan Hl. Jacques, bureau director, said he expected to have,the report' ready in a few days. Any action the, commission takes "would Le dependent on what the scientists; the doctors, say," Mr. Jacques said. "Our orders wouldl reflectt lead to litigation in the Untted. States Court of Appeals, which has the authorityy to support commissioni orders or dismiss them. In postponing an answer to the, query at his news confer- ence this week the President said: "The--tbat matter is sensitive their findings." he explained., enough and the Stock Market "The intensity of our lbokin,g is in sufficient difficulty with- ihto this has varied over the out my giving, you an answer ~ years. We are always looking ; w,hich is not based on complete at it. There has been much information, which I don'thave, _more activity in the last few and therefore; perhaps we could -I'd be gladito respond to that ]AU05~:'~704h HERAZD TRIFUNE New York, New York May 29, 1962 Kenncdy hettin, Data on Smoking AIId Lllnb Ca11K"v'r '' WASHINGTON 1 AP ). A summary of current medi- cal dat'a dcaling with possible relationship bct'w,een smoking and lung cancer is bPinz lnue- pat'ed for President Kennedy. . The summary will also cou- tain sungestions as to wloat should i)edone; inriuding a pos- sible new look at the whnle. picture, a Public Health Serricc official said yesterday. The official said the sumQnan., was being prepared at' the rr- quest of the Department of Health, Education andlWelfare, of which the service is a unii. and presumably had been re- quested by the White House. President' Kennedy said' at his . press conference last week that he might be able to answer a question about the situation at. a later conference. The White House announced yesterday there will not be a conference this week.