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. : '~c.c.+ '~ `'~"" • ; . _ . ~;~+FLILL AND K2*TOWLTON, INC. Confidential for Members r. .e~' ~~. - :.. .. r i PR No. 28-62 1tC~i•:.T:.•..-, ~.:.,. , . . _ - .. INFORMA7"IONAL MEMORANDUM September 11, 1962 ~;., .. „ , . . • . . . . . - ,: .~, , ,., .-- ._ ie . CBS Reports " Program on Smoking, andi Health It :1 , •„• , . '~+'r*'ifd~! n-4 Discussions with the producers make it clear that the CBS Reports' program will be shown under the title, "The Teen-Age Smoker." However, they contend "that the program as a whole will not be a debate over whether teen-agers :'6 should or should not smoke. Smokingandnon-smoking teen-agers will be interviewed to give the framework within which the over-all.question of smoking and health will be discussed. or George V. Allen are advocates ofteen-age smoking. They say that various social and economic aspects of the industry will be covered. Ar . . 1 . . -. .. . . . . . .. . . .. . . ,btr:~T The producers say they do not plan to make it appear that Da'. C.C. Little The list of those interviewed'now includes: Dr. Harry S.N. Greene, Yale ~~;~ . k rr+ pathologist who wrote the introdu~ction to the book, "Science Looks at Smoking"; Dr. Ernest Dichter, social scientist, who it is understood discusses some of the psychological aspects of smoking; Dr. Chrl Seltzer of Harvard and Dr. Philip Cooper, Bronnc Veterans Administration Hospital, both T.I.R.C. grantees; Dr. C.C. Little and George V. Allen; also, E. Cuyler Haumiond, Dr. Michael Shimkin of the National Cancer Institnte, Sir Robert Platt of the Royal College of Physicians, Senator Maurine Neuberger, Lady Edith SuTmerskill, a physician and Labor member of the House of Lords; Enoch r,{y; Powell, British Minister of Health; also, Surgeon General Luther Terry, Senator Thruston Morton and R+onald W.S'. Plumley of Carreras Ltd. The program will be televised Wednesday, September 19, from 7:3p to 8:30 p.m. (EIDT), .. cc: Members Public Relations Representatives Legal Representatives Hill andPCnowlton, Inc. .. Public Rielations,Counse3i 150 East 42nd Street New York 17,. N.'Y. A 7 f

c:..-i .. . - . . _ _. _ . . . - ~_ .~ .. ... ..,i.t.~;;~ to~obtain attention both at the local and national levels were noted in man `Efforts of the America'n Cancer Society, other organizations and individuals news stories, columns and editorials. 4 0 35 3 7gZS coURI1Efi - Jo1:RNAL .'T;ouiisville, Kentucky September 3, 1962 mo..1~e Study: equate, Doctor Says Chicago. Sept: 2 (UPI)-A ' New York doctor says further, am'aming of scientific data ing d91reCte smokiiig to . lung cancer is not necessary. . . "Studies already oompleted are adequate aadi are available for 3'eev'aluatiion If that is needed, said Dr. Howard C. Tayliror in the September Jour- nal of the Apen'ican Medical Association. "The evadence " Is far moreprecise, in fact, than that which has: been accepted by phy,si, cians as adequate to take action .a,gadnst the causes of other. p}agues; "Tay,lor wrote. Evidence Cited "There is the known pres. ence in cigarette smoke of' carcinogenic (cancer,oausing')' - :bubetances, the productaon of. skin oanoer in laboratory ani. °mala by smoke condeneaites, the prredilertion of paecancemous .lesQons for the lungs of heavy. smokers. and the numerous epidezniologicaL and statistit ai studies showing a constant par- ablea3sm between the nvmber of aigaretteg habitually s:~,oked' and the chance of developing liturg cancer. "Nevertheless," the doobor added„ "the indiv3duai smoker does not relate the hazard, to himself, either because the -e=tent of the risk is not 'coai. prehended or t'he . day of iieck- oning seems too remote.° CHICAGO - A New York merous epidemiological a n d doctor said Thursday t b a t statisticali studies showing ai 1urther amassing of scientific ronstant parallelism betweeni data ]inking cigarette smok- ing the number of c' arebtes ha-. ttl 1ung cancer is not neces- bitually smok'ed~ and t h e sary. "Studies already completed chance of developing 1 u n g are adequate andl are avail-_. cancer_- . *ble for re-evaluation if that fA'needed,, said Dr. Howard C. Taylor in the September. Journal of the American. Med- . Wi Associatlonl . The evidenee ih far more preciae, In fhct. than that "frhlchi has been accepted by physicians as adequate to take action against the eaus• ;es of' other plagues," h e 6rote. "Therc Is the known .pres- ence in cigarette smoke of carcinogenic (cancer-causing)subsbanees. the production of ekin cancer, in laboratory ani- mals by smoke cnndensates, the predilection of pre-canePr- ous lesiw7s for the lungs of Eeavy smokers and the nu• ~ >. .~-~:c "1*ievertheless," the doctor said, "the individuai smoker. does not relatethe hazecd!to: himself, either because - t li•e extent of the risk Is not IIoin- prehended or the day ofreck- rniinw seenis too remote _;i;;. (Dr. Taylor is the chairroanlof the ACS' Committee on Tobaccoland' Camcer, though neither J.A.M.A. nor news reports noted this.)

