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L a7"~ ?~w~ w. .r1g~ s "! i1~t r rt.lva9lF` A `~ 1'S ~ 1 ~~4"~ v+'r + ~3y "~t ti .~~Z ,z~if~r 9t a 7 Nembers, Tobacco Institute and T~E.SEARCH, yCENTEft ux` 7bBACCO R'EW5 SUt44ARY r~4+-~'~.~e~d' :~k~ 6d 7" f~t r u~''to ~RY Nos. 26 ~Condensed from Public Sourcesf 1960 sr"r t''': June 9, 196o' by Hill and Knowltony Inc. T t~b~ ~W` t 1~' ~$~+~at~tf~(,i~'r'W.. c rf~~:+~s •f P. ..y :T.u'L~p b7~ORRIS INC ~~r~ , NEIJP~, ~w4y$riJrr~ r yt ~ `r'i!.'t' f, ~'~~~a •,/`'~e.r`,q1~.'n~'}s".t 2, kr UI 7~" .:;rf! ix:~:il~~~t'3 ~,f~ {~ r~•7:~ .n t.: eart Association Calls for Wider Study of Smoking ' :''fH; EVENIPIG STAR, r~r0'~V.~. Washin t ~:w ~ 15. C Jnne 7' 1960 L k.aVrj~~aJ 4,1~i>~i= c1Y~~.1$'.'~~k'~~'~'..~y~i~s~~~,X F ~This Associated Press etory said the American Heart Association "hascalled~- '•for more research to determine the exact relationship between heavy cigarette~~~f :smoking and eoronary heart disease. The stary included quotations Yrom the ~~o~+ {{~ "~.r-`,J~' t.,`d~,~kr4+t:~i ~ ~ ~~~ ~f' ~ v 'a ~` { ~+ k.q`~Li+ ~4:yyY'~r~ p ~d~••} ~•..,.[ v ~{l,t• . ~? ,~i'C' .~.. i67i,}!`vr i~kN k~e .> . G r f ,~ }. { ry, ~,, ? , ~,{ .u L'i'~,•.++,rt{"~(yS:,~..4 $-µ ~" ~+~{'i. +~ f . ~~~'~, ~ ~?`~~ ~ ~r~ ;. Cj .+7: . -`'7`~T` A J#a~ .... : ,, ry quoted TIRC To date, in New York, the P(7ST, MIRROR, H~.'RALD-TRIBUI~ and TIMES are the only papers in which stories on the AH A .. statement have been seen; and the STA~t the only Washington paper. Brief +' i sti h bd re servceoresaveeen reporte usedin a few other papers. ,~i~l~~~"4A sS~f- ?':jf~~M rfs~FiiSt' r On June 7 the NEW YORK P06T, whose unofficial-story on June 6 of the A.H.A. ~.statement led to the A.H.A.'s release of the story, carried another story }headed.- "Why the Heart Assn. Report Omitted Warning to Smokers" . 7~F 't "Q'Mi~~{~!Y1~.:M1~'k..?4.i~T~:~xi4d~•-:FC~.~.T~;~~,faT''YK~f'r~~~d.,tt`~'~ ,~':1."y #5 k: t~~'l~! This storysaid Unsolved mysteries about who gets heart diseaseand ~*hy"~ : n . ,~,zexplained ~r , controversial decision oY the American Heart Association to omlt `[ {Yrom its report on high death rates among smokers aay clear cut recommeadation ti agaln8t smoking "':7Ja..~.~iir;.+.a:,',.;:s..r. '7. t fs , ~.Y?t ,rr,, rr r. r .. ~y,•irF . . ~~~; s,+t ~~ S~,:d ~ +Y: Y, ,;r.fi On the Line" by Bob Considitte.''THE'TIMES-PICAYUirE, New Orl'eans, La. '~aY'k ti is'->> M, tbE !~ C" i i' Ma 1 1 60 ..• ~..1.~ y3, 9 ~r~~ 3~ j N~!}.~;~r•; "', ~ rfi4 :`r r ~Xs ,j. t~ ~'!•~:i~ ; tr~ ~~i~~~ 34 ~FR r -' S. '=•.,..f~, -. .r~, . a. ;~,•+ L The May 31 Bob Considlne column which is syndicated to numerous leading news ,- ~ papers nati ' o na.1y, carrie es its second item the Yollowing iThe 1lmericsn Cancer Society bows t no oiti i thlf itai i,organzaonne zea os campgn agaiast cigarette-smoking as a cause of lung cancer. Recently it sampled its sa+ Lvell indoctrinated employees at national headquarters. The results were some- what surprising and siiPi gncant ,rL~~rJ`'~~fd~ & H.Y)ly~a~xt~`fR~~re: ,.fw`tk FiPtsix percent of the 2~ jy-i6 staff members who filled out thequestionnaires Lwere smokers= th sctf adlt; -eame pe:enage ou users of tobacco in all othe: r ..<; f.5. ;pursaits. The staff was opposed to suggesttors that would impose restri~ctionz on smoking. .Seventy-five percent of the staff rePused to support a proposal to remove the cigarette machine from American Cancer Societ'y's cafeteria. ~6Eighty-five percent voted against a proposal that smoking be stopped in the r4e~'oPPices. Less than 12 percent were for a law against smoking. Only 18 per- '~~' ,•T, cent of the group disagreed with the statement that "ciettlbl" gares are peasurae. ~ .~rx ~>• 'kf,~ ~E''~i. .:.,..i4.1L:f8 .-y .•:.f„~r1.~J°r{. , `y'' ;c... ..:~,.: . .~- ~: ~ ~~ v •e"F ~ A ~,... .....:. "Iady Nicotine's Lovers, F~om Sir Walter On." NEW YORK WORLD-2ELEGRAM AND SUi7, June 6, 1960 Y r. !t,..;:• In the column "The Bookshelf," Allan Keller reviews the book TOBACCO AND AMEC2ICANS by Robert K Heimann just pblihd b M .useeGHi ,yraw-Ll, 3t'~} • ,, ,_"OY all the benisons bestowed by oldy warm-hearted Mother Nature on.her ornery human offspring Keller writes few eual thiftfb"' ,,qe g o toacco.. After giving 4~ some hi " ghlights from the book, Keller concludes,In this ~et-propelledy atomic ege, tobacco is still the bese of one oP the greatest idti i thti nusresne naon t' ~s rr `Mr. Heimann has told its story in a whale of a book, rich with hundre ds of " illustrations."~ "t.~ ~ ~` t•~r ~f'' ~s"~yu --iP ~~ y:~~ E'i:! ~ ~ Y ?~ _,. . .~ ~ . .~,~~.... ~ .. . . .... , _ .. _ , _ ' The HERALD-TftIB= and the TIMES have also noted publication of the book ~_$ s :~~ tr ~t,~ ~H •.r . r ~;e" ~*_. "Al"

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