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t;~t.- ~ ~ $~ > r r . . .. . ;. - .~ ., . . . . . ... ..,~ . .. ~:r- _. . J _ . ` . , _ . , _ 1 , . tJ7. . FOR: Members, Tobacco Institute and TIRC ! ?' 4 1'li. , y.:, , Condensed from Public Sources by Hill and Knowlton, Inc. , ; . . .. . . . . .. `) tS' AM: 4 } S i4 NEWSPAPERS ti fw!..: V r•' ~ , ', TOBACCO NEWS SUMMARY A; F tiK No..24 May 6 196o y f91 r , ~r. _ •a r • ~..],~~.,,; q, . . ~~..~ ~ ~ ~ia`~ . , r .r .rl, F~ _r.~,r~,~p`~:~~h7f•",rJ i ~C '-.i 4~i iaF l•t~ ~-,. ,~.. . , . . ;_ , ' -. ..; .,,. , . ,~!~~ ~. ,, ~ t , . ~.. .,! ~:~ . 1• ;. _ r ~ rr, ~f14 r,. J. :',,~ ~ ., f, . ,~ ~..,~ {x ,y ", k~ lr.s 1r~.7~wY,• Y 24. Tuberculosis Group Warns On Cigarettes. NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, •, F',6., May 6 1960 } r•~ , • For the first time, the National 4F~, . . . . ...~onal Tuberculosis Association has issued > Y>, a warning against cigarette smoking as "a ma or cause of lung cancer." .~ ,The story said it was learned that the association is contemplating an education campaign against cigarette smoking, perhaps in cooperation with the American Cancer Society. statement). (The attached e was Timothy issuegdn e connecCtion ~wth T the c NTA , TA smoked. "-- the risk of lung cancer increases with the number of cigarettes "The National Tuberculosis Association warns all persons'that: ,._ ., ".,:•. ,, : a ~•y, ._. s;; ~ ~ ,,r ti,. y f "-- there is an alarming increase in deaths from lung cancer. "-- cigarette smoking is a major cause of lung cancer. r~. The newspaper gave as the fall text of the NTA statement the following ` "Giving up smokingreduces the risk oflung cancer. . . . , . . .. h_ "Recent studies show that cigarette smoking is a factor in suc f=-crippling lung diseases as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. r ~ . ~ . . _. ... , . • - .. .'i- - . - . .._. . .._.t.-... . ,. ,. ~F~ J tif..1~i~,a.~.~„~•ti wf?_ "There is no single cause of all lung cancers. Breathing polluted city air may also add to the risk of lung cancer. "No present method of treating tobacco or filtering the smoke has' been proved to reduce the harmful effects of cigarette smoking; up to now, these harmful effects can be avoided only by not smoking cigarettes. "All persons should be given these facts. Parents, teachers and physicians have a special opportunity and a duty to warn our youth of these facts before the cigarette smoking habit has become established. T ~r. y:,Jf. - ~-si~ :,..lc~x:•ai•: -~~. _.: i.J :...