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December 21, 1959 ` w"N H1r4~~~X~ti~3'E~~"Sa~A sshy, e~ru sshrr~ auwl.utS Pr[terns , " CIGARETTES: ~t~ ~~~ ~p~~bont H;rr.ard+tramrd ti,trnu{•, ,~~ r~ Are the csmr trserrtrs arr hrghrr .rl u F.,t tlir past ts~eh~ear. w. w1L.t, =DU T~18~-O1 DOll~t T~16}'~ among rnrn thati ^.comrn aud arimng ur~;~' edited the higbl} rrsprctrd, scteit 2 ~•ban than rural Qup ,x rqs4:, 1 .ulatiuns; \Pither the tific qu:trterlt^; 1•ledicine. Hr ivas ," ' 4;To smoke or not to smoke?The ques `proponents nor the oppouents of thetnember of the editorial board tha~ ition still awaits a final, undebatable med- ymok'ing theory h+ve suAicient evidencr "tiated and acrepted the Bumey article " &al answer, but those who dispute the to wartuut the asswuptimr of an rll-or- ;~-•j•he Bumey piece seemed based nn sta theoryth'at cigarettes are a factor in none authoriLttne~position. Until defii;i- ;4stics inia Yew York State Departmrni , causing lung cancer got sturdy supgort' Hve studies sre "Forthcvming the ;af Health.publication dn the same su' r ~Tast week from an unexpected and highly ' physuiun c tu fulfill his respunsibihh b} hesaid. `Thr Surgeon Gener7 ' ,, ' " ! ~ authoritative source The Joumaliof the watching tbe sttuatiori dlosely keeptug 's{epresruted the same "data~ ,smpy r., SAmerican Medical Associatron "j~•;;rtS'} ~~oourant of the' facts, `and advising his j:2ln New' Delhi on a'round-thc-:vorld ~It was unexpected because m tts Nav patients iui`the basis of his appraisal of~ Geuerri Bume} cou[c~~ .p Surgeon i 28 issue, which reached some 185,000 those facts. The Public Healtli Srrvice' ;ix reached for a commrnt uri the repu- ;Ndoetor-members of the AMA, The jour- can best meet its obligations by collecting diation of his A\t 1' Juumal article b. Ih, . vz'nal ran a special, nine-page report by and disseuuorating data from all sources," Talbott• But in \i'ashington, P C Dr,` Surgeon 'Genera) Leroy EBurnev 'and making lnaa'n to the heslturg Surgtron Ceti: th and John Porterfield 3c , O. tiri' ~~warning that "the a'eight of evidence medical professions its oarn r4:41nahout era); told NEaswsec: Thr USPIIS. Ft ~~t " °F such data. ~~t± ~.r~~; rt$a >y,~! '~4 arficle in the Ak pointed to cigarette smoking as th ~eprmpublishiuR its Nov:,fA c cipal cause' of the urcreased 'uuidenee '~ew• Bloods Why did the AMAJountal, followed its est3hlistird polic _y` Joumal sudtch i[s stand?'"It'didn't" stiul of ma{dng fully available tn the ~('of lung rmtcer (KEUSUeex Dec. T). mrdiat? in an editorial in Dr. Ta1lHitt, u ho took ocer this linportaut and health professions and geuernl pub- ~~f'•Three weeks later . t.'tlie Dee. 12 issue of The Joumal, its ~~ ~torial post onl} three weeks ago with '' lie all dre facts on smoking and lung =ae.v editor Dr, fohu H Talbott; sharply ' the issue which earried the Burnet ctrtr "~ncer as rapidlj• as they develop ~; .. n ' ment: " ~Ye continue to stand by our e( quesiioneel't1;e aetvracp of Dr. BurneysAv tn rny magazwe, cou hrse tu ,.arlier ~erentirtr 6ehcren scientifi tonclusions: "Althuurgb the studies [citedc oQinions crstatement namely that the 4veight of ates smok " Published in articfes, and editorial oprm ~dence at present impliring . :by Burneyj reveal a rrtatiouship behveen`" e factor ui the" arette smokin ions, which should be strictly personal ";jys the principal causatl\' . g g'and.cuucrr.tlwtseems. - ^-~" } more thrn couirudental thr4 do not ex Talbatt a}'omxg looltng Si is an fosra _increase of litng cancer w tbe lt S.a" other Parts nf ibe ~~orid .- 'a3a•aa! Tfifi BOSTOhI HERAIID ri ;;,Boston Atassa¢il¢setts , i' ~.December 11, 1959 _ { F AMSA Editorial Disputes Burney ~ .F 4 Cigarettes ;4 'R!y-t CffiCAGO (AP)+-The Journal -, ' of the American Medical Asso• taid Tuesday that' . there 1s lu• aotficientt evidence "to warrant the assumption" that cigarette ~}mnkingts the principal factor ~~~~ r;Ja the increase 1: lung cancer, In aa editorial, the .too+*nal *c- 4.;L~ A e,jesiio~ns conclusiona in ra ~ `c '~d~ ~ port by Dr,. Leroy E. Burncy, O .r;M,~ ~; surgeen gentral of the L':S. Pub• '' rlle l3ealth 3ervrvice. ' • y.~?r^•~"~ :'. The report llsts smokiog as `-i ~~~`'~1 . the matnfaetor leadingtosuah~ t' ldldtht -'anncrease an concuea.a. ° beavy smokers are more prone e{::~ ta lung cancer than others. . .Burney"s report, summaritiog r ~~reh' lug searc onn cancer, was ._ earrled Iwo weeks ago In, th'e. . Journal F' , t '~ t F~ r t ; y "4 ~r~~~ay ~yi~` ' DiJAAAbf' MO) ~INGC~HERATIDa ~ ~~ ~~ `~~~ + ~a +j~ 32)f } ~_,., • December 12, 1959 ~.~ , : . u.,; .~ 'd Stnd O CietteCar Rlin ounangar-nceeato ~l Two weeks after publishing Sur responsibilities by watching the sit=,. geon Generali Leroy E. Burney's ar- uation closely, keeping informed of ticle to the effect that ei the facts, and advising his patient's ` garetle y f,s ~ on the basis of his appraisal of those . +F' amoking is the principal cause of the * facts. The Public Health Servic e .4fincrease in lung cancer, the Journal (which Surgeon General Burney of the American Medical Association heads) can best meet its obligations ~~ s has editorially questioned that thesis. by collecting and disseminating data 5 - In it's edttorial the AMAJournal for all sources and making k' , ...,nawn takes a position which should be oti- " to the health and medical profes-r~ vious, that the definitive work on the . sions its own evaiuatrons of snch ''re)ation of cigarette smoking and data." ~, ~v',~:r. lung cancer has not yet been done - ' As this newspaper potnted out in - and there has not yet been obtained, commenting on the Burney article,' ; "utfiitid t thh sccn: evenceo warrante not enoug yet is known ot the "` assumption ob an all-or none au- causes of cancer to fix the blame'~ . thoritative position.' on~ any particular factor. Research- The comment of the Joiunal surn- ers have severali leads, which need' mar es the preseni statuc of the to be pursucd beturc cigwaitm rr sa - snattcr: ing, a~y more than industrial smog ' ' A numbefthitih h :' o auores woave examined' the same evidence cited by Dr. Burney do not agree with his conclusions. Although the studies re- • veal a:relationship between cigarette smoking and cancer that seems more .. than coincidental, they do not ex- ~plihhkit an wy, even wen smong pa- terns are the same, case rates are highe~ among men than among has produced cancer experimentally '.'-+ women and among urban than In the light of present knowledce, .', '.j ='amgllti th t'~ on rura popuaons...ere areoo many possibilitics fnr, z "Until definititdi fth ft t b hd ve sues areor- any oneacoroeol responsible t:aming„ the physician can fulfill his for the increase in lung cancer. and fumes from motor vehicles; • should' be described as responsible . for the:increase in lung cancer. And .'. in the last few days, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Ar- thur Flemming has called attention to' the fact' that a synthetic hormone ' used to trea6 chickens and other ` j animals whose meat is used for food r'a

December 21, 1959 ` w"N H1r4~~~X~ti~3'E~~"Sa~A sshy, e~ru sshrr~ auwl.utS Pr[terns , " CIGARETTES: ~t~ ~~~ ~p~~bont H;rr.ard+tramrd ti,trnu{•, ,~~ r~ Are the csmr trserrtrs arr hrghrr .rl u F.,t tlir past ts~eh~ear. w. w1L.t, =DU T~18~-O1 DOll~t T~16}'~ among rnrn thati ^.comrn aud arimng ur~;~' edited the higbl} rrsprctrd, scteit 2 ~•ban than rural Qup ,x rqs4:, 1 .ulatiuns; \Pither the tific qu:trterlt^; 1•ledicine. Hr ivas ," ' 4;To smoke or not to smoke?The ques `proponents nor the oppouents of thetnember of the editorial board tha~ ition still awaits a final, undebatable med- ymok'ing theory h+ve suAicient evidencr "tiated and acrepted the Bumey article " &al answer, but those who dispute the to wartuut the asswuptimr of an rll-or- ;~-•j•he Bumey piece seemed based nn sta theoryth'at cigarettes are a factor in none authoriLttne~position. Until defii;i- ;4stics inia Yew York State Departmrni , causing lung cancer got sturdy supgort' Hve studies sre "Forthcvming the ;af Health.publication dn the same su' r ~Tast week from an unexpected and highly ' physuiun c tu fulfill his respunsibihh b} hesaid. `Thr Surgeon Gener7 ' ,, ' " ! ~ authoritative source The Joumaliof the watching tbe sttuatiori dlosely keeptug 's{epresruted the same "data~ ,smpy r., SAmerican Medical Associatron "j~•;;rtS'} ~~oourant of the' facts, `and advising his j:2ln New' Delhi on a'round-thc-:vorld ~It was unexpected because m tts Nav patients iui`the basis of his appraisal of~ Geuerri Bume} cou[c~~ .p Surgeon i 28 issue, which reached some 185,000 those facts. The Public Healtli Srrvice' ;ix reached for a commrnt uri the repu- ;Ndoetor-members of the AMA, The jour- can best meet its obligations by collecting diation of his A\t 1' Juumal article b. Ih, . vz'nal ran a special, nine-page report by and disseuuorating data from all sources," Talbott• But in \i'ashington, P C Dr,` Surgeon 'Genera) Leroy EBurnev 'and making lnaa'n to the heslturg Surgtron Ceti: th and John Porterfield 3c , O. tiri' ~~warning that "the a'eight of evidence medical professions its oarn r4:41nahout era); told NEaswsec: Thr USPIIS. Ft ~~t " °F such data. ~~t± ~.r~~; rt$a >y,~! '~4 arficle in the Ak pointed to cigarette smoking as th ~eprmpublishiuR its Nov:,fA c cipal cause' of the urcreased 'uuidenee '~ew• Bloods Why did the AMAJountal, followed its est3hlistird polic _y` Joumal sudtch i[s stand?'"It'didn't" stiul of ma{dng fully available tn the ~('of lung rmtcer (KEUSUeex Dec. T). mrdiat? in an editorial in Dr. Ta1lHitt, u ho took ocer this linportaut and health professions and geuernl pub- ~~f'•Three weeks later . t.'tlie Dee. 12 issue of The Joumal, its ~~ ~torial post onl} three weeks ago with '' lie all dre facts on smoking and lung =ae.v editor Dr, fohu H Talbott; sharply ' the issue which earried the Burnet ctrtr "~ncer as rapidlj• as they develop ~; .. n ' ment: " ~Ye continue to stand by our e( quesiioneel't1;e aetvracp of Dr. BurneysAv tn rny magazwe, cou hrse tu ,.arlier ~erentirtr 6ehcren scientifi tonclusions: "Althuurgb the studies [citedc oQinions crstatement namely that the 4veight of ates smok " Published in articfes, and editorial oprm ~dence at present impliring . :by Burneyj reveal a rrtatiouship behveen`" e factor ui the" arette smokin ions, which should be strictly personal ";jys the principal causatl\' . g g'and.cuucrr.tlwtseems. - ^-~" } more thrn couirudental thr4 do not ex Talbatt a}'omxg looltng Si is an fosra _increase of litng cancer w tbe lt S.a" other Parts nf ibe ~~orid .- 'a3a•aa! Tfifi BOSTOhI HERAIID ri ;;,Boston Atassa¢il¢setts , i' ~.December 11, 1959 _ { F AMSA Editorial Disputes Burney ~ .F 4 Cigarettes ;4 'R!y-t CffiCAGO (AP)+-The Journal -, ' of the American Medical Asso• taid Tuesday that' . there 1s lu• aotficientt evidence "to warrant the assumption" that cigarette ~}mnkingts the principal factor ~~~~ r;Ja the increase 1: lung cancer, In aa editorial, the .too+*nal *c- 4.;L~ A e,jesiio~ns conclusiona in ra ~ `c '~d~ ~ port by Dr,. Leroy E. Burncy, O .r;M,~ ~; surgeen gentral of the L':S. Pub• '' rlle l3ealth 3ervrvice. ' • y.~?r^•~"~ :'. The report llsts smokiog as `-i ~~~`'~1 . the matnfaetor leadingtosuah~ t' ldldtht -'anncrease an concuea.a. ° beavy smokers are more prone e{::~ ta lung cancer than others. . .Burney"s report, summaritiog r ~~reh' lug searc onn cancer, was ._ earrled Iwo weeks ago In, th'e. . Journal F' , t '~ t F~ r t ; y "4 ~r~~~ay ~yi~` ' DiJAAAbf' MO) ~INGC~HERATIDa ~ ~~ ~~ `~~~ + ~a +j~ 32)f } ~_,., • December 12, 1959 ~.~ , : . u.,; .