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T1HE VIRGINIAN-PILCT, Norfolk, Virginia June 23, 1962 . T'~'~a. Beraeh Conference ~ ---~~~obaccomen Ask Fact,llfiot Fiction VIRGINIA BEACH - The to• ' baSXo and health.itsue. "ia.conr- plicated by a wide variety of opinion and high emotions that have nothing to do with aci- entific facts;" a New York pub lic ~ relations firm executive said here Friday. "We can all help aome by in• sisting that known facts be pra sented, noCC opiniona, or hearaay, or repetition of what someone else has said," Carl Thompson, vice president of Hill & Knowl- ton, told the, annual convention of the Bright Belt' Warehouse As- sociation. . _ Thompson said: ~ 'Wr can challenge dogmatic opinions; , it not with known facta then with, braic questions about. the unknowns. We can seek for full presentation of the w h io l4e picture when smoking is being discussed I rather than just a se- 1leted set of atatistfcal assacia- liontrlwrts that.support.troe set .of opinions." Thompson'ss firm is pul:licre-.c lations counsel to the Tobaeco. Industry Researcli,Commidttee and, to the Tobacco Institute, Inc. Frank B. Snodgrass of Wash- ington, vice president andi man- aging d;rector of'tfie Burley Dark Leaf Tobaeco Export Association, iold the warehousemen that in ,the common market: nations of.. Western Europe the popularity of American-type blended cigarets is growing in relation to t he economy. "We feel that' with the in= creased growth of' the economyy throughout the world consumers will demand I a similar type of cigaret when and wherever they have a freedom cf choice," Snod- grass said. He emph'asized that burley to bacco is not competiiitg wlth . ( flue-cured leaf for overseas mar- `, kets, b'ut senves to "complement the use of flue-eured'tobaecos in the efforts of foreign manufaa turers to duplicate a true U.SA. typeblended cigarette." The three-day convenl wtlli 'pdjourn,today after adopting to- baceo market regulations and haring, reports of officera: Tobacco Industry Backs lCancer Study By CHET PASCHANG' assess any evidenct oa the risks Vir 'nia Beaeh Bureau of smoking aad recommend goo` go erntnent action, , if pecessary. VIRGINIA , BEACH i- An ea- H°yt said he cannot speak tor" ecut:ve with the Tobacco Indus- the Scientific Advisory Board of' try Research Commtttee•{TIRC) the TIRC. but he u"sure they says the c o mm i t te e' s staff' would want to ooopente" in a "would be more than happy to sound'scientific,study: cooperate in any way they _Ine advisory board l is ¢ons d f d d could" in a planned federal study of the health risks of smoking. W. T. Hoyt, executive secre- tary for the TIRC, said in an interview here that he assumes the study planned by the,UJS. pose octors an sctenttsas, o and it handles, a grants-in-aid program for research on tobac- oo andI health. r s s Hoyt was one of the speakers at the 18th annual convention of the Bright Belt, Warehouse As, sociation, a, tobacco gtnup.:be-.ing held at the Cavalier Hotel here. In his talk: be said' that re- search the,past few years hass provided "a great deal of data raising doubts aboutth'e theory" that smoking isa, cause of'hmg cancer. ' And he said the main basis of publicity, attacks on tobacco rests upon the "the same type of statistical association as ol aBy alleged" years ago.i He cited several recent Fntd- ings reported by scientific ad- visors to back no hii nnmmonta- Public Health Service will be of ~ 3 Zr)~l z~-P ~J a scientific nature,,alttaugh do- Isackin ~ails ar g: e THE WASHINGTON POST He said he also assumes the iastitliRig'hbt1,,D. C. Public Healt}i1 Service will con-. JAlIIt' 24I, 1962 tact the TIRC on the matter be- cause it is the tobacco-and-health research arm of the tobacco in. Cancer `Hetaaay' Decrie dustry, . t Vt]iGINIA B E C H, Va., "Any scieatific,bodq that looks June 23 (AP) - A New York into this and does it, in an un- p~tblic refat3ons firm 'lxecu- biased way, is a good thiug,'" tive says that dogmatic opin- H~ adtled fbna linking Wbacco and can- cer should be cballenged "if Reeen! reports from Washing- not with known facts then ;on indicate a federal advisoryy with basfc questions about tY'c committee willi be crealeQ to unknowns." 7Vfe tobacec and health Is- 'sue "is eomplbcated by a'wide variety of opinions andi high emotions tt[at,have nothiug too do.with scientific facts," says. Carl Thon4son, v ice presi- dent of IYiill' & K:nowlton. Speaking yesterdiy before the annual convention of the Bright Belt' Warehouse Asao• ciation..Thomocnn said: . "VPe can all, help some by insisting that krtown,facts be presented, not opinion, or hearsay„or repetition of what aomeone else has said."' Iiis firm representa the T- bacco Industry Research Committee and the Tobacco. Institute; Inc. D?'rz?HY1M MOIRNIiNG HEFR/1bD 1( IPurham, North Carolina June 23,19621 dustry Reseqrcti CommHtee andi to theTobacco. inslitute. Inc. SC1eI1tIfIC FadS' Frank B. Snodgrass, of Wash- •, ingtonl , vicee presidlntandman- r n' In -aging,director of the. Burley and UIf~pY I11 TQ~~r/'~ Dark Leaf Tobacco Export Asso- 'j{r li R.{r , riation, told the warehousemen that: in the Common i<1arketna- !'}~ { tions of,Western Europe the popa- e,all'NI Queslion larity of American-type blended cigarettes iss growiaginrelation to thee economy,. VIRGINIA BEACH. Va. hAPI- "We feel that'with the increased The tobacco and health issue "is growth of the, economy throughout complicated by, a wide variety of the world consumers will demand opinion and high emotions thal a, similar type of cigarette when have nothing to do with scientific and wherever they, have a free- facts;" a New York public rela' dom of chmice:" Snodgrass said. tions firmieaecutive saidFriday. He emphasiied that burley, tn= "We can all I help some by in~ bance is not competmg with flue. sistingg that known tacts bee pre-ct;redleaf' for o.erseasN markeu,l senledJ not opinions, or hearsay; hut, serves to "complemenl the or,repelition of,what someone else use oL flue-cured tobaccos in the has said;" Carl Thompson, vice efforts of' foreign manufacturers president of Hill!& Knowlton, loldl to duplicate a true U:S.A.•typr the annual convention of the blended,eigarette." Rright Belt Warehouse Asso6 The three-day eonvention, will ation• adjourn Saturday after adopting Th'otnpsonls firm is public reta- tobacco market regulations and tions counsel, to the Tobacco In• hearing reports of nffirers: