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The Dean study of the occurrence of lung cancer in the South African population, reported in Tobacco and Hearth, was reported widely in the nation's press through this UPI story. .. . _ _ _ . _ -. f NEW YORK (UPI) - A South African study has given support 1o a long - standing contention that air pollution caused by mod- ern industrial development is a major cause of reported increas- study over the w e e k e a d. in M Its publicatiou "T o b-a c c o and "~ .Realth," 1'rie report quoted Dr. Geoffrey .V Teo.. ..tD....f T. Ii..~1...k6 C....N+ ~ Afirca, who conducted the study; OBSERVER Fayetteville, North Carolina January 5, 1960 migrants from Britain found inn the present study suggest that' the air pollution which occurs in mod- ern industrial life - smoke, smog traffic fumes, etc - may be a major factor responsible for the alarming increase of lung cancer 'in South Africa and Britain and I presumably e 1. s e where, said Dean. I NEW YORK (UPI), - A research organization supported by the tobacco industry said today a recent' study in, the Union of South Africa suggests that air pollution may be to blame for the reported increase in lung cancer throughout the world. The Tobaeeo nstitute, in its publication "Tobacco and Health." said the Sou African study was conducted by Dr: Geoffrey Dean, of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It was based on male lung can- cer deaths in that country from 1947 to 1956. Dean found that white males in South Africa have been the heaviest cigaret smokers in the world for many years and yett relatively few of them have died of lung cancer. His report, originally publish- ed in the British Medical Jour- nal, said that British men who NEWS Miami, Florida Janue.ry 3, 1960 as saying it was based on male lung cancer deaths in that'coun- try between 1947 and 1956. Dean said relatively few of the country's heaviest smokers have died of lung cancer. He found, Dean said, that South African white males are the heaviest smokers in the world. His report, first published in the British Medical Journal, said the highest lung cancer deathh es in lung cancer cases. T6e Tobacco Institute, a re- search~M73SLTl8i7on supported by the tobacco industry, reported the rate was found among British men who moved to So.uth Africa and died between the ages of 45 and 64. That group, according to the study, had a much higher lung cancer incident rate than white natives or immigrants from other countries. _ "Tbe relatively low incidence of lung cancer generally among the heavy - smoking South Af- rican men, the higher and rapidly increasing incidence in the grow- ing cities and the high incidence in the youneer age Rrmjp of im- moved to South Africa and died bettveen the ages of 45 and 64 had a much higher lung cancer rate than either white men born in South Africa or male immi- grants from other countries. "The relatively low incidence of lung cancer generally among the heavy-smoking South Afri- can men, the higher and rapid- ly increasing incidence in the growing cities, and the high in- cidence in the younger age group of immigrants from Brit- ain found in the present study; suggest that the air pollution which occurs in modern indus- trial life - smoke, smog, traf- fic fumes, etc. - may be a ma- jor factor responsible for thee alarming increase of lung can- cer in South Africa and Britain, and presumably elsewhere."