. _ . . V~~~(n.~~. to~obtain attention both at the local and national levels were noted in man "Efforts of the American Cancer Society, other organizations and individuais" news stories, columns and edi'torials. COUF+iI1ER-JO1:TRNAL .'T;oui'sville, Kentucky September 3, 1962 , THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Charlotte, North Carolina e ence in cigarette smoke of' 'carcinogenic (cancer,oausing')' :bubetances, the productaon of. skin cancer in laboratory ani. °mala by smoke condeneaites, the 'prredilertion of paecancemous .lesQons for the lungs of heavy. i smokers. and the numerous epidezniologicaL and statistit ai studies showing a conwtant par- ableaism between the number of aigaretteg habitually s:~,oked' and the chance of developing liturg cancer. "Nevertheless," the doobor added„ "the indiv3duai smoker does not relate the hazard, to himself, either because the -e=tent of the risk is' not 'coai. , prehended or t'he . day of iieck- oning seems too remote.°' August 31, 1962 , Cig arette-Cari.cer r-Fie `Rea"tY: . . . _ , CHICAGO - A New York merous epidemiological a n d doctor said Thursday t b a t stat'isticali studies showing a, 1urther amassing of scientific constant parallelism between, data linking cigarette smok- the number of c' arebtes ha- ing tld 1ung, cancer is not neces- . sary. bitually smok'ed~ and the . ' "Studies already completed chance of developing, 1 u n g. are adequate andl are avail-_- cancer__ *ble for re-evaluation if that fA'"needed," " said Dr. Howard C. Taylor in the September. Journal of the American. Med- • Wi Associatlonl . "Tha evidenee ih far more preciae, In fhct, than that "frhlchi has been accepted by physicians as adequate to take action against the eaus. ;es of' other plagues," h e i6rote. ' "Therc is the known .pres- -ence in cigarette smoke of carcinogenic (cancer-causing)subsbanees. the production of ekin cancer, in laboratory ani- mals by smoke cnndensates, t~e predilection of pre-canePr- ous lesiw7s for the lungs of Eeavy smokers and the nu- !-` "1*levertheless," the doctor' said, "the individuai smoker. does not relate.the hazecd!to: himseif, either berause. - t 6•e extent of the risk i.s not IIoin- prehended or the day of'reck• rniinw seenis too remote '_;i;;. (Dr. Taylor i's the chairroanlof the ACS' Committee on Tobaccoland' Camcer, Chioago. Sept. 2 (UPI )-A New York doctor says further. aimaming od' scientific d•ab ing cigaredte smokiiig to lung oanceo• is not necessary. . "Studies already oompleted uM adequate aadi are available for 3'eev'aluatiion 'if that is needed, said Dr. Howard C. Tayliror•r itt the September Jour- nal of the Apen'ican . Medical Association. "The evidence " Is far ' more precise, in fact, than that which has: been accepted by' phy,si4 cians as adequate to take action .a,gadnst the causes of other. p}agues; "Tay,lor wrote. Evidence Cited , 4 "There is the known pres though neither J.A.M,A. nor news reports noted this.).