~ 'd Stnd O CietteCar Rlin ounangar-nceeato ~l Two weeks after publishing Sur responsibilities by watching the sit=,. geon Generali Leroy E. Burney's ar- uation closely, keeping informed of ticle to the effect that ei the facts, and advising his patient's ` garetle y f,s ~ on the basis of his appraisal of those . +F' amoking is the principal cause of the * facts. The Public Health Servic e .4fincrease in lung cancer, the Journal (which Surgeon General Burney of the American Medical Association heads) can best meet its obligations ~~ s has editorially questioned that thesis. by collecting and disseminating data 5 - In it's edttorial the AMAJournal for all sources and making k' , ...,nawn takes a position which should be oti- " to the health and medical profes-r~ vious, that the definitive work on the . sions its own evaiuatrons of snch ''re)ation of cigarette smoking and data." ~, ~v',~:r. lung cancer has not yet been done - ' As this newspaper potnted out in - and there has not yet been obtained, commenting on the Burney article,' ; "utfiitid t thh sccn: evenceo warrante not enoug yet is known ot the "` assumption ob an all-or none au- causes of cancer to fix the blame'~ . thoritative position.' on~ any particular factor. Research- The comment of the Joiunal surn- ers have severali leads, which need' mar es the preseni statuc of the to be pursucd beturc cigwaitm rr sa - snattcr: ing, a~y more than industrial smog ' ' A numbefthitih h :' o auores woave examined' the same evidence cited by Dr. Burney do not agree with his conclusions. Although the studies re- • veal a:relationship between cigarette smoking and cancer that seems more .. than coincidental, they do not ex- ~plihhkit an wy, even wen smong pa- terns are the same, case rates are highe~ among men than among has produced cancer experimentally '.'-+ women and among urban than In the light of present knowledce, .', '.j ='amgllti th t'~ on rura popuaons...ere areoo many possibilitics fnr, z "Until definititdi fth ft t b hd ve sues areor- any oneacoroeol responsible t:aming„ the physician can fulfill his for the increase in lung cancer. and fumes from motor vehicles; • should' be described as responsible . for the:increase in lung cancer. And .'. in the last few days, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Ar- thur Flemming has called attention to' the fact' that a synthetic hormone ' used to trea6 chickens and other ` j animals whose meat is used for food r'a

December 21, 1959 ` ~ `d'''rt~!'~"~ ~ -r :. , 4 ~y t+ a~t f vI~ n ~~~~~tt!3~~~!SaR 414.!'r>~neyi~ ?CIGARETTES: Plam «hy, evru sshr,~au,ol.utg patterns bont H;rncrrd+tramn! tiden.~l-,,..Gci " ~ t~ ~tire the snmr iiase rrtrs arr higher wli.t, ~lua F..[ the put is~el~ ean . r `.,: • t ~ 3t. ~~ "~ . 9 among rn thati :comrn auJ amim ur7;~ ~'"Do They-Ol l~ou t Tlley m K had' editrd the higLlq rrsprctrel scten= ,x rq s4 l~.+±.J t 2~'•< wu ban than rural Qupulatiuns. Neither the tifie qwtrtrrlv; 1•ledtcine. He ~a~.',To smole or not to smoke?The ques- proponents nor the opponents of the 1','tnemLer of the editortal board titat'eia~ ition still ac,:+its a final, undebatable med- ymoliing theory have sufMicirnt evidemr ^~ted aud acrepted the Bumey"article " fcal answer, but those Who dispute the to wartuut the as;wuptimr of an rll or- ;~-TLe Burney piece seemed based nn Sta theory, that cigarettes are a factor in none authoriLttne~position. Until defii;i- 4stics inia New York State f)epartmen eausing lung cancer got sturdy support Hve shidirs are "forthcvming theof Heoltltublication dn the same su6' ,r Tast week from an unexpected and htghl} physician cau fulfill his responsibility bf j~t" hesaid `Thr Surgeon Genr7 ,.,,~. ~'authoritative source The Joumaliof the watching the sttuatiori oiosely keeptugi{eted the same ata~ , smpy rpresru., Y~American Medical Association "j~;rtS't i opurant of the facts, and advising his "j:2ln Ne~v Delhi on a'round-the:~vorld i` x rIt was unexpected because in tts Nav patieuts iuthe basis of his appraisal of ~p $urgenn Geuerri Burney cou[c~ 28 issue, which reached some 185,000 those facts: The Public Healtli, Service be reached for a comment ori the repu- Ndoetor-members of the AMA, The Jour- can best meet its obligations by collecting diation of his A\1,1 Journal article by Or. '>,'nal ran a special, nine-page report by and disseuuhahng data from all sources," Talbott . But in \\'ashington, D.C., Dr o Surgeon 'Generai Leroy EBurnev acting Surgtron Ceti. tir and making known to the health and John Porterheld, TAr USPfiS, Fti' ~~warning that the weight of evidence medical profrssro,u its oarn r4:41natwut erai; told NEassvsec: poitd to cigttki th ' gF such data ~~t± r$ >y,~! pb)isiuK its Nov~4 arficle in the AMA . nearee smong aseprm 't New Htoods 11' -Journal, folla,ced its est3hlitird policy` [ cipal cause' of the urcreased 'uuideneehy did tLr AMA 't" ,of ma{ung full available to the mrdiat? of lung rancer (KEUSUeex Dec T) Journal suitch its stand?"(tdidn said . ~ ~ f ' • T L r e e weeks latrr in an rditorial in Dr. Ta1lHitt! u ho took ocer this important and health professions and geuernl pub- . the facts on smoking and lung~ t~'the Dec. 12 issue of The Joumal, its editorial post onl} three weeks ago, with he all aew editor Dr, fohu H Talbott; sharply ' the issue which earried the Burnet ctrtr "~ncer as rapidlj• as they develop ,. ment: " We cootinue to stand by our e( quesiioned'ti;e aetvracp of Dr. BumeysAv tn any magazwe, cou hase tu ,.arlier ~ tonclusions: "Althau,gL the studirs [cited ~erenti,tr between scientific oQinions rrstatement namely tha[ the 4serghtof ~by Burneyj reveal is rrlatiouship behreen`'" published in articles, and editorial opm evidence at present implirttes smokin ~zg ci arette sanokin ions, which should be strictly personal 'I ys the principal causati\'e factor ui the" 8 g'and cuucrr t}wt seems k+ Talbatt a i'oung loolmg Si is an [atir a increase of Simg r.+ncer in the U.S. a*X more than coui,udental thr4 do not ex other parts of the worhl r~..~`-.af'.~">~"G',1-K~.c.~~ (~4jt~`d_:*'~4~ oy~t1--~~.. . A'~~ y- i•."1'.° ~r e r. -..i •~ ~,..x+ ~V' ~~:Disputes Burney ~.~ ;a~,~'•On Cigarettes !y-t CHICAGO (AP)+-The Journalf th Ai Mdil A - oemercanecassn. t:'•'~ ~r taid Tuesday that' there I lu' r~,~yi.s aotficient evidence "to warrant Y ~;the assumption" tbatcigarette ~~~~}mokingts the principal factor Ja the increase 1 lung cancer, •h._In all editorial, the .to.