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.-s . P _~L . .. t'._ . . . .. ... " .. . . . . .. THg 7i0BACC© INSTITUTE, INC:, 808,17itti Street, N.W:,, Washington 6, D.C. y 1 FOR INRIED]CATE REIEASE TUESDAY, oCTOBER , 16y 1962 TOBACCq INSTITOTE, CITES NEW' RESEATtCH'. ON VIRUSES, HEREDITY'AND LUNG CANCIIi Washffngton -- New research reports by government scientists indicate that heredity and viruses may be invo,tvedi in lung cancer eausation, The Tobacco Institute, Inc. reported today. "A study just reported in Miami'Beach, Flbrida,'by U.S. Pub,liic:Health Service scientists indicates that hereditary factors may help det'ermine : susceptibil.3ty'to lung, cancer," saiid' George V. A'lleny President of the.__"_ Institut'e'. '"This comes right after a report by another U.S» scientist . r. showing that a,huma.n t respiratory virus i'ndlices/cancer in laboratory animals: "These reports are another indicatiomof'the wide range of suspects deserving attenti~on in studies of the possible causes of lung cancer. "With so many factors under investigation, there is need for caution, in,evaluating statements about the causation of disease. •Thffs is particularly ., _... ., . :... • -• ., ....• : , ... pertinent in the case of tobaccpy which is sometimes singled'out largely on the basis of'statistical association/studiies»" pi The Institute'Fresident's statement referred to-the following research ~ " . . -.. .. ... , . .. . reports: .... .. . ' . - ' _. . • . - - - .. . . . , t „ -~~r'i. , 1. A report presented'at the AmerieaniPublic Health Association meet'ing,this week,in Miami Beach, Florida, by Dr. George K. Tokuhata of the '` r . ; .... iM-... . . I. .'. .':.':. _......- '_.:,a.,.A, .•...., .... . ...'... .. '...,.. ... ' .':T~- ~ ~ Division of Chronic Diseases. U.S.F.A.S. His study indicated that lung .. . . : . . . . .., ;_. .. ,: -;- . !,; cancer tends to "run in the family " .' report last week by Dr. Robert J. Huebner, chief of the Laboratory , of Infectious Diseases1of the National Institute of Allergy and Iinfectious~'~;I r ~ Diiseases Dr. Huebner's report said that an adenovirus obtained from a human patient has beenifound capable of producing experiments.7l cancer in animals -, 'y4 This work confirmed earlier experiments by scientists at Baylor. University '. t.r.. who reported getting cancer in the lung area of'hamsters with similiar viruses. . , A