. THE 2"INSES-STAR . Alameda, California •'S!eptember 4, 1962 a:n~er . S't~idy . Of f ens 11Te.~~ Hope The myst'eries of cancer seem~ to keep broaden- imgg, .as scientists continue their investigation of a groWing list of possible suspects. Witness the re- cent report by the U. S. Public Health Service showing, that lung cancer death rates show wide variation f r= city to city throughout the, Llnited States. On the other handl press reports from the recent Iriternational' Cancer Congress, with top scientists from all over the world participating. indicate the growing belief' among scientists that viruses play a key role in cancer causation, and that real progress is being made in the search for the causes of' the disease. , .- The virus theory assumes increasing importance, the scientists tell us, because, if correct,, it holds the hope that a protective vaccine developed againstt cancer. • ". There is a moral in the development of the virus 2h-enry--for scientists, and' the general public. =- -It-wasn't too many years ago that the few scien- 'ti'sis, who believed in the virus theory of causation had trouble scraping up the funds they needed too cond!uct' their resear& Somehow they, did, and' today their work is being widely recognized. . Dtiriuig these years, the public has been deliuged' with reports about' things that were said to cause caftcer: Josh Billings once said, "Itt is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so." . jt_ seems clear today that scientists do not know the basic causes of cancer of' any kindL Yet there is hope for an eventual solution because scientific knenvledge and perspective have grown immensely. -U. S. Press Association. ' PRIDFIERS' INK' August lo, 1962 U. S. smoking study starts ' ~ : ... Tobacco, adluertisers, warily -awaitmg ~ study by the federal government onI the effecEs of! cigarette smoking, finally got the word that;, the study is ready to gol Surgeon Generil . Luther Terry last week announced that a two~~' phase study on the dangers of smoking, will start in September. It will go on throu 19651 at' least, Withi so much at stake-including the possi}; ble recommendations, depending on the finel . ings of the study, that stringent regulations "'" be im osed i tt ds th ~ p on c gare e a - e gpvernm ent is obviously moving, slowly. Accordanglj~; the ~ first phase of the study„ dealing with the na ture and scope of the health hazard, will take at least six months. The second stage, which F 1 will have to do with "recommendations for I ~ action," will go, on at length,, after the first ~~ ~ l,.; n phase is concluded! ~! So far 150 names have been considered for ~ membershdp in the study group. Some 12, it is expected, will be picked for the job. Con- ` clusimn: Cigarette advertisers will have ample time to cope with any adverse judgments that ~'- Yrs may arise from the federal probe. As things s r t" look now, it will' be nearly two years; before .._ , the government arrives at any far-reaching de ~ cision oni the effects~ of'~ smoking, . . ._ .. ..~._.

. THE 2"INSES-STAR . Alameda, California •'S!eptember 4, 1962 a:n~er . S't~idy . Of f ens 11Te.~~ Hope The myst'eries of cancer seem~ to keep broaden- imgg, .as scientists continue their investigation of a groWing list of possible suspects. Witness the re- cent report by the U. S. Public Health Service showing, that lung cancer death rates show wide variation f r= city to city throughout the, Llnited States. On the other handl press reports from the recent Iriternational' Cancer Congress, with top scientists from all over the world participating. indicate the growing belief' among scientists that viruses play a key role in cancer causation, and that real progress is being made in the search for the causes of' the disease. , .- The virus theory assumes increasing importance, the scientists tell us, because, if correct,, it holds the hope that a protective vaccine developed againstt cancer. • ". There is a moral in the development of the virus 2h-enry--for scientists, and' the general public. =- -It-wasn't too many years ago that the few scien- 'ti'sis, who believed in the virus theory of causation had trouble scraping up the funds they needed too cond!uct' their resear& Somehow they, did, and' today their work is being widely recognized. . Dtiriuig these years, the public has been deliuged' with reports about' things that were said to cause caftcer: Josh Billings once said, "Itt is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so." . jt_ seems clear today that scientists do not know the basic causes of cancer of' any kindL Yet there is hope for an eventual solution because scientific knenvledge and perspective have grown immensely. -U. S. Press Association. ' PRIDFIERS' INK' August lo, 1962 U. S. smoking study starts ' ~ : ... Tobacco, adluertisers, warily -awaitmg ~ study by the federal government onI the effecEs of! cigarette smoking, finally got the word that;, the study is ready to gol Surgeon Generil . Luther Terry last week announced that a two~~' phase study on the dangers of smoking, will start in September. It will go on throu 19651 at' least, Withi so much at stake-including the possi}; ble recommendations, depending on the finel . ings of the study, that stringent regulations "'" be im osed i tt ds th ~ p on c gare e a - e gpvernm ent is obviously moving, slowly. Accordanglj~; the ~ first phase of the study„ dealing with the na ture and scope of the health hazard, will take at least six months. The second stage, which F 1 will have to do with "recommendations for I ~ action," will go, on at length,, after the first ~~ ~ l,.; n phase is concluded! ~! So far 150 names have been considered for ~ membershdp in the study group. Some 12, it is expected, will be picked for the job. Con- ` clusimn: Cigarette advertisers will have ample time to cope with any adverse judgments that ~'- Yrs may arise from the federal probe. As things s r t" look now, it will' be nearly two years; before .._ , the government arrives at any far-reaching de ~ cision oni the effects~ of'~ smoking, . . ._ .. ..~._.

