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rC :t> x h . .:~a:~;1 . Q AGR'~~ Oi` ANT s . " fer on N~'ER C ~ ~~~~~ :. And AIl Who A'r g a e = Are Am~eri~cans! - .r ,.::. . . . . New York; tkt. 10 ~41'-Three:' " American cancer researchers rewarded bylhe United Nations today disputed among them, selves about whether, ci a• annd,too much food atx cancer Causcs: - - '11hey agreed that' no epecift, . a;ure may bc found soon; hat aaid scien:e is on its way tb massive prevention and cantroi of tumnrs and cancers. The throe were among sercr 'grantbd prires of $10.000 eac: . by the United Nations gener : a;cqm6ly: Dtue 3i1a'rAmerlcaia Briton, a }:'cnch aeientl;I, and a Russian,~,cre the otl,c :,. The three •''ha appearei; t~+, receive their trzes persor•• ii; and , then talked , with repor'•'rc K~. ~ r -~c '~t t - .. :a ;~ iIA5Hff1fG~'CEN' DAILY HEW3 1 '-31ts~sh3ngton, D.C. Oietober 9, 1962 ~.. :y -.-..•--. . ~krn~r Vs. OPP~05171E~ VItLr1Y~ ..,:.r.~;.~. t . R ~-)fiowever, another general ~~,~.C-„ pnctltioner; Dr. Thomas A..:~ an ~ Sappingttioon of I Thoma~ton~ Ga., cauned: ~' 1J JOHNi TROAN ?' *:~e heavy satoker, the a seties of "shop talks" the ps ScAvii•m-d scisa wN t" • one who u is e s one to two health agency Is promoting haa'y~ Wo speed application of new ~~ow risky is it to 3moke r l~k+Bea a d a yd ahanoes 1n 1dD;4a0 of d cancer d_,C3$'arets? S ~.~` ~Uteu ~chances~of the~lighter~'A'~ A'Yamily dootbr" from smoker. If he quits, he cuts ie ~a'o~"aes down to A7:^ Utah, speaking at a med- ~, al f o rum casponsored I•' Di5Cr.188ION' by the U. S. Public Health Service; today q1aI "me odds, based on previ ' • odd$ + oustj reported statistlcal aur- 4hese ~t~ rl h~R. BrynerOf bSalti L ake •'"I1he non-smoker has th,ee; (yty during a discussion of' chances In 1o0,tXl0 of dying'~Smoking and Lung Can ' from cancer of the lung; eer" sponsored by the Public " F$ealth Service and the Amer- 'Th'e mild smoker„one who s tcan, Academy of General uses less than a package of, Practice, ofticial, spokesman dgarets aidiyy, has S13 chances for the nation's t a m u l yy ln 100.000: ]f he quits, he doctors it!cMes to tood., cuts his chances down to ap , proximately 13 in 100.000. .,- The discussion was one of "Someone sald I thete are two types of liars-plttn liara and statisticiana. knowledge"' to th e He yueyqoned whether doe medical l profession. Proreecl brs should accept the statdsti- Ings were released tjinu the ;,~ evidence "as proot;" And. Cancer Bulletin, a,University p,~~r a patient should be of Texas publication fon phy adylaod to give up Ngatrtx siNans or just to "use reason in III Brynerr smoking hablta along with Dr.safd he has "nc qualms+' aboo t. telllng : reason' Ihhis~~ apoCtite. Fy*'-^ Pa oue or anvtmng,tlse lhet he tients: 'Z think you shouh - rdoes ;•• quit smoking. It Is a dan gerous habit" "Certainly, lf I w e r et a smoker today." he adiled, "1 feeliinmyheart that.I woutdbe afraid to smoke." Meanwhile, a eancer rr . i seareher at the Clticago ~Iedi+,i? ,. cal SchoolIDr. Umberto SaN...., fiot!i, said!'`the production of: ' cigaretes wouid have: to be • stopped' right away"it the U. S. gcvc,rnmrr,t arebrd t!teC same s® fety rules to fhem I as ' ar .;~ IAe noted that foods aren't: permitted to contain a ny chemical addihlves which can X cause cancer when, fed to ani- ;~ i•oals yet a number of knovrn ' „r nncerxausing chemicals are ` TRIEfdNE ~ L - pnr.;ent in ciearet smcke r r'' ChSC't3gor I11intDis afterward wcrc l)r Wulho m H. tvho took part in the parley, n d~ ': Oa~obe~3 11 19~: Auerer N the nattonal cancer n~edlthat none ttf the pr[ze- ~ in:aiW:e at Begi,esda Md., Dr. • adnoing doctors amokett Ae U t i~ 1 F(~ i 4/ i 1 ii(j ~wdt Grc,ss of the ~ Veterans said cigar and pipe smoking administration hospital W New were not considened in their y-` Yprk, and Dr. Peyton Rous of findings. the Rockefeller Institute of Re- Dr. Gross said that his ex- h seareh and the Sloan•Kettering; periments with white mice con, hfemnriai,Research institute of vStwed him1 that if people: Ini *:ew' York. , 'a,:3 • - families with a tendency to- Pollhtion Role at Issue ward tumors would eat less, Ansxnring questions at a~~eially of'chemicallytreated press confetxnee;, Dr. Hueper tnods, they could reduee the ,caid "cigarot smoking is one incidence ot' cancer: He said ause cf lung,cancer, but i4 is s'tch,people should keep them- r lves ]0 to 20 per cent below rc: a ma;nrcause." ~e Y.e said air p llution; much the average, weight level' for ^t 't fr to ' t 7 h f ti eir age. Human starvationn t um au ,no t e ex aus d:ets in Germanyduring,World 'umes, was one of the major War I proved his,case, he:saidJ causes and th'at one cure is Again Dr. Itous differed. He A :tat he called sanitation engi- said,the level of tumors among r.-erinS-cleaning ttp polluted, milk-fedhumans:isonlyslightly ,z:mospherep h'igter than avcra e. Dr. Hnus ditfered. He cited g :~ The college ot' surg4ons e f ou~ ~crican tkien °cport tTiat linked cigaret smok- tist, D*. Gem•g2 N. Papani- effccts dircctl~ wit`h lung "''taTt' 4 Miami, died after the awa!ds were announced. His c. neer. Hueper observed: "The Bttt- Pn:zr was: received from the: .1 rate of lung,cancer is ++} t': N1, a.cuenb'ly's pnesident;, , 3 tw*cs cver the average Ni°ham*''d' Zafrulla, Khan of :.:!h, :.nd iV mcslly concen. Pakir.7 c, by Adlai E. Steven- -:ted in: g-eator LendMn. The nn• iicad! of the Umled States ndnn air i ti-e most pollidcd Panamno ru rlevel- ~!h'rworl:l. A(nndoncrwould '~"t mas d~nFnn.,< +r th-,d! - Tcc tn smoke five packs of in the •'P ap test." and,reneived ::arNS a day tn account fct his aNard [nr that. 'he lung nancer rate. This is ' cnsonsical'•. . .. . - - -. , None /s Stnnker itr: .1>,!m R. Heller; dI 1 2 ~~ i ;W ».:.i_....>: