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TSE CAMKMCIAL APPEAL Memp2ais, Tennessee. August 9, 1962_ lret -'Cancer ~videnke Grows ~ Thn~. •trenagers on~ thee evils of.f smok- ~ L'HU';AC17 Av•, C_. ~•min~rrr hoe h-,an in, thi-,`Inz =cciuni.ry for ceiitvriosi EtrL not untili eight years aa4 : The' Royal Gollege of' Physi- did it become a scientific controversy. ihcrYmerican cians in Enaland reported this ki th t .me(lira'I relNDrts have been tvrit"hoth t.`.en and t9omen, than in;NrPncw rnrmnnrv' deatlsc and' tu. Sinco tlten, morc tnnn l,pt10' '-!lunw cancer and also may iit- smo ng ts e C:~ncer Society announced in 1'954 its studies showed ycar tnat clgare that cigarcts ir, particular produced luma aartcer. +znost likely cause of the world- lavide increase in deaths from ten attncKtne anZd suppo ane,the non.smokers or light smokers. • ~rculosis y I1ere in quostion ar.d znsiver toon says its statistics indicate •;lto other', sido" ~ stafement ~ The American ' Heart Associa+ / l2'-Is thcro an evideatce or Q:-{17ilch s1y has iGa es•l.!!onary heart disease or accelisearch Committee, a group o~ .form is the debate up to date: Ismoking may contribute to eor- p.-Thp Tobacco Industay'Rcy .•dence I,mno anee lar,t°' erate it ind'ependent scientists; said i A.-The American Cancer So-} -The surgeon-general of thc has supported grants totaling ie3ety says the evidence has be-~~,ni:ed States Public 1,ea1:.^'S5.o00,000 and no findings yet come firmer„ The ACS norvlService in 1959 said the weieht,have emerged. to substantiate :,efiminates all! reservations in its;of 'evidenee increasingly' pointss e AC.S ppsition; statements. There is no longer to a cigaret cause of lune cara- The-committee says the ciga- cer. t theory is still a theory be= ' any qucstion~ of, the rclationship, Statistics show there is sio^"nifi; The National Tuberculosis cause it is based on tabulatin> cantly' more lung cancer among Association has called for an Qnachines and IBM punch1 cards. l heavy, (two packs)' smokers,[edttaational campaistt a m o n g/5tatistical data are only sugges• . PE.7S_l '\iMT1f'iw Mempliia, Tennessee August 21, 1962 DC. Hoi'ds, St. dy Unks Sm,oEt*ng With Caincer Survey Doesn't Support Theo yc That Drinking May Bie Factor By CLYIDE' PATTON JR., i Press-8cimitar Staff ' W'riter • Dr. Daniel Horn, co-arthur of the Hammond-Horn• Stttdy, one of the earliest and most comprehensive re- ports linking lung' cancer vusth, smoking, today in Mem- phis gave the results of another survey he has made. He told delegates to the International Association of. • 1.atyilgectomees elet^eftth,larynx cancer. "The data from annual convention at Hot'el'this stwdiy do not throw any light. Peabody today what heI pn this lt.ypothesis,"' he said. had discovered- from' a survey "There is no questionAhat the At 3386' laryngectomeer duringhdrge, majority of laryngecto-, - :M1!9i616 hneea' who drink at all do not. Ifeellthat'thei'r drinking had any- thing to do with their larynx cancer," he said. c oa no IJr.. Hocm said the survey's ~ Dr. Horn said the age dis, thief contribution to the gernItribution ofl the group surveyed ral edl al fi ld• wa to sub.'shows that most of the persons e m e a A laryngectomee Is a person who has had his larynx re- .movedl usually because of a er thr t c i stantiate previbus evidence link+ litg all forms of smoking wlth i ,throat cancer, "'.1'bo.t Drinking ith throat cancer are In the late tnlddle ages: Two per cent' of the laryngectomees surveyed, were below the age of' 40. The ratio of men to women is He also said, that the aurveylslightly aover 10'to 1, he said.• did not support prevlous evi- Dr. lHorn is director, oof pra dence that excessive drinking gram, evalutdon for the Ameri- alone or In' combination with can Cancer Society, lilew' York smoking may be a factor In'TI: Y. joa3~3 7~°7 A ;tive, not scientific proof. The(to tobacco smoice nave not bea.-s •basic causes must be souoht ,'successful-, tlie committee says. !er causes cotil be itivolvodx • ~ A. - The tobacco conunittee~ ;offers several possibilities: How much 1 lung, cancer arises as a~ result' of previous lung da2nage, by bacterial infection such asi tuberculosis or pneumonia? Howl :about heredityT Constitutional 'tMaits? How about viruses? Poi-~ littion? Diet' deficiencies? 9oaial, `factors? Stress and strain? Q.-Is there any holptul Infor-I matien, deriivedi from anlm4 stud:es? . A.-Several studies have dem-', ;or.strated that the tar derived' 'fro:n tobacco smoke condensate !can produce cancer fit mice or rabbits' if applied repeatedly to the skin over a period ot time the other hand ic, d .~ yc„ r ay cc c , Powever, efforts to produce lung that the psychoio ::.al satisfaa- bancer in rats by exposing tliem•tions to be derived from s:nok- ' routnveigh anyheWlth ha.ard. Q.-R'hat does the Amcr:can !biedical Association ssy° ; A.-It has Just begtttt -its own study of' the controversy and' ;will make a report in about a year. i Q. Ilmv has the controver,y affected' smoking aniong tl:a ° public? A. Very little, -it appcars.ntj, Except for 1954. when the ACS announcement' was " made, sales ' of' cigarets have been risino steadily. More than 500 b.liioa ' are made each year-a haif a, pack a day'for every American ` more than 14 years c:d; ` QQ.-Wliat aliould t:10 dot.ID.all do? A.-The choice is an ind vid- lual one:. Consult your phys...:an. He may think the evidence is '' sufficient. The sug.estion of a~_ health hazard, togetrer with the expense and, messiness of ciga- " ret smoking, may ue enouuii to .. cause You to stop smoking. Onn,