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4WTOBACCO CO: - ~ N BOOSTS FUND . FOR RESEARCH New York, Feb. 26 - Re- ~ search grants m a d e by the t acco industry re- .~--;_ searc c mmittee have grown sA t ttlf Tim o aoa o $3,700,000,- chairman of ~~ thy V Hartnett, . the committee announced Chicago, Illinois here. February 27a 1960 ~ r He said the g r a n t s had ,. ., gone to 90 scientists in 61 tn- aGtutions in the U n i' t e d ~ 7t t ;States The 1959 n e p o r t of Dr. larence Cook Little, scien•. -aific director of the coinniit~ tee, contained' digests of 38 " iesearch papers published during the year bg persons who had received committee ;:grants -,,t : ; ~,- yyY~ t r `,t ~,5, k y~pn.l 10.: Chicago, I1linois February 17, 1960_ . 1 d1' -rT': tL J - . AFTER 91 STUDIES Ciaaret Ma~ers ieuis on Cancer This is the tobacco industry's side of it: „ A1ter aponsoring 91 research atudles in six Yeara, the Tobacco Industry Research Committce (TIRC) says it is (~f~ ~:unhbte to accept the American Cancer Society's conclusions `that'cigaret smoking is urreetly responsible for lung cancer or + ;~ r aggravates heart' disease- ~ Dr. Cla.ence Cook Little,~a determiner of them says Dr. -~ r scien!ific d!rector, said' in aiLlttle. „r - repcrt released Wednesdayl What about the role of that the findings nmww make ici heredity4 Teople mayy differ. clear that "the problems~ ml ~ naponse to etgareb be- . cancer and cardiovascular drs- cause of thetr Innate charac- --:s eases are tremendously com ~ ~stt ca.pli- ~sttca. - • ~ cated and the chance of finding a simple answer is smalli or .. nonexistent"The research committee was formed ih 1954 to support 4studies of Independent scien- - tists into tobacco use and hu- man health after the first re- s portsassociating cigarets and lung cancer were released. • . • . DR: LI'f"rLEcitesE these un- answered questions. Aro the tensions and inner - atresses that make people smoke a basic cause rather than the clgareth themselves? Accumulating evidence sug- gest5 that smoklhg patterns of an individual may often be a reflection of traits rather than iga rettes :CaIIedj {, _ .. . , j 'hc~3 ancer,.,"Fall Guy~~ We reprint periodically on this page editorials from ..,~ other newspapers and magazines which we think might " Interest aur readers, The News does not necessarily agree yt~` or disagree with the opinions expressed From rheAnderaon (S.C.) Ind.cpcndcut Before Salk vaccine broke not be explained by the smok. ;t upon the scene there was a ing theory ,great scrambling around in Dr. Little„citing a number of ~; authoritattve and_other or- seientific- papers, pointed to ;'-eles concerning the cause of evidence that he said polio. . y, .: "1 Finds that people described ;j %Even yet, it' Is not known . as the world's heaviest ' 4) what causes polio to strike cigarette smokers have low :.9 ~ one person, pass up another, lung,cancer death rates com-, ti,;c :. and strike still a th'irdi Many, pared with people who smoke and in some instances bizarre, less but' have been long ex- r1 have been the explanations. posed to urban air pollution. . ; Much the same scare tac- "2 Shows that direct inhala- jg tios are being used in regaid tion of tobacco smoke by ~ to~ lung cancer.. Justnowt to- laboratory animals over longg bacco is bearing the brunt of periods of time has not re- hld suited' in causing lungcaneer ~ te alege "guilt,°' although~. th'ecase against it is far from ~n'these animals. Reveals that'human lung ~~3 , proven.. . , ... ,.;;,, . tissucs , tissues undergo changes. The ~Toba„~,SSO Institute inc., tonsidered' suspicious by hasmoved to counteract a some, that are found among 'recent U.S.. Public Health both young and old, non- ~ Service report that claimed smokers and smokers, while "theihtbidee weg o evnc, at )ung tissues 'may be perf ect- present, implicates smoking ly normai in heavy smokers-' `~ as the principal etiologicai St+ ~ (causative) factor~~ in the in.4 Confirms. ttie long-estab- ..Nd lished but little-publicized - creased incidence of lung fact that lung cancer occurs j~ caneer." more frequentiv in people who ' . This is )ust another in a have a medical history of ,~ long series of •cxpert•' views previous serious lung ailments, which, much in the manner such as tubercu!osis, pneu- of a prosecuting attorney; monia and' influenza, indicat- ~~ have set out to convict to- ing a relationship of possible = bacco with no regardd to, the significance." total l weight of evidence. Indications are that tobaeco In his comment on the Pub- is beingg used by many "ex- ~' ~z< ~'.lic Health~Service rev+ew, Dr. perts" as the whippingboy Clarence Cook Littte cancer si 1 b th h t How about air pollutants„ mp y ecause ey ave no tesearch scientist who is sci- liaadiation„humidlty; tempera yet na+led down the precise ture and other factors in the entific director of the Tobacco cause„ if any, of lung cancer en•. ironment? How much do bacteria or viruses influence cell or tissue changes? How about fats and other foods, or drugs such as hormonesf "Both inte)llgentlaymen and scientists will not accept, a simple cause and effect rela- tlonstiip in cancer andcardia vascular disease unless such a relationship can bee proved byy something more than disputed statistles.transferred lnterpre- tation from animal work, or limited autopsy findings," said Dr. Little- lndustry Research Committee, or, for that matter, cancer said many recent scientifie re- incidence in other internal ports on smoking and lung parts of the tlody. cancer were either omitted or There seems to be a tend- glossed over. ency to glass over other pos- He pointed out that the re- sible causes, such as fumes port "clearly states that' ex- from auto exhausts, industrial perimental evidence does not plant fumes,, and the general- support the theories. ly greater increase in air pol- "The review recognizes that lution that has accompanied lung cancer afflicts non-smok- industrialization. - - ers, and therefore can't-all be The point is that the case blamed on smoking. Itton- against tobacco is far from eedes the still-to-be evaluated proven. Until it is, tha U.S. role of air pollutants and oe- Public Health Service and cupational exposures. It ad- other authorities should cease mits differences in lung can- risk losing public confidence cer incidence rates that can- by goinq off half•cocked. ti