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s f Y ty. 0 it_ -.ASSOCIATED PRESS -- October 11, 1960 . . . . . . M ,~-,~. . .. . . . .. ,i .. . . The United Presss International1:wires also carried the story.__re war ss~e,iaat ® WORLDLTELEGRAM & SUN New York, New York :October 11, 1960 :Tobacco Indus y ~~Nikes Can The Tobacco Industry Re- search search Committee reported to- {1~ day it' has authorized an addi- tional $ 300,000 for cancer re- search this year. The extra funds were re- quested in addition to the Tobacco Industry Unit Backs $500,000 allocated this year by - New Artas of Invesfigation 'The Tobacco Industry Re- search Committee announced yesterday that it was increasing study," he said. "We plan to -'!ts financial aid to medical re- add certain lines of research and expand others." Dr. Little said some of the major new research areas the committee would examine were the possible role of vir- uses in cancer, previous lung damage, constitutional differ- ences among smokers and non- smokers and air poilution. Dr. Clarence Cook Little, scien- tific director of the committee. "Research keeps opening up new areas that need further TBE jrEj :J:J YORK 'j'~S The Tobacco Industry Re- ~. search Committee announced New York New Yo. ~ , October 1l, 1960 ~ CANCER CLUES PUSHED search because new areas of investigation pertaining to can- cer had been opened up. Timothy V. Hartnett, chair- man of the committee, said that the areas warranting intensified study included viruses, air pol- lution, constitutional differences between smokers and non- smokers and the existence of previous lung damage in can- cer cases. The committee'a , regular re- search appropriation of $500,000 for 1960 has been increased by $300,000, Mr. Hartnett stated, The committee declared that recent research tended to raise doubts about, rather than sup- port' the contention that smok- ing was a major causative fac- tor In lung cancer. yesterday it had appropriated =300,000 in additional, funds for it's 1960 cancer research pro- gram. It had previously granted $500,000 for support of inde- pendent health research pro- grams. Timothy V. Hartnett, chair- man of the tobacco industry- supported committee, °&id the funds would be used to broaden the scope uf the committee's grants-in-aid program to in- elude 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, entific director of the commit- tee, said he had requested the funds because "intensive re- earch efforts in the last few ars have opened many doors o knowledge in the search for n}~ obacco Men Wide ancer Research Aid 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.'' Idr.atifies Factors He said."many factors in a, complex chain" may "result In lung cancer." He Identified "a few" as "air pollution, viruses, lung damage, poor nutrition, constitutional 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.