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ng BY GEORGE GETZE Ito Dr. Robert C. Hockett . Science Editor rassociate scieritific director :..People who live Iongest,of the Tobacco Industry Re- may be people who "just don't care." . , Unlike most of us, 'they Tnay be relatively indifferent to, things average people worry about-their incomes, Search Committee.. DR. HOCKETT'S immedi- ate problem, of course, is people who are hyper-reac- tive or allergic to cigarette smoke. He said only a small per- centage of people may be their sex lives, even their families. ~, At the other extreme are'responsible for a large pro- 13eople marked by ecag- portion of conditions attrib- ~e t d T h uted by many doctors and ra e r o • are "hyper-reactive." Their blood nressures iumn when 11 girl. They worry about their .-_jobs, their families and any- ; thing else they can think of to worry about. MOST OF US are some- where in between. . The hyper-reactive person tested ivere allergic to to- bacco skin tests. When these same allergic people were tested by other doctors, they were found to be more likely to have high blood pressure, poor circu- is the kind most likely toilation, and irregular or fast get peptic ulcers, h ea r t{heart beat than the majority disease and perhaps ev.en~who were not allergic to skin cancer, accordinn to one tobacco tests, Dr. Hockett school of theoretical medi- said. cine that says stress is the "SOME DAY it may be most important cause of possible to test people for disease. Ifiy.per-reaction to cigarette Hyper-reactive people also smoke." Dr. Hockett said. may be the ones who be- "If the tests show they're come alcoholics and com. allergic, they can ~ u ilt pulsive smokers, according smoking, oz• not begin.' D e5p nses. e y1healtlt organizations to the smoking of cigarettes. Tests made at New York the phone rings, their pulsesltiniversit?y, lie said, showed race when they see a prettylthat less than 15c0 of people THE NEWS AND OBSERVER .Raleigh, North Carolina November 18, 1960 Tobacco Men Get Report y' . On Lung Cancer Research More research is needed before dustry has appropriated some $4 definite claims can be made about million for a research program, the cause of lung cancer, Dr. Rob- with grants-in-aid to more than Unit- ert C. Hockett declared here 100 scientists throughout the Unit- ed States. Thursday nighL Following the Hockett address, "It is improper, if not unscien• a business session of the Tobacco tific, to conclude that tobacco use Growers' Information Committee is proved tb be a major cause of was held, with Carl T. Hicks, of lung cancer," he told the annual Walstonburg, being rename&pres- meeting of the board of directors ident. Albert Q. Clay, of Mount of the Tobacco Growers' Lnforma- Sterling, Ky., was re-elected vice tion Committee. president. W. Alger Cooksey, of Dr. Hockett, associate scientif- LaPlatta, Md., was elected' vice ic director of the Tobacco Indus- president, succeeding Ray Jones,. try Research Committee, said re- of Blackstone, Va., who has re- cent scientific studies show that signed: multiple factors may be involved The board, ;n addition to ap- in the causation of lung cancer. proving its budget and projects He mentioned' viruses, previous for the coming year, also re- lung damage, air pollution, and' hir*i William T. Joyner, of Ra- constitutional differences betweenlleigh; as counsel, and William H. smokers and non.smokers. I W. Anderson, of Winston-Salem, He reported that the tobacco in- as secretary-treasurer.