NEW8-DEMO(GPEI'T c;Eeorgetioxn, Ur-:Lo ~ o0 3 5 September 6, 1962 z.( ware~~te Taxes smokera..p#i4 ewugh in cigamgttre taxes last year pa,~r for the U.S.' space 4gency's fsacaf1963 program, ith funds `Ie?f't to buy 4Kl Atlas missiies,";aeCOrding to To. cco News; published by The obacco Institute, Inc: Cippette t#res last year br_6-ugVM about $3;1 billion ,I t;o all Navelg~of government in the. U. Si---federal„ state and local. The 1963 budget of the. National Aeronautics and $pace Adminiatration is $2.* billion. Putting it;.~*06W wpy, the apnual' cigOette tax col- Jeetion would jprowide enough money to pa.y for the 1963 eperRtisnij al:ald[:hey "g~veramenk departmentls: Commerce; X,abor, Postolfioe, Sitate„ the Federal Aviation Agency and *e General Services Administrakfon, says Tobacco News. Or the- sair-o money would;buy these iterns1.:' ~ 27•Pelaris subrrlarinestij 1 ~ About 90 ~ per cent.of all hsissiles to bE "built this ;fis- caT year. : . ~ • Over. half of the U. S. military aircraft scheduled, or 1963. ~ 155;00b' new $20000 1homes. On the average; taxes account for *half the price of every pack of cigarettes sold, says the publication. Tobacco, Is the most heavily taxed of all agricultural products. The first cigarette tax was levied to help finance the ~ Civil War. The last U. S. boost, to eight cents ai package, was for the Korean War, but it has been in effect ever since. \ PRESS St. Mary's, Pennsylvania October 12, 1962' . =M~cro's Tax Bill Every time you puff on a cigorette, a 'cigar . or, drao'o+~ a pripe you, add corSsider- able to Untte Sam's Treasury, according to data just compiled by Tobacco News, of- ficial publication of the tZ c o industry. In its most recent buh'letin the News says Uhcle Sami gpt $230,000 an hour from to- bocco users, day and' night around the clock in 1961 and there is no reason to believe it, will be any less this yeor: At the end of the Civil War the govern- rm6ht collected thnee million dollors cr n-rumd- ty from the tobacco industry. By the ertd of ' WdrtdlWar I I this hodi increased to 11.5 bi1- Fiom dollars and at the end of' 1961 hadl„ recSChed tft-o 2 bitlilbn figure. Sar you just can't f©y a lot of money goes up_ in smoke. A` greot deal of 'it goes into Urncte Sam's pocket. IDISPA2'CH xenderson, North Carolina Qctober 12, 1962 Taxes By The Hour An indacation of' value of the -tobacco" 3ndustry in, supporting the laaish spend'zng: outlays of the Federal government has been~ provided by The Tobacco Institute, Inc,'' through its publica ion, obacco News. That, journal has calculated, on the basis of official. figures, that the Federal government alone collected $230,317:721 per hour around, the ! clbck last year in excise taxes on manufae-: ! tured tobacco products, chiefly cigarettes, or ~ . more than two billion dollars. Nor is that all. States, cities and counties took an additional t billi dllihhfill'Qion woonoars, or one-egt o a m; . dollars every hour around the clock through-: out 1961. The tobacco dig was.exceeded only by taxes on alcoholic beverages in~ the amount ;~ - of $42.2 over the past one hundred years. There are excise taxes on other products, each of which, and' aIl combined, were far less important i~_Icome producers. ' Tobacco taxe3 were first imposed during . the Civil VfJar, to help finance that conflict• for the Federal government. It was in the same year, 1362, that the Internal Revenue Service was established. Since the Civil War tax act, there have been twelve ir.creases in Federal taxes on cigarettes. The most' recent, now nearly ten years ago, was a penny a pack at the time of the Korean, War. It was imposed with the assurance that, it would be temporary. But, like so many other levies, the temporary cigarette tax has' be- . come permanent, and all efforts toward re- moving it have proved' futile. The Federal government alone collects more taxes 4rom tobacco than, growers who ; produce the leaf receive for their crop. When State and liocal taxes are included, the take is nearly three times the return to farmers. It would seem to be about time producers joined with the industry in demanding some relief. For only in that, manner will there be any rel'ief from a levy which is largely unfair and uuijust'.