+*nal mjestions conclusionainra *c- ~ `c '~d~ ~ port by Dr. Leroy E. Burncy, ~ ~; surgeos general of the L' O .i;M,:S. Pub- ~~~ rlieHealth Service. : ~:' y.. The report llsts smokiog as faetorleadingtosuah ~' Idldtht -'anncrease an eoncuea.a. ° `heavy smokers are more protte z> : te lung eancer than others. Barney's '=ireport, summaritiog s- research on lung cancer, was :_tarrled two weeks ago fn,th'e :Journati ti;2 .59 Y~ ''rx t A '' o ' F t~ 0.r fu , December 119 ~, -.t i~~"~' ~~3. ~ ~rtiti.~p a..r~ s'"~'• u^'ti'a~ ,R. .:~~;ti ~r ~..~.~.Y,.* %r. .F; `-, r,?t t I, e°.;R 5, .:,_r-,4 \.} .:..." f-,yC+~tti'.r~ti-•h 'd Stnd O CiettCa Rlin ounangare-ncereato : ~s " -Two weeks afterpubhshing Sur- responsibilities by watching the sit Peon Generali Leroy E. Burney's ar- j, y ticle to the effect that cigarette amoking is the principal cause of the Fr- Y;r A t'•.1increase in lung cancer, the Journal 'of the American Medical Association has editorially questioned that thesis. - In its editorial the A.M.A.Journaf for all sources and making known, takes a position which should be oti to th hlthddilfe~ -eea an meca pros-r vious, that the definitive work on the sions its own evaluations of such relation of cigarette smoking and data." lung cancer has not yet been done ' As this newspaper pointed out iti and there has not yet been obtained, commenting on the Burney article, "sufficicnt evidence to wart ththt is k rane no enoug yenown ot th e assumption of an all-or none au- causes of cancer to fix the blame thoritative position." on any particular factor Research i~t . The comment of the Joiunal sum- ers have severali leads, which need "`•r mar:+es the preser,i statuc of the to be pursucd beturc cigwaitm ti _rr sa- ing, any more than industrial smog "A numbfthitih hd f f er o auores woave anumesrom motor vehicles; examined the same evidence cited should' be described as responsible by Dr: Burney do not agree with his for the ice in l Ad '.' nraseung cancern .. conclusions. Although the studies re- in the last few days, Secretary of .• veal arelationship between cigarette Health, Education and Welfare Ar- smoking and cancer that seems more thur Flemming has called attention than coincidental, they do not ex- to'the factthat a synthetic hormone plain why, even when smoking pat- used to lrea6 chickens and other•3 •, terns are the same, case rates are animals whose meat is used for foad a highert among men than among has produced cancer experimentally~.'-+' women and among urban than In the light of present knowledce, ."°~I-j 'amgllti th t' on rura popuaons...ere areoo many possibilities fnr, "Until definititdi fth ft t b hdi ve sues areor- any oneacoroeol responsble eoming„ the physician can fulfill his for the increase in lung cancel uation closely, keeping informed of the facts, and advising his patients' on the basis of his appraisal of those facts. The Public Health Service (which Surgeon General Burney heads) can best meet it bl ti s o ,ga ons by collecting and disseminating data .';

gations will nott uncover something 1 +~~' ~ t lik ld l i oyers wou no e . r emp the S ti,.":,l>But what about the independent.: researchers? Are they gathering evi-'F' .4nhafin~hs+fnr4n nn n,e- danra tn,aunnnrt their oninions-,..isk1 ~ being fair~to the American people agets pipes and cigars usually come }` The whole matter is suspect be ln their pronouncements about cig- `'out with a clean bill of health, But .cause age-old puritanical objections`.` *aret smoking. h tp smoking sttll inflltence people's Is s arm- o v~ Two weeks ago, Dr. Leroy E. Bur- sure y, ctgare i smo e thtnking. From the:fust tntroductton ral of th U S ful, the heavier types of tobacco of tobacco into Europe there were'~ ne e ,~, ney, surgeon ge Public Heaith Service, came out wlth smoke should be equally harmful. . .those who clatmed tt dId all sorts 01 ~ `another one of those horrendous `: Perhaps a statistical study should frightful things to people. And, on,{, there have always ~ tements linking cigarets with ''be made of the attitudes and person- the other hand f ~ t , ; a a . who praised smoke atterns of the researcherss been those ex=~ s 3 alit + ~t « y p ~ r ung caneer, Z1i omes the American ~4ledical Those who Work fortlie tobacco com- travagantly " - N . j ow c ames are unmediately suspects More intellectual honesty ln this l with a ditorial ti i J k~~ a p ourna n e a on Assoc ~ r ,~>t stating that there is insufficient evt they at least hope that their tnvestt matter would be appropnate ti t th t ' o warran e assump on dence ' "'`'~r' ' that cigarets are a major factor in BEACON :4r ~1~. ~ M ~,^µthe increase. Wichita, Kansas ' l is i th AMA J l ourna as e n y ~ K Certa ~ ~`; authoritative as the Public Health ~cember 12, 1959 O t ,.}, ` Service. Why can't the doctors get D together and decide just what they ~ l t -` Alth ~'~~ a~ h J ourna o say e o T goes an N_ the studies reveal a relati onship be + ~ , , t~'S..tween cigaret smoking and cancer `'' r e t %~ Q Break For To~ -_T-..460+ c mc n, 0 1h~n nn_,nniAentyl ... ~, ..~. ,v{ I~, ._ r `~':they do not explain why, even when 45 <.~ :->. smoking patterns are the same, the ` s s : ease rates are higher among men A . i, than among women and among ur :_ 40.4 -,4 a ban than among rural populations 4';` An accepted organ of the medical world has at last ' ' g and it ~, .. spoken up on the broad question of smokins 7__-- relation to human health. The Journal of the American ' :: Medical Association has come to the rescue o a e- . deviled industry fighting a number of attacks made on t %s ' ,> : l`r•the custom. The recent, statements of Dr. LeRoy E.