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UNITED PRFSS INTERNATIONAL, Washington, D. C. February 3, 1960 ;.` '. (Release at 6:30 P.M. Tobacco New York -= The Tobacco Industry Research Committee announced. today that it made 41 grants-in-aid in 1959to support research by _ independent investigators into questions of tobacco use and health. ;rr + y Y krC'`'~' ';t'r Q4r< 4 s:~, ,,'r,. f.~~,!,Z,+ " ~~~f.. . Timothy V. Hsrtnett, Coztanittee chairman also disclosed that , an additional $500, 000 was added to the Committee's research funds, bringing the total to $3,700,000. :.The Committee was established in .1954• ` Y`Last Year'sgrants* went to 22 scientists to support new research projects. The Coannittee's Scientific Advisory Board also recommended grants to continue 19 projects started previously. Hartnett said that since the Committee's formation grants have been made to 90 scientists in 61 medical schools, laboratories and research instituttions throughout the nation. .... ~ . .:.. . . . .. .. . , .t. . . ....._..._. . . .. - _ .. . ~s~ YI~\ .: NEWS CALL BUILETIN San Francisco, California February 8, 1960 „. Toba~co ~:Stt~dy G~a~fs lncreosed ~ Bp.elil'ts th. News-Gap Eulleue '., \ E VC' Y 0 R K-The •1•o- bacc d u s. t r,y 'Resea~Z"f! mmittee made 41' research grants .totalling more than :1500,000 during 1959. :..This brings total TIRC expendithres since it was founded in 1954 t'o $3,700,000. Among the 1959 awards: To Dr. Juiius H. Comroe .Tr., director of the Uni- versity of California CardioK vascul:jr• ltesearch In:tiWte;, San Francisco, a grant t'al stndy '''I'he F:}'fect of Smok-• ing L'prni Airway Resist.. ance." (Dr: Comroe recently reported that he,found one cigaret will increase that re- sistance by 50 pct. for an hour after smoking.) To Pauline Heizer, Ph.D, research associate in;the San Francisco Institute of Niedir cal Sciences, which operates at San Francisco Stanford Hospital, a grant to study the effects of cigareti^stnoke condensate on the skins of mice. OSCE0IA RECORD (This editorial appeared . Osceola Nebraska also inb- , a numer of other . Ma.rch 10, 196o ` ~~ papers around the country, ) rate. All of which brings us right back to the warning of Dr. Little in his report: "Let us be perfectly sure," he writes, "of what we call establlshed casual factors, and let us be honest in our evalua- tion of what we advocate . . before we attempt to convince the public of any proven guilt or lack 'of guilt in any widespread tiuman usage or custam, whether tobacco use or something else" . That's good advice anywhere , anytime. „, . . .K;. : _ . et Us Be Sure : We have before us the scholarly and highly objective 68 page 1959 Report of the Scientific Director„ Clarence Cook Little, Sc.D, of the Tobacco Industry Research Committee^ ,. His report describes the long-range research program developed and directed for the Committee by a Scientific Advisory Board of 10 doctors and scientists: noted for their work in cancer and other diseases. Research grants have been made to 90 scientists in 61 hospitals, universities and research institutions from a fund so far totalling $3,700,000. :.. ; . This 1959 report weighs a trifle ovet four ounces on our postal scales and that's a lot of technical reading! It covers research papers and findings that, as Dr. Little says, clearly show "The ,S problems in cancer and cardiovascular diseases are tremendously ~~ complicated and the chance of finding a simple answer is srnaTl or non-existent." For instance, the painting of shaved mouse skin with ooncen- trated condensates of tobacco smoke has produced tumors in some mice and not in others, yet no substance has been found in tobacco smoke in sufficient quantities to account for the reac- tions reportedl Repeated experiments here and abroad on anim- als induced to inhale tobacco smoke have failed to produce lung cancer of the type prevalent in man. Similar inhalation studies with dogs over a period of more than three years, says the re- port, did not produce any lung cancers, nor did hamsters wittl pellets of tobacco sewn in their cheek pouches develop the ~ dread disease ~P* : Research in South Africa showed a greater incidence of 1 0%. cancer among immigrants from the industrial cities of Britl than among the white natives who are regarded as the world's heaviest cigarette smokers but have a relatively low lung cancer