. Cioar+ette Taxes. Tiv ~, srnokers pgid R.nough in cigamgitle taxes last year [,P 'm pa~, for the & space agency's fs$c91963' program,, _ . . th funds ~ Ie?ft to buy 40 Atlas missiies, ;according to To. Nicc.o News; pubhshed by The .obacco Institute, Inc. : CiKarette t4res last year brou about $3,1 billion 46 all llavelg~of government in the. U. Si--fedpral„ state and ibcal. The 1'963 budget of the. National Aeronautics and $pace Admin'jstration is $2.9t billion. Putting it;:OuPOW wpy, the apnual' cigOette tax col- leetion wonh} 1trowide enough money to pay for the 1963 @pclrRti.n4 ud;aW kry "overAmenk departmentls: Commerce, X.abor, Postolfiae, Sitate„ the Fe;deral Aviation Agency and *e General Services Adrncinistirakfon,, says Tobacco News.. Or the~: sami money would;,buy these it'erno:' # 27, Pelaris subrrlarinest, .1 a * About 90~per cen~t.of' all hsissiles to bE"built this;fis- caT year. ~ . Over . half of the U. S. military ~aircraft scheduledl for 1963. • 15'b;0010' new $2b.;000 1homes. . On the avet-age; taxes account for *half the price of : every' pack of cigarettes sold, says the publication. Tobacco, Is the most heavily taxed of all agricultural products. _ The first cigarette tax was levied to help finance the - Civil War. The last U. S. boost, to eight cents ai package, - was for the Korean War, but it has been in effect ever since. PRESS St. Mary's, Pennsylvania October 12, 1962' . (~4''Tcrcro's Tax Bill ~4 able to Untte Sam's Treasury, accordyng to ~, data just corinpi'Ved by Tobacco News; of- ficial publication of ~khe t~o industry. ~Initis most recen~tbuh'letinth,e Nevwssays, Uncle Samigpt $230,000 an hour from to- bocco bocco users, day and' night around the ~ clock in 1961 and there is no reosorn to believe it, will be any less this yeor: Q At the end of the Civi-I War the govern- ~ rmeht co9-lecfied three milliorn dollors onwvual- ty from the tobacco industry. By the ertd of ' WortdlVNar I I this had increased to 1'.5 bi1- Fiom dollars and ot the end of' 1961 hadl„ recSChed tft-o2 biYIilbrn fig*ure. Scr ycffu just can't f©y a lot of money goes up_ in. smoke. A` greQt deal of -it . goes into Urncle Sam's pocket. Every tirrie you puff' on a cigarette, a l~ 'cigar 'or, drad'o+'i a p•ipe you odd coMsider- ~ ~ IDISPATf.'H' - x,~nderson, Aorth Carolina . Qctober 12, 1962' ' Taxes By The Hour An indacation of' value of' the 'tobaccp' industry in, supporting the lavish spend'zng. outlays of the Federal government has been~ provided by The Tobacco Institute, Inc,' ' through its publica ion, obacco News. That; journal has calculated, on the basis of official. figures, that the Federal government alone ; collected $230,317:72I per hour around, the ' clock last year in excise taxes on manufae. ` ! tured tobacco products, chiefly cigarettes, or more than two billion dollars. Nor is that all ~ , . States, cities and counties took an additional :; two billion dollars, or one-eighth of a nullion ;; dollars every hour around the clock through-: out 1961. The tobacco dig was, exceeded only by ' taxes on alcoholic beverages in~ the amount' I.,' of $42.2 over the past one hundred years. ~ There are excise taxes on other products, each of which, and' aIl combined, were far ~ less important ir.come producers. , . Tobacco taxes were first imposed during ai,i the Civiil VfJar, to help finance that conflict : ~ . , , . for the Federal government. It was in the ;~ same year, 1362, that the Internal Revenue Service was established. Since the Civil War tax act, there have been twelve ir.creases in Federal taxes on cigarettes. The most' recent, now nearly ten years ago, was a penny a pack at the time of the Koreaw War. It was imposed with the assurance that' it would be temporary. But, like so many other levies, the temporary cigarette tax t:as' be-' permanent, and all efforts toward re moving it have proved' futile. .. v The Federal government' alone collects more taxes 4rom tobacco than, growers who produce the leaf receive for their crop. When State and local taxes are included, the take is nearly three times the return to farmers. It would seem to be about time producerss joined with the industry in demanding some relief. For on1yy in that, manner will there be any relief' frorn a levy which is largely unfair and uuijust'.