` Burney; surgeon general of the United States Public Health Service, are challenged by the medical journal." I NE lS & 03S°iirER : ' Many have come forward already to say that it is pre- Raleigh, North Carolina - sumptuous to indict smoking as the principal' cause of December 11+, 1959 lung cancer when there is insufficient proof to support I t:°~t ! that claim ., .,-:--AMA Neutral On Lung Cancer ~' Throug4t its publication,~The + as many cigarettes. The Jour- , . American Medical nat does conclude, however, ; but the country is bemg nat th mcreasin - J t adtl tt f i g our e e y glre es s o c ,, Association has now taken a that pertinent stati'stics hre- madconscious of otherr factors in thee cancer sltuation..'. neutral position in the contro- veal a connection between cig- '". Only this week the issue of dangerous additives V~ .:' versy as to whether or not cig- erette-smoking and cancer that was broached once more with the assertion that certain ~ ° arette-smoking has been proven seems more than coincidentalL" . chemicals used to fatten hens artificially promotes the v be the main factor in the re- After considering all the evi- development of malignancy. In the same breath there': cent increase in reported cases denee, The Journal makes this has been a suspicion brought forward before a Senate , of lung cancer. ._•".r- wise summary: "Neither the investigating committee that some of the new medicines ~ The Journal has now proper- proponents nor the opponents of have elements in them which produce an adverseseac- tV~ ` t >a ,,,r~,oa fi;a .,.iPw_ ~_~ of Dr. the smoking theory have suf- tiom to the patient. There is also the rising fear that Lero E Burney chief ofthe " ficient evidence to.warranttheo the pollution oI Ine air oymonoxtae rumes anu. uLnen y 1.., U S P b11c Service which ap- assumption of an all-or-none emanations from internaU combustion engines, are set- u . ~ peared in its own coihmns last authoritative position."' ting up irritations in the human respiratory system mona,. Dr. Burney made the Both the U. S. Public Health which gradually develbp into malignant growths. O flat statement that smoking is service and private physicians People are even beginning to: wonder if the Pure D the "main factor" in the in- would do well to fo:low the ad- Food and' Drug Act is being applied to the maximum ~ crease although conceding that vice of the ANfA to await "de- benefit of the public since it has been said that the rate there are "unanswered ques- finitive studies" before taking of development in additives„preservatives and colorants tions" which he brushed aside. a dogmatic position for or applied to food is faster than~ the staff of chemists can ~. These questions rise from the against the smoking theory as make theirr determiningexperiments; fact that the evidence shows related to cancer. So many new factors have sprung up in relation to ® that more cases.fiave been re- Certainly, opinions on the cancer singled and out its for this cause that indictment. tobacco B caut'nnot the ps anv y longer be chological ported' among men than womr subject should not be pro- damage dbne is considerable in terms of the tobacco in- en where both groups, had the claimed as proven facts. Those dustry. If some medical group were to give an opinion same smoking: habits; and that who prefer facts to opinions that'the colorant that' is added to oranges is delrimental men smokers who live in cities should emulate the AMA by re- to health there would be a loud cry from the orange have had more lung cancer than serving judgment until actual groves just as the cranberry bogs up north have been rural residents who smoke just proof is avallable. heard from over the poison scare. .. It'ls by no means certain that thts defense of the , industry will silence those who continually are sniping ' • at tobacco and repeating the old'threadbare charges. , It is doubtful if the public is eonvinced! that whatj for not only is the consumption' Burney said:is true Dr 3~

gations will nott uncover something 1 +~~' ~ t lik ld l i oyers wou no e . r emp the S ti,.":,l>But what about the independent.: researchers? Are they gathering evi-'F' .4nhafin~hs+fnr4n nn n,e- danra tn,aunnnrt their oninions-,..isk1 ~ being fair~to the American people agets pipes and cigars usually come }` The whole matter is suspect be ln their pronouncements about cig- `'out with a clean bill of health, But .cause age-old puritanical objections`.` *aret smoking. h tp smoking sttll inflltence people's Is s arm- o v~ Two weeks ago, Dr. Leroy E. Bur- sure y, ctgare i smo e thtnking. From the:fust tntroductton ral of th U S ful, the heavier types of tobacco of tobacco into Europe there were'~ ne e ,~, ney, surgeon ge Public Heaith Service, came out wlth smoke should be equally harmful. . .those who clatmed tt dId all sorts 01 ~ `another one of those horrendous `: Perhaps a statistical study should frightful things to people. And, on,{, there have always ~ tements linking cigarets with ''be made of the attitudes and person- the other hand f ~ t , ; a a . who praised smoke atterns of the researcherss been those ex=~ s 3 alit + ~t « y p ~ r ung caneer, Z1i omes the American ~4ledical Those who Work fortlie tobacco com- travagantly " - N . j ow c ames are unmediately suspects More intellectual honesty ln this l with a ditorial ti i J k~~ a p ourna n e a on Assoc ~ r ,~>t stating that there is insufficient evt they at least hope that their tnvestt matter would be appropnate ti t th t ' o warran e assump on dence ' "'`'~r' ' that cigarets are a major factor in BEACON :4r ~1~. ~ M ~,^µthe increase. Wichita, Kansas ' l is i th AMA J l ourna as e n y ~ K Certa ~ ~`; authoritative as the Public Health ~cember 12, 1959 O t ,.}, ` Service. Why can't the doctors get D together and decide just what they ~ l t -` Alth ~'~~ a~ h J ourna o say e o T goes an N_ the studies reveal a relati onship be + ~ , , t~'S..tween cigaret smoking and cancer `'' r e t %~ Q Break For To~ -_T-..460+ c mc n, 0 1h~n nn_,nniAentyl ... ~, ..~. ,v{ I~, ._ r `~':they do not explain why, even when 45 <.