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nLular disease, the report NEWSWEEK in ed I t Ia , 1 s ~s~a- ear ~, New Ynrk. New York Y ~: 1~~~- 14 0 ,'t,^ 1sj e~.din[ Dpatb Ca,rs. ;` June 20, 1964 , . ea,v ~ ~ LJ 11 / ~.T,l !, In 1qS6 the American7-learf , ~ '~ = Associatinn reported that avail• 1... c~,.,.~... C ~ioroitQl~ /~tt/7/.'R6 Death RQ1P.l~ a~1e cV ,V .,,cc ..,.~.. .. ., .,,... -- ...' ,~ .S' Scient to justif.y the conciusion ~ ~, Much Higher for l.~l<era, Report '.4llil<r1,s that there was a causee and et- - fect relationship betwern cik Comnary heart dimase or i#s complicAtiona may he aret smoking and increaced onar y ,'aused by or acc.elerated by heavy cigarPt amoking, a ie- death ratec irom cor -port released by the American Heat Aasociation yPster- heart disease. da disclosed. Yesterday's repo,# pointed Y out that coronary heart disease The report by Dr. A. f'larlt.nn Frnatene, preaeident of is the leading cause nt death the American Heart Assor.ia• and a major cause off disability tion, pointed out, however,l among . Death rates from heart at Americanc. As ,t result, that it does not prove that tacks in middle-agesi ,pen were the ascociation said;, its studies heavr elgaret smoking causes ,found to he from 50 to 100 per should be callPd' to the atten• eorornary heart disease. f cent higher among heavy cig-~ tion of the public and the medi- d aret smokers than amongl ~l' profession, ~ Cit. l t i evers va + ud S those The report, issued here by who do not smoke. The report observed that, the We s t e r n PennsWlvania more knowledge is needed to Heart Association, cited sev- determit,e the relafionship be- eral recent tnedical studies. -tween smoking and; heart dis- 'Z'hese show a statistica] associ• ease. Additional research also ation between heavy cigaret should be sought to determine smoking and death or iilness what effPCt smoking has in re. latien to strokes and cardio from coronary heart disease . " With cautious 'wocds, the American Heart Association got around to the subject of smoking last week. It conceded ihat there is no scientific proof of 3 a cause-and-effect relationship between smoking and heart dis- ease, but claimed a "statistical association" of smoking and the disease. The AHA said studies show that coronary deaths among heavy-smoking middle- aged men are 50 to 150 per cent higher than among nonsmokers. The Tobacco Industiy Re- search Committee immediately denied such a statistical link. EVENING POST Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania June 18, 1960