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In a].engthy (over four columns) letter 'to the editor of JAMA, Dr. Joseph ,11. Medical Student Blasts Cancer-Smoking Data. LOS ANGELES TIMES. 1qEWSPAPERS 11 Berkson of the Mayo Clinic takes issue with the article on smoking and '~`? lung cancer by Surgeon General Burney that appeared in the November 28, ','Berkson writes in part: "In general, the (Surgeon General's) article . s.:;.. . is characterized by an imprecision of language and thought that renders "can "be properly designated a statement of the Public Health Service." . ,takes up many points in detail and questions whether the Burney article leading with regard to the basic questions at issue." The letter then it contains some frank errors of ommission and commission which are mis- inaccurate almost every important point it deals with. In particular, •'` • Immediately preceding Dr. Berkson's letter is one by Dr. David D. Rutstein, :'define the kind of.evidence which;.you would accept as showing a relation- "I am shocked by your editorial on smoking and lung cancer. Could you - Department of Preventive Medicine, Harvard University, that says in full: -ship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer?" This letter is followed by an editor's note saying: communication," referring to Dr. Berkson's letter. Association today criticized the interpretation of the statistics that February 23, 1960. Chicago (UPI) -- The official Journal of the Student American Medical link lung cancer to smoking. The criticism was made in an article written by James E. Russell, a third- year student at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. His article said "studies, unsupported by corroborative experimental data, show only the number of smokers who have lung cancer." 12. Smog in L.A. Blamed for Lung Cancer. HOLLYWOOD (Calif.) CITIZEN-NEWS. February 18, 1960. a speech at,the University of_Southern California School of Medicine he said lung cancer was twice as-great in urbanareas than in rural areas Dr. Michael B. Shimkin, chief of the statistical section of the National Cancer Institute, said "there's not much question" that air pollutants contributed to the increase in lung cancer incidence in Los Angeles. In according to studies made in the U.S. and England.