~ :->. smoking patterns are the same, the ` s s : ease rates are higher among men A . i, than among women and among ur :_ 40.4 -,4 a ban than among rural populations 4';` An accepted organ of the medical world has at last ' ' g and it ~, .. spoken up on the broad question of smokins 7__-- relation to human health. The Journal of the American ' :: Medical Association has come to the rescue o a e- . deviled industry fighting a number of attacks made on t %s ' ,> : l`r•the custom. The recent, statements of Dr. LeRoy E.` Burney; surgeon general of the United States Public Health Service, are challenged by the medical journal." I NE lS & 03S°iirER : ' Many have come forward already to say that it is pre- Raleigh, North Carolina - sumptuous to indict smoking as the principal' cause of December 11+, 1959 lung cancer when there is insufficient proof to support I t:°~t ! that claim ., .,-:--AMA Neutral On Lung Cancer ~' Throug4t its publication,~The + as many cigarettes. The Jour- , . American Medical nat does conclude, however, ; but the country is bemg nat th mcreasin - J t adtl tt f i g our e e y glre es s o c ,, Association has now taken a that pertinent stati'stics hre- madconscious of otherr factors in thee cancer sltuation..'. neutral position in the contro- veal a connection between cig- '". Only this week the issue of dangerous additives V~ .:' versy as to whether or not cig- erette-smoking and cancer that was broached once more with the assertion that certain ~ ° arette-smoking has been proven seems more than coincidentalL" . chemicals used to fatten hens artificially promotes the v be the main factor in the re- After considering all the evi- development of malignancy. In the same breath there': cent increase in reported cases denee, The Journal makes this has been a suspicion brought forward before a Senate , of lung cancer. ._•".r- wise summary: "Neither the investigating committee that some of the new medicines ~ The Journal has now proper- proponents nor the opponents of have elements in them which produce an adverseseac- tV~ ` t >a ,,,r~,oa fi;a .,.iPw_ ~_~ of Dr. the smoking theory have suf- tiom to the patient. There is also the rising fear that Lero E Burney chief ofthe " ficient evidence to.warranttheo the pollution oI Ine air oymonoxtae rumes anu. uLnen y 1.., U S P b11c Service which ap- assumption of an all-or-none emanations from internaU combustion engines, are set- u . ~ peared in its own coihmns last authoritative position."' ting up irritations in the human respiratory system mona,. Dr. Burney made the Both the U. S. Public Health which gradually develbp into malignant growths. O flat statement that smoking is service and private physicians People are even beginning to: wonder if the Pure D the "main factor" in the in- would do well to fo:low the ad- Food and' Drug Act is being applied to the maximum ~ crease although conceding that vice of the ANfA to await "de- benefit of the public since it has been said that the rate there are "unanswered ques- finitive studies" before taking of development in additives„preservatives and colorants tions" which he brushed aside. a dogmatic position for or applied to food is faster than~ the staff of chemists can ~. These questions rise from the against the smoking theory as make theirr determiningexperiments; fact that the evidence shows related to cancer. So many new factors have sprung up in relation to ® that more cases.fiave been re- Certainly, opinions on the cancer singled and out its for this cause that indictment. tobacco B caut'nnot the ps anv y longer be chological ported' among men than womr subject should not be pro- damage dbne is considerable in terms of the tobacco in- en where both groups, had the claimed as proven facts. Those dustry. If some medical group were to give an opinion same smoking: habits; and that who prefer facts to opinions that'the colorant that' is added to oranges is delrimental men smokers who live in cities should emulate the AMA by re- to health there would be a loud cry from the orange have had more lung cancer than serving judgment until actual groves just as the cranberry bogs up north have been rural residents who smoke just proof is avallable. heard from over the poison scare. .. It'ls by no means certain that thts defense of the , industry will silence those who continually are sniping ' • at tobacco and repeating the old'threadbare charges. , It is doubtful if the public is eonvinced! that whatj for not only is the consumption' Burney said:is true Dr 3~

gations will nott uncover something 1 +~~' ~ t lik ld l i oyers wou no e . r emp the S ti,.":,l>But what about the independent.: researchers? Are they gathering evi-'F' .4nhafin~hs+fnr4n nn n,e- danra tn,aunnnrt their oninions-,..isk1 ~ being fair~to the American people agets pipes and cigars usually come }` The whole matter is suspect be ln their pronouncements about cig- `'out with a clean bill of health, But .cause age-old puritanical objections`.` *aret smoking. h tp smoking sttll inflltence people's Is s arm- o v~ Two weeks ago, Dr. Leroy E. Bur- sure y, ctgare i smo e thtnking. From the:fust tntroductton ral of th U S ful, the heavier types of tobacco of tobacco into Europe there were'~ ne e ,~, ney, surgeon ge Public Heaith Service, came out wlth smoke should be equally harmful. . .those who clatmed tt dId all sorts 01 ~ `another one of those horrendous `: Perhaps a statistical study should frightful things to people. And, on,{, there have always ~ tements linking cigarets with ''be made of the attitudes and person- the other hand f ~ t , ; a a . who praised smoke atterns of the researcherss been those ex=~ s 3 alit + ~t « y p ~ r ung caneer, Z1i omes the American ~4ledical Those who Work fortlie tobacco com- travagantly " - N . j ow c ames are unmediately suspects More intellectual honesty ln this l with a ditorial ti i J k~~ a p ourna n e a on Assoc ~ r ,~>t stating that there is insufficient evt they at least hope that their tnvestt matter would be appropnate ti t th t ' o warran e assump on dence ' "'`'~r' ' that cigarets are a major factor in BEACON :4r ~1~. ~ M ~,^µthe increase. Wichita, Kansas ' l is i th AMA J l ourna as e n y ~ K Certa ~ ~`; authoritative as the Public Health ~cember 12, 1959 O t ,.