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A speech by Dr. Clarence C. Little, scientific director of the Tobacco "Industry Research Committee in Nashville, September 27, was noted' by the wire services and carried by newspapers in a number of major cities. The Associated Press story appears below. _ + NEW YORK JOUI`HNAL-AMICAN New York, New York ':September 27, 1960 ''INDUSTRY STATEMENT )eny Cancer, 0 in pc • n Special to the N. Y. Journal-American NASHVILLE, Ten.n:, Sept. 27-Tests in the scientific lung cancer, Dr. Clarence Cook Little, scientific director of the Tobacco Industry Research Commit't'ee, declared laboratory have failed to prove that' smoking causes he said. Other possible causes he aaid are now being studied, in- eluding air pollution, virus, many non-smokers do get It," "Thc vast majority of smok- ers never get lung cancer, while cause of death. more accurate reporting of the people; better diagnosis and ment, he said, is due to a larger population, especially of older ; Much of the rise in the all- STUDY OTHER CAUSES port Associytion. ley & Dark Leafe Tobacco Ex- the annual meeting of the Bur- result in lung cancer," he told In the complex chain that' may. cate many factors are involved -"Hundreds of studies indi- today. pormones, Infective lung dam- age, poor nutrition, oceupa- ional hazards and fumes from motor fuels. "Chemical tests have not' found any substance in tobacco smoke known to cause human cancere:" he said. And there is no evidence that smoking causes heart disease. "We know that smoking may have some phfyciolosical ef- fects, such as giving a slight •lift: Science is finding that some of these effects may fn- deed be beneficial." Dr. Little reported the in- dustry in the past six years has made $4,000,000 available for research into the subject, and has rade grants to more than 100 scientists. F THE WASFIIN.GTON STAR' Washington, D.C. September 28, 1960 ~;Tobacco Industry Doctor Discounts Cancer Charges NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 28 (AP).-"New evidence tends to 0 throw doubt on~ rather than aupport, the charges against smoking as a major causative factor"' In lung cancer, Dr. Clarence Cook L!t'tle said yes• terday. Dr. Little Is scientific direc- tor of the Tobacco Industry Research Committee which, he said, has granted more than $4 million to researchers study- ing tobacco and health ques- tions. ' -Charges that smoking causes lung cancer "have not been proved in the scientific labora- tory " the scientist said in an address prepared for the an- nual meeting of the Burley & Dark Leaf Tobacco Export As- sociation: "Chemical tests have not found any substance in,to- bacco smoke In concentrations suffieient to account' for cancer in man-or to account for re- ports of cancer in animals," he said. • Attempts to produce lung cancer in animals by having them inhale tobacco smoke have failed consistently, he added; He said there is "no evidencee that smoking causes heart dis- ease." ~oa3sy23~~~ . i~-- CIiLCAGO SUN 4, > ~ , ;c} ;`;Chicago, Illinois 7;;~. September 28, 1960 .; Industry Studies Find No Proof Of Disease Link disease." NASHVILLE. Tenn. (AP}- "New evidence tends to throw doubt on, rather than support, the charges against smoke as a major causative factor" in lung cancer, Dr. Clarence Cook Lit- tle said Tuesday. Dr. Little is scientific direc- tor of the Tobacco Industry Research Committee which, he said, has granted more than $4,000,000 to researchers stud- ying tobacco and health ques- tions. '. A • , Charges that smoking causes lung cancer "have not been proved in the scientific labora- tory," the scientist said in an address prepared for the annual meeting of the Burley & Dark Leaf Tobacco Export Assn. "Chemical' tests have not ' found any substance in tobacco smoke in concentrations suffi- cient to account for cancer in man--or to account for reports of cancer in animals," he said. Attempts to produce lung cancer in animals by having them inhale tobacco smoke have failed consistently, he added. He said there is "no evi- dence that smoking causes heart - ,,