NEW8-DEMO(GPEI'T c;Eeorgetioxn, Ur-:Lo ~ o0 3 5 September 6, 1962 z.( ware~~te Taxes smokera..p#i4 ewugh in cigamgttre taxes last year pa,~r for the U.S.' space 4gency's fsacaf1963 program, ith funds `Ie?f't to buy 4Kl Atlas missiies,";aeCOrding to To. cco News; published by The obacco Institute, Inc: Cippette t#res last year br_6-ugVM about $3;1 billion ,I t;o all Navelg~of government in the. U. Si---federal„ state and local. The 1963 budget of the. National Aeronautics and $pace Adminiatration is $2.* billion. Putting it;.~*06W wpy, the apnual' cigOette tax col- Jeetion would jprowide enough money to pa.y for the 1963 eperRtisnij al:ald[:hey "g~veramenk departmentls: Commerce; X,abor, Postolfioe, Sitate„ the Federal Aviation Agency and *e General Services Administrakfon, says Tobacco News. Or the- sair-o money would;buy these iterns1.:' ~ 27•Pelaris subrrlarinestij 1 ~ About 90 ~ per cent.of all hsissiles to bE "built this ;fis- caT year. : . ~ • Over. half of the U. S. military aircraft scheduled, or 1963. ~ 155;00b' new $20000 1homes. On the average; taxes account for *half the price of every pack of cigarettes sold, says the publication. Tobacco, Is the most heavily taxed of all agricultural products. The first cigarette tax was levied to help finance the ~ Civil War. The last U. S. boost, to eight cents ai package, was for the Korean War, but it has been in effect ever since. \ PRESS St. Mary's, Pennsylvania October 12, 1962' . =M~cro's Tax Bill Every time you puff on a cigorette, a 'cigar . or, drao'o+~ a pripe you, add corSsider- able to Untte Sam's Treasury, according to data just compiled by Tobacco News, of- ficial publication of the tZ c o industry. In its most recent buh'letin the News says Uhcle Sami gpt $230,000 an hour from to- bocco users, day and' night around the clock in 1961 and there is no reason to believe it, will be any less this yeor: At the end of the Civil War the govern- rm6ht collected thnee million dollors cr n-rumd- ty from the tobacco industry. By the ertd of ' WdrtdlWar I I this hodi increased to 11.5 bi1- Fiom dollars and at the end of' 1961 hadl„ recSChed tft-o 2 bitlilbn figure. Sar you just can't f©y a lot of money goes up_ in smoke. A` greot deal of 'it goes into Urncte Sam's pocket. IDISPA2'CH xenderson, North Carolina Qctober 12, 1962 Taxes By The Hour An indacation of' value of the -tobacco" 3ndustry in, supporting the laaish spend'zng: outlays of the Federal government has been~ provided by The Tobacco Institute, Inc,'' through its publica ion, obacco News. That, journal has calculated, on the basis of official. figures, that the Federal government alone collected $230,317:721 per hour around, the ! clbck last year in excise taxes on manufae-: ! tured tobacco products, chiefly cigarettes, or ~ . more than two billion dollars. Nor is that all. States, cities and counties took an additional t billi dllihhfill'Qion woonoars, or one-egt o a m; . dollars every hour around the clock through-: out 1961. The tobacco dig was.exceeded only by taxes on alcoholic beverages in~ the amount ;~ - of $42.2 over the past one hundred years. There are excise taxes on other products, each of which, and' aIl combined, were far less important i~_Icome producers. ' Tobacco taxe3 were first imposed during . the Civil VfJar, to help finance that conflict• for the Federal government. It was in the same year, 1362, that the Internal Revenue Service was established. Since