}, ` Service. Why can't the doctors get D together and decide just what they ~ l t -` Alth ~'~~ a~ h J ourna o say e o T goes an N_ the studies reveal a relati onship be + ~ , , t~'S..tween cigaret smoking and cancer `'' r e t %~ Q Break For To~ -_T-..460+ c mc n, 0 1h~n nn_,nniAentyl ... ~, ..~. ,v{ I~, ._ r `~':they do not explain why, even when 45 <.~ :->. smoking patterns are the same, the ` s s : ease rates are higher among men A . i, than among women and among ur :_ 40.4 -,4 a ban than among rural populations 4';` An accepted organ of the medical world has at last ' ' g and it ~, .. spoken up on the broad question of smokins 7__-- relation to human health. The Journal of the American ' :: Medical Association has come to the rescue o a e- . deviled industry fighting a number of attacks made on t %s ' ,> : l`r•the custom. The recent, statements of Dr. LeRoy E.` Burney; surgeon general of the United States Public Health Service, are challenged by the medical journal." I NE lS & 03S°iirER : ' Many have come forward already to say that it is pre- Raleigh, North Carolina - sumptuous to indict smoking as the principal' cause of December 11+, 1959 lung cancer when there is insufficient proof to support I t:°~t ! that claim ., .,-:--AMA Neutral On Lung Cancer ~' Throug4t its publication,~The + as many cigarettes. The Jour- , . American Medical nat does conclude, however, ; but the country is bemg nat th mcreasin - J t adtl tt f i g our e e y glre es s o c ,, Association has now taken a that pertinent stati'stics hre- madconscious of otherr factors in thee cancer sltuation..'. neutral position in the contro- veal a connection between cig- '". Only this week the issue of dangerous additives V~ .:' versy as to whether or not cig- erette-smoking and cancer that was broached once more with the assertion that certain ~ ° arette-smoking has been proven seems more than coincidentalL" . chemicals used to fatten hens artificially promotes the v be the main factor in the re- After considering all the evi- development of malignancy. In the same breath there': cent increase in reported cases denee, The Journal makes this has been a suspicion brought forward before a Senate , of lung cancer. ._•".r- wise summary: "Neither the investigating committee that some of the new medicines ~ The Journal has now proper- proponents nor the opponents of have elements in them which produce an adverseseac- tV~ ` t >a ,,,r~,oa fi;a .,.iPw_ ~_~ of Dr. the smoking theory have suf- tiom to the patient. There is also the rising fear that Lero E Burney chief ofthe " ficient evidence to.warranttheo the pollution oI Ine air oymonoxtae rumes anu. uLnen y 1.., U S P b11c Service which ap- assumption of an all-or-none emanations from internaU combustion engines, are set- u . ~ peared in its own coihmns last authoritative position."' ting up irritations in the human respiratory system mona,. Dr. Burney made the Both the U. S. Public Health which gradually develbp into malignant growths. O flat statement that smoking is service and private physicians People are even beginning to: wonder if the Pure D the "main factor" in the in- would do well to fo:low the ad- Food and' Drug Act is being applied to the maximum ~ crease although conceding that vice of the ANfA to await "de- benefit of the public since it has been said that the rate there are "unanswered ques- finitive studies" before taking of development in additives„preservatives and colorants tions" which he brushed aside. a dogmatic position for or applied to food is faster than~ the staff of chemists can ~. These questions rise from the against the smoking theory as make theirr determiningexperiments; fact that the evidence shows related to cancer. So many new factors have sprung up in relation to ® that more cases.fiave been re- Certainly, opinions on the cancer singled and out its for this cause that indictment. tobacco B caut'nnot the ps anv y longer be chological ported' among men than womr subject should not be pro- damage dbne is considerable in terms of the tobacco in- en where both groups, had the claimed as proven facts. Those dustry. If some medical group were to give an opinion same smoking: habits; and that who prefer facts to opinions that'the colorant that' is added to oranges is delrimental men smokers who live in cities should emulate the AMA by re- to health there would be a loud cry from the orange have had more lung cancer than serving judgment until actual groves just as the cranberry bogs up north have been rural residents who smoke just proof is avallable. heard from over the poison scare. .. It'ls by no means certain that thts defense of the , industry will silence those who continually are sniping ' • at tobacco and repeating the old'threadbare charges. , It is doubtful if the public is eonvinced! that whatj for not only is the consumption' Burney said:is true Dr 3~

© , i t Radio Reports, Inc. . ~ ~~ AVTLL/.: ~ x i ;~2J: } ~.. .. . ---. .. _ ... .., tia ~~._ ...,i• .~ . News, at 10.30 PM over WPAT (Paterson, N.J.) December 11, 1959: The.newscaster had just discussed'ian announcement by New Jersey poultry growers that it will no longer use stilbestrol to fatten their birds. , . . _. r. N~WSGASTER: "On a related subject,-lung cancer and smoking, ,the American Medical Association has commented on the recent statement by the U.S. Surgeon General, which described smoking as the main factor inthe increase in lung cancer. "The A.M.A. Journal saus there is insufficient evidence to justify this conclusion, that a number of authorities who have examined the same evidence cited by the Surgeon General don't agree with his conclusion." t F t;`1?3*.'~{. f / 4 FI T- r ~ .

