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Cancer Researcher Named To Study Smoking Hazards Hy DAVID FI:YEDIAd1T Press Stlence Writer A University of' Pittsbur; a professor is one oi 10 scie'.n+ tists, named today to a high- level Federal team which will' try to answer some of the ~ most~ crucial health prob~lems~~ facing the nation: „Dr, John B. Hickman, tTniver• - Does smoking cause oan• isity of Indiana; (no doctoral' cer', Ititle) William G. Cc~chran,. iI•iarvard;, and Dr. Stanhope Is It a serious health hazard ,Bayne-Jones, former dean off in, other ways? . iYale's medical schooC': Should the Government ~' Rew They %were Chosen = 6eoome involved in possible Dr. Luther Terry, U. S. action: concerning smoking, surgeon general, said the such as the British qovern• committee members w e r e ment already has do+neY selected on the basis of six major guidelines: Named to the Surgeon Gen I~Geographical distribution, eral's Advisory Committee on 2-galarncea rnio nmg profes. Smoking & Health was Dr. sionall fields. Emmanuel Farber, head ml_ 4-Scientifrc oblertcvity, the pathology department ati 4 -Competence in own field:. " Pjtt` ' 5-Ability to think broadly Dr. Farber is an estalolished outside one's own field. ' cancer, researcher of national 6-Ability to analyze critically reputation. a point of' view: Nov. 9Mret9ht; Describing the committee, Also named today to serve Dr. Terry said: on the committee - which Mpltl) t s not enerely a n will' hold its first officiall aggregate of 10 men. It is meeting 'Nov. 9 and 10 ini, a cmnpn"ition o[' sneciai- WashiiDgton-are:' ists covering the broad Dr. Ibouis F. Fieser, of'' range of' medical seienees Harvard an expert on the . Involvedl In evalnating tiho chemistry oi'f tollacrro smnF:e; complrx relat6onsliip lie- Dr. Maurice H. Ceevers, Unt- tween t,obacco, dnsoking and versity of' Michigan: Dr. health. I.eonard!M, Cchvman, Unir.•er-' "I expect Oliee committee too sity of' Minnesota School be a dynamir. productive and of Public H e a llt h; Di'. creative group that will shed C'h a r 1 c s I c'utaistne, South- much light on these complex western Medical College, Dal- questions."' las; Dr. Jamb Furth, New York's N~?Alield I-ioFpital;, Dr. Walter J. FRurdrtle; 1:niversirty ' oO~ G~~1,lJ ^~~ of 1'tah School ot Ntrdicine i -~ (~'. t The 6rst phase of: the study' !xrill Involve a full review off aU presently' availabe data on amoking and other factors irt the enNironment' - incud- ing auto exhaustL Industrial ttnog and other air pollutants -that may affect health. "It ts expected that thls. 1~eview wilr be cnm pIPtediby' next summer," a spokesman for the U: S'.1lept. of Heall Ii,. 1~, Education is~ Welrare~~said:~ In line with the surgeon general's aitn, of complete ob- `x*~, , jectivi'ty, the nature of the second phase will' not be es+ ~~ tablished' util ph nase one Is M ~R ,' complete, hopefully by next q . summer. ' ' Allt h b thaaseen said about ~; t phase two is that it will be DR. la:ltMtANUFh FARRER' concerned with recommending action thP government should Pitt cancer esPert, or' should not take. , TTMES-fiEPtALD `~ Dallas, T6xas November 7, 1962 Dallasite Gets M x • .rr~n..~.ora:acsare+f` A Dallasite wiIl be among, 1IDD scientists meeting in Washingtoca Friday and Saturday for one of the nation's most' intensive studic~~~° on smoking and I Its possible ef= ~Fw fects on the nation's health. He is Dr. l?harles A. Le1%astre; :.~. m e d'f c a l director of' Woodlawn ': Hospital and professor of internal l" medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern M e d 1 c a l t,; Schooli .. - rf ~~ U:S. Surgeon General' Luther L Terry named Dr. Le1Vlaistre and .~ nine other scientists in variows_`'w' fields to his advisory comnuttee:,'~;. on smoking and health, includingg chemists, pathnlogistw; Fh'armacol- ogists, epid'emiologists, oncolo- gist:., surgeons. internists and bac+ fV terioloa',sts. The 10 will make a comprehen- ~;; `. sive review of all available data ~' +'; r on smoking and other factonm ]n the envhonment that may affect ~~ health, to be completed by next_~~ summer. f a Following the first phase, the :; ~. committee will make recommena dations for action "This committee is not merely an aggregate of' 10 :ner.," saic' Dr. Terry. "It is a composition o: specialists covering the broai range of medical sciences imrolvea in eti-aluating, the complex rela. : tionship between tobacco smok- ing and, health. I expect this com- mittee to be a dynamic, produc• tive and creative group that will shed much light on these complex , questions." 2 While many physicians, medicali groups and health agencies link :. ~'. smoking with lung cancer ano ~T heart disease, other researcherf ~ _ qpestion the validity of the current ~ . ~ 1 theories.