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K ~ ',>, ~. t- 'r~.Y`4~,1~7tt•'C3~~`1!YS~~ 7.M0l't~ivr FCQ2T'HE RMCCO IfiSTITU48, INC., 808 - 17th Street, N W., Washington, ID C. ~ ` ~~ Ib4EEDTA`I& LE MoftDA7 MAY 21 1962 ,5 . t -;-:,44 V Fz ~ DIGES'I"5 ARTICIB DOE6' AOT GIVE NEW FIIPDINGS, rALLEH SAYS . ,,, ::.. t .:. .:.... ..:. .:.,:. .r;, . . cae~,h .j - . . . .. _,_ ~~.,r~ ~~ Washington Asked for tobacco industry comment on the Jwse 'z ""'FEeader's IDiigest article, George V. Al1,en, President of The Tobacco I'nstitnt'e,, Inc.p in Washington, 'D.C., saiidi today: s a; ;r• t . .;? 5 t findings' concerning "This article purports to give 'the lates lung cancer andicigarettes. If true, this would be of intense interest :;to us and everyone else. Unfortunately, the fact is that the article ; ,. . ._.~.., ,,. .. ... ; ~ is merely a review of still another review of'old material that has f: appeared in past years. "No new research findings are given. In fact,, many of the - . _ _ . . .. . .. .. :-. ...~ really latest researchifindings bearing on the~unsolved problem of : lung cancer are nnt presentedi. '~ , ! 'I - . - . .... . _ . . . . . J . r ... . . . . . . - . "This.is true also fbr the March report of the Royal College 'of Physicians in London, from which the Digest's artieLe i's largely . . _. ,>. ,. . .. . ..., ..,, draran. That report was admffttedLy a sv®ary and interpretation of ._. ~1C.: - ..w . .. . .._~ . . . - .. . .. . . .. previously published material. As the March 10 British Medical Journal saidl,,'The report does not,present any new unpublished facts... 1 .r+.......:wr.r.:,w..:?~~.:. .~....y ..,.r.: <. ~....r~.._ 1..~,...-..-..r...•. ^r, -.:.:::1 ~~.