© , i t Radio Reports, Inc. . ~ ~~ AVTLL/.: ~ x i ;~2J: } ~.. .. . ---. .. _ ... .., tia ~~._ ...,i• .~ . News, at 10.30 PM over WPAT (Paterson, N.J.) December 11, 1959: The.newscaster had just discussed'ian announcement by New Jersey poultry growers that it will no longer use stilbestrol to fatten their birds. , . . _. r. N~WSGASTER: "On a related subject,-lung cancer and smoking, ,the American Medical Association has commented on the recent statement by the U.S. Surgeon General, which described smoking as the main factor inthe increase in lung cancer. "The A.M.A. Journal saus there is insufficient evidence to justify this conclusion, that a number of authorities who have examined the same evidence cited by the Surgeon General don't agree with his conclusion." t F t;`1?3*.'~{. f / 4 FI T- r ~ .

.,° -s ?e~ rise in lung cancer among Americans: . ';- ; ;; The tobacco industry, in quick retort, says that the facts don't support Burney's contention, that *' other factors were ignored by the Federal official In arriving at his conclusions. We won't attempt to judge this situation here ~ Burney's announcement did seem to lack support ~ ing evidence that was solid. On the other hand, , '. . the tobacco industry's experts have a selfish pur- pose to serve and their views must be weighed~ in ~ ' that light. : - The point that strikes us is that such pro IIouncements are unlikely to have any appreciable effect on smoking habits of Americans over any : extended period. Mass warnings are difficult to relate to individual behavior, so until one's own physician telIs a person to stop, he's likely to ignore such statements as Burney's. And, since more doctors smoke than not, who are they to tell us not to do the same? ' . . =, ' -.- On this inconclusive note, we'll move on 'to another subject, having snuffed out the butt of our cigaret and~ reached for another MORNING EAGLE Wichita, Kansas November 28, 1959 . . . _,.., ._. .-.. .~., n CCi,qarets, Cancer; People Closing the cover on our lighter and inhaling deeply frum a newly lighted cigaret, we now set hands to typewriter to comment on the latest pro- nouncement concerning cigarets and caneer. ! Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney announced ,this week that the preponderance of evidence .-~points to cigarets as the chief cause of the alarming ` ~ ti r G:AZETTE . " Pittsbtnrgh, Pennsylvania ' r~~~~, -November 28, 1959 a rtoclasts l he I c o IRST, there was Arthur S. Flem- '.ly- ~ ming the Secretary of Health ,, , . Education and W e 1 f a r e, to sour ~ Thanksgiving with derogatory re- marks about cranberries. Now, the Surgeon General of the ~' U. S., Dr. Leroy E. Burney, takes out ~+ th on aft i h i t i h e s r g- ,~ garets w at s ; er c t w est landuaQe that the Government has yet used in linking them to cancer. "The weight of evidence, at present,":...~?f savs Dr. Burnev. "implicates smokinl[ ' ~. s as the principal etiological [causative] factor in the increased incidence of lung :~ ~ cancer ... Ci aret smoking particularly. is associate with an increased chance ~, of developing lung cancer." . And Dr. , Burney also claims: "No me~hod of treating tobacco or filtering the smoke .~f has been demonstrated to be effective in ','`' ` materially reducing or eliminating the `~,~' hazard of lung cancer." Furthermore, Secretary Flemming, not satisfied with his cranberry stew, has spoken unkind words lately about misleading toothpaste ads. As we sip our cranberry juice puff , the weed through a filter tip, and smile. ~ in the certainty that our toothpaste is- ; fighting d e c a y all day, we wonder ~ what things are coming to, in Wash-a;; ingtom Next they'11 be telling us that " a pen can't write through butter. COUR=_ JOURNAL Leiu_isville, Kentucky ;.,November 29, 1959 he Craiiberry Bog And Cigarette Fog 1 giving turkey at the White House, but ~PPLE SAUCE accompanied the Thanks- cranberries held their accustomed place at Vice President Nixox's house. Thus the citizen who looks to the Administration for guidance in health matters was left in some confusion- a confusion further confounded by the fact that the public Health Service chose the same holiday for a renewall of its attack on ciga- rettes. The effect was simply a renewal of the debate between those on the one hand, includ- ing the Public Health Service's chief, Surgeon General BuxNL-r, who relate cigarettes to lung cancer, and those on the other hand who insist that' no relation has been proved. The tobacco industry, including both the manufacturers and growers, reacted with predictable vigor to Dr. BuxNmr's argument, which had the implicit support of Secretary FY.EMnarrrG of the Depart- ment of Health, Education and Welfare. It was Mr. FLEMMING who set off the cranberry crisis. Smokers are more devoted to tobacco, evei when inhaled through filter tips (which, inci dentally, Dr. BURNEY says are of little or no avail ), than anybody is to cranberries. Who ever heard of a cranberry addict? Thus a cigarette crisis, comparable to the cranberry crisis, is unlikely, and we imagine . that the housewife who shrank from cranberries in the supermarket will, if she smokes, patronize the cigarette shelves as always. Scientific evidence is adduced on both sides of the cigarette argument, and the layman feels unqualified to participate. Its present renewal sounds to him like another installment of an old serial, enlivened this time by Repre- sentative WArrs of Kentucky, 'whose district is a heavy producer of fine burley. "Perhaps," said 141r. WArrs, "Secretary PLEmMnNG has had his subordinates throw up a smokescreen to hide the fact that he is still stuck in the cran- •berry bog." Meanwhile, the smoker, lost In a fog of conflicting claims and statistics, soothes his nerves in the usual way.