the Civil War tax act, there have been twelve ir.creases in Federal taxes on cigarettes. The most' recent, now nearly ten years ago, was a penny a pack at the time of the Korean, War. It was imposed with the assurance that, it would be temporary. But, like so many other levies, the temporary cigarette tax has' be- . come permanent, and all efforts toward re- moving it have proved' futile. The Federal government alone collects more taxes 4rom tobacco than, growers who ; produce the leaf receive for their crop. When State and liocal taxes are included, the take is nearly three times the return to farmers. It would seem to be about time producers joined with the industry in demanding some relief. For only in that, manner will there be any rel'ief from a levy which is largely unfair and uuijust'.

A report fromiEiagland on discrepancies in cigarette-lung cancer theorv b!v jir. rn.li. r'assey was circutlated' both by wire services and sgrndicated! columnists.: ' W0RLD-TELEGRAM AND SUN New YQrk, New York September 14, 1962 of this evSdenee is It cialmed1each g=.oup said they smoked. - Passey has had a, distin- cause of l lnng cancer. In none amounts which patients in cities. mental.'Pathology calls atten fy earsy, w "hereas the Iate staa-t• affect the respiratory aystem: tion to a discrepancy In the`ers smoked for only 31 years Among the irritants hee int statistical evidence which sug*hor so. Yet there was no great,lclisded tpbacco smoke, indua- gesta cigaret smoking is a!'diffE1,ence between the daiiy trial fumes andl the smogs of, A'noted' professor of experi• eaza ' amoked for aome St illnesses and irritants which ', aaus rrs,a r8"Msnewai `«0rho-,w}io started smoking sults from an accumulation of, ay IDELO4 SDII'11S 11Io Difference (cancer•cn.using chemical. It re- To -Cancer1 Scien+isf Believes Exfenf o# Smoking: Is.Unrelate , that the heavy smoteer is stricken earlier in life than the light smoker. Science's experiences with caricer-causing substances all : show that the lighter the re- ; peated dosage, the longer It takes for the substance t'o do Its evil work, Dr. R. D. Passey said. If cigaret' smoke directty caused' cancer "one would cer- tainly expect"' the h e av y smoker to be felled years be• iore it happenedi to the light smoxer. Studied' 499 Cases smoking histories of' 499 men from exonerating, c i g a r e t with ' lung cance.-, grouping cmokln,g. "I' do not belittle the them according to ihe n;::nber' u-nportant part which smoking of cigarets smoked. He found t h a t on the average the plays";,in the development of amount of smoking had no.t lung cancer, he s a i d. He : affected the age at which the thought it ."dangerous" • to ~men, developed their, cancers- ~,ymoke but more dangerous to the light smokers got their ,s neoke in damp climates corn .disease at approximately ttih iduciiug to respiratory illnesses san7e age as the h e a v y, t'han to smoke in dry sunny smokers. !climates. - Nor did the number of' years ! In Passey's view lung cancer of smoking, whether lightly or is a"natuu•all' form of eancrr heavily: make any appreciable .;nri js .Tiat the rp.inlt ~sf an. 'difdeixnce. among the 49% Each member of the group guished career in the science which began early must have o[ disease states-pathology. smoked' over 150,000 cigarets ~He is a professor emeritus and more than the late starters nnw d!o e s cancer researeh. 'These figures offer the ~ clearest evidence that the age,i woi'k at the Chester F3eatlty Re• when lung cancer develops is isvar,,h Insritwe•in Londnn. determined by neither, t h e amount smoked nor the age at which, smoking began. If this is true, tobacco smoke did not act as a carcinogen, (cancer•, causer) , It is apparently not' the number of cigarets smoked but something, related' to- the age of the Individual which Yet none of, the statistical i det'ermines when he gets lung studies in, ma-hy parts of' the cancer."' worldi have shown~ th~s result. ~sn i_ ~%konerxte Sirtnkinq lzassey himself' studied tMe': Passey; however, was far•

.Scienntific reports on cigarettes-lung cancer theory and other health topice were published. .. WONLiD' TEi:EGRAM •, New York, New York September 14',, 1962 ance. Produce'd inAnirYials, 2 Common Human Vir~s~s By JOHN TB+OAN ~"gnorn • nt tHp npeio1te' tuprp', ff They' added that if, such, vi+ SGrtDDj-Xnmbrd' NemcDaPcrr : published today in' Science, of- WASHIINGTON, Sept. 14.= ficial journIF'ST ' the American Tiwo viruses commonly har- Assn. for the Advancement of' bored l-by . humans, in'cluding : Science. The others were elic- one. linked to colds and sore ited' through telephone inter• ttiroats,: have produced cancer vlews: • In inimaig. -- • After'fariing'to produce ant+ It, is 'the first time any hu+ pnal cancers with such com, psan virus has been proved to mon childhood viruses as tause any kind of cancer. But chicken pox and measles, the !it' does' not_ yet establish that Houston team t'urned to "the these "bugs" produce the human orphan viruses." Raread disease in humans. V__T. &-A W~. , H uma.na om . The organisms belong to the ' - they explained, soo-called adenovirus. family: ~ese; One, Type 12, has been isolatedi "are "virses' that have beenn from persons who have colds Isolated titom humans but associatedl with fever and sore;,w'hose . disease manifestations throats -. though sclentists are ' unknown -: viruses in' aren't sure it is - the ~ cause of search of, disease.' pnch-illness. The.other, Ty . pe' "Cancer may well be the. 18,..doesn't seem, to stir any disease that some or many of' symptoms. ~ these viruses are at ~ present " .Sy shooting these viruses in,: orphan to to baby hamsters, researchers. Among the "orphan viruses" In Houston; Tex., and at the i'm'e, 18 types of adenoviruses., federal government's National( Of the first nine' tested, eight Institutles of, Heaith' in' •Beth. failed to produce animal., esada; Md:, have produced tumors t chest and liver tumors. But ttse' other, Type L; The — Houston team, which caused cancers In 67 of' 83 aecomplished' the feat first: hamsters. In contxa5x, only.one said todaythis could mean peo- ''t' 1170 animals which didn't ple can get cancer from vi•' get such viruses developed can. ruses whichi ordinarily are Shortly afterward, the work picked up In childhood and then s=_em, to lie asleep in the ~yas duplicatedby Dr. Huebner body for years. at NIH. He then went 'on to. Sleeping Viruses show that advenovirus Type 1'8'. . Scientists have been specu, mals - and~tie Houston0.re• lating some human cancers searchers hatie confirmed this. might be triggerediby sleeping Focus Attention ' ' viruses which are roused into' The Houston doctors said. action ' by excess - radiat'ion, •t'hese studies "fmcus, attention" chemicals or other provoking on the possibility such viruses agents. -as well as others which at- The Houston researchers are tack peopie-might cause hu• Dr. John. J. Trentin, a Baylor man cancer. They said this University biologist; Dr. Yq• "should be seriously consid. shiro Y'abe, a! Japanese virolo- ered and' investigarted."' • gist; and I Dr. Grant Taylor; a University of Texas pediatri• eian+ The MH team is headed by Dr. Robert J. Huebner, of the Naitonal Institute of Al• lergy and Infectious Diseases. ruses prove to cause human icancer• on a, delayed basis, ere is•"real hope" a-vaccine ould be made to knock them ut. Preliminary blood tests on 700 patients at Houston's IYI. D. Anderson Hospital indi- cated 46.~percent had been bitl-' ten, by the Type 12 virus at some time in their lives. This shows how common It is. . The work is' being supported by the 11ZIH, American Cancer Society, Ei Paso (Tex.) Better Health Foundation andi the Oreater Longview (Tex) United Fundl ' .