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S NE;'T' SMOtEO OOItOr. aNAEEI OINAIE SllttiLT MBALE MOOEAATEL INNALE Y OEEPLT 2.27 2 I:al 1.5 11 . fl ~ S ' fl : . 1 0 ` RELATIVE DEATH RATE'. < .~gain o.w,M:.- ls t- ._ ~.: .~.. un.. , .. x . • :~ . ome seientists claim~ smoking causes disease; '~ so'~ _I e say it dloesn I• o~llers:,~.~u;st arem t sl ~~ r :: By Q', I L L1 A RI Di I L L E R,, Courier-Journal Staff W ritrr G ET set for anrither -nationaI t;rcyl " Debate.. Thia time the Dattlelines are be ing drawn to settle an, old squabble, -do or don't' eiaarettes' cause lung', oanoerT And'before the smoke aeltlea, it should l be quite a fracas with America's esti+ mated 70~QOOJ000 cigarette smokers' caught in the bewildering lmiddle:. Some scientists say cigarettes' are the', Villain responsib'lb for lung cancer and 'a rash of other ailments. Not so; say . others, who blame the anti-cigarette forces for distorting statistics. And quite a few reputable scientistss and doctors frankly admit that they fiut are not sure. Scarted In 1560 Actually, tt a1L started back in 1560 When,Jean NicoU then French ambassa- dor to Portugal, reported mysterious curative powers tn l remarkable rew American Indian hertr tiien smoked in pipes. In appreciation for tttis flnd; the herb was named in his' honor-"_EEcotiana tabaeuc.. It wasn't' long, however, until an anti-tobacco group arose to condemn smoking, as s bad habit responsible forr all sorts of'ailments. Todayl 402' years later, the argument rages on. The controversy has gathrned new steam in recent weeks, In England„ciga- rettes have been officially condemned. Andl a nehr blast has b'een fired by the A'merdcan Canber $l in the July lssue of the respected Scientific American: Both sides boast as Emtl'ressibe liile-up of supporters. Both present conaincinR arpumel The seorecard is somethinq Iike'thia_ Arch-enemy' of the cigarette ln this' _ country is the American Cancer Society. Its latest ally Is the Royal College of P6yaiciatts in London who flatly blamed anaking for aeweral disents; particularly. lutlg Fnceer, ih ld biticial repdtt this 7erFl In the tktt'er eorneri (l'i pro•tlgarette teadt le led by the .'fobjbco Industry Research Committee. Most tecent' sup- port for this aide comes from an uu- lik'elysource. Hungarian cancer specialist Dr. Joseph ~ Balb; who, expressed doubt' at a recent scientific institute in Mos- cow' that there is a cennection between cigarettes and lung cancer. This fight involves far' more than a., aasie scientific arguinent' or a' sitn['`e decision of whether people should 3moke. , . Tobaeco Is big businesa• It t# also little business and farm' business on, a massive, nationwide scde. t the minimum, it is an =a,009 oJOOO' annual propotition. Americans smoked an estimated 525,-, 000.00!1.o0u cigarettes' last year, apenda inq ab^u'. $7,500,000,000 , on tobacco products. ' ltfoto th'an 800,000 farm families in. 21 atates grow tobaeco.,there are more thaa 700 , tobacco factories in 32 atateai SevKnteen million Americans depend on tobacco for all, or' part of their In the Hammond''report on moree than a miilionl persons, this shows the degree of inhalatiol . Sivellhood. More' tobacco products pasa• over retail counters than any' other itemj , igarette v . Thr federal, State and locat return from tobacco taxes is more than $3; 100,000,000• . ' In Kentucky alone, 40 percent of'the State's cash receipts from farm market- ing comes from tobaoco, aocording, to Dr. Robert' RuddJ professor' of' agricul- tural economics at, the University of ~IienlUC$N: ~ Ab'out 17D;OOO Kentucky farm familiess grow burley tob'acco--379,000,0tM pounds on 213.058 acres last year. This year the crop will be about 17•800;000 pounds larger; adding nearly' i12,~000r 000 to the income of Kentucky farmers if'pricea stay high. Dr. Rudd puts the capital value ot. - tobacco land in Kentuckv at about" j30D;000,000. The State has 144,535 tobacco allotments valued at about ;Z500 e J nd lanother 11,0t10 iworken are em-'° A DEATH RATES iROM LUNG CANCER IN MEN IN RELATION TO TYE'6Or TORACCO SMOKED . ~, U.R.'. nalMff iRaM 100{1 {~ /Wl-11N Q !V.r.L.nnUalSlFRar~. NA,M,yaNe.a NoW_HUj'. .This chart from,the Royal l:ollege. Sf Physicians report shows death Cytes in U!S: and United Kingdbl ployed in Kentucky tobacco taclonieri earning wagea of more than pl8i000J000= ayean Kentucklane emokdd I about 355J000,OID0 ks of cigarettes ib 19S01alone, pay. Wabdut $12;200,000 In consumer'tuteu

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