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NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE $1300,000 f or Canc er Study The Tobacco Industry Research Committee has increased its 1960 financial support of cancer stud- ies by $300;000, according to Tim- othy V. Hartnett, chairman. The committee, Mr. Hartnett f:' pointed out, had originally al- located $,500,000 for this year's in- ' 'dependent research and' grants in "aid, but added that recent cancer . research has opened up vast new areas which require investigation. These areas, he explained, in- clude: studies of the possible role of viruses in cancer; the possible role of previous infect'ions su& as tuberculosis or of injuries in the origin of lung cancer; studies of smokers vs. non-smokers, and ex- tension of studies of the influence of environmetal pollution on the bronchiall lining. ~ . x c ~ The tobacco industry as increased Its fin~anc~ial"~support O of private researck into possible causes of lung cancer. An ~, additional $30U;000 has been authorized for this year, bringing to $4 million the total research appropriatfon according to the Tobacco Industry Research Committee. ThP Industry contends there is no proof of any connection between cigaret smoking and lung cancer... DISPATCH Henderson, North Carolina October 11, 1960 ~11ore Funds Fer ~ ~ Cancer Research M- Made Available ~ NEW YORK - The Tobacco In- ~ dustry Research Committee ;s step- ping up its financial support of in- dependent dependent healtiv research and " 1 broadening the scope of its grant's- ~ in-said program, Tomithy V. Hart• 4 nett, chairman, announced today The reason: cancer research has \ opened up new areas that need • further investigation. such as virus- es,,previous lung damage, constitu- tional differences among smokers and non-smokers, and air pollution Hartnett said, An adn,tional 5300,000 has beer, authorized for scientific study this year making a total of $4 millior rince t'.e committee's inception in 1954, Hartnett said. The new funds are in addition to tht committee's regular appropriation of $500.000 for 1960. The extra funds were requested by Dr. Clarence Cook Little, scien- tific director of the committee, be- cause of the growing complexities of scientific work on major health problems. New York, New York October 11, 1960 Tobacco Men Add Fund f or Cancer Stud Give $300,000 For Broader Research The Tobacco Industry Re- 6eareh Committee announced yesterday tt had appropriated =300,000 in additional funds for tts 1960 cancer research pro- gram. It had previously granted =500.000 for support of inde- pendent health researeh pro- grams. Timothy V. Hartnett, chair- man of the tobacco industry- eupported committee, said the funds would be used to broaden the scope of the committee's grants-in-aid program to in- clude new areas of research into possible causes of cancer. Viruses, previous lung damage, constitutional differences be- tween smokers and non-smokers and air pollution will be the areas investigated. Other Origins Dr. Clarence Cook Little, sci- entiflc director of the commit- tee, said he had requested the funds because "intensive re- search efforts im the last few years have opened many doors of knowledge in the search for the origins of lung cancer and heart disease. It has become in- creasingly evident that concen- tration on a single factor, such as smoking, will not produce the answer to these exceedingly complex problems." Dr. Little added, "Charges against smoking have been put through extensive research~ and have not been proved in the scientific laboratory. The re- sults of recent research tend to raise doubts about, rather. than support, the claims that smoking is a major causative factor in ing cancer." Identifies Factors He said "many factors In a eomplex chain" may "result in lung cancer." He Identified "a few" as "air pollution, viruses,, lung damage, poor nutrit'ion,, constitut'ionall makeup, ex- posure to occupational hazards and fumes from motor fuels." The T. I. R. C. has granted =4,000,000 since its formation in 1954' to cancer research proj- ects.