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Y .. s; By dOH.I TROA\ 'scientific Information." He In a talk last night, Dr. /crrype-Hoxard science t'4riter Insisted nobody had 3'et Mitchell said studies h a v e ~ °.ATLAti TIC CITY, Oct. . pauses lung cancer actuals v.1 ~e causesar oi lung "cancer ~~ 20-21Iore than a million Dr Hockett argued it ` U. S. school children are ~, ould be -"dangerous" ior doomed to die of lung the American Public Health cancer in later life "if Association, to endorse an present trends continue," anti-smoking drive because the American P u b 1 i e this would kill, off the "care- Health Association was iul, objective, analytical ~ thinking that is stilli needed" ''' i warned here today. ~ in lung-cancer research. The figure. reflecting the DISAGREES performance even In young g ln People:' wascfted bya ntne man But the commrttee chair- committee which urged the manj Dr. Lester Breslow of association to spark a na- the California Health De• tionwide "don't smoke" cam- Partment, disagreed. He said ~ paign - "especially among It has been'tiuelli established" young people." that cigaret smoking is one of the chief causes of lung The American Cancer So- cancer. ciety is gearing up to launch --such a drive in high, schools around Thanksgiving . but the committee recom- mended a broader campaign, Involving "Federal, state and local health authorities" as well. F.VIDE 1 C:E T'he committee stated flat. ly that "scientific evidence has established cigaret smok- ing to be a major causative factor" in lung cancer. But this claim was chaI- lenged by Dr. Robert' C. Hockett, a Nev., York chem- ist. He is associate director of the Tobacco Industry Re• search Committee. Dr. Hockett said the com- mittee statement "~oes con- siderably beyond" what is justified by "realiy reliable -Belief: Million Studenfs Face Death by Lung Cancer Some Day s,,~ e - , . xperts Urge Don t „Smo e ;:Dr..•~v,e. Contending there ia "also danger In not taking a posi- tion. soon enouzhi" D~•. Bres- lo«• indicated an anti-smoking campaign supported by the association could save some of the million school children destined to die of lung can- cer "before they reach th e age of 70" unless current trends are reversed. The association's pohcy~ making "governing councu ' Is expected to vute Thursdav ' on just what stand the hAealth group should take on t he "don't smoke" issue. APPEAL Meanwhile, Dr. Roger S. Mitchell of the University of Colorado called on the tobac• co industry "to admit' t h e hazard" of cigaret smoking "and try to do something to eliminate" it. He described as "wishful thinking" the suggestion of Industry spokesmeni t h a t smokers might, really be "dif- ferent from non-smokers" and that the lung cancer mayy be linked to this mysterious difference. Furthermore, he said, "pro- longed cigaret smoking shortens average life expect- tancy by at least five years," "increases the risk of harden• Ing of the arteries and chro- nic lung obstruction," p r o b• ably "aggravates stomach ul- cers, shortens the breath" r = and "may Impair physical ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP)- The American Public Health Assn.. estimated Thursday that' more than a million American: school children are presently doomed to die of Iung cancer. It urged a campaign to discourage them from smoking cigarettes. "Excessive smoking is a major factor in the disease, and public health officials of the United States and many other countries have pointed out the relationship be- tween cigarette smoking and lung cancer," said the APHA in a res- olution to its governing council, With more than 13,500 members the association is the largest U.S.. organization of public health spe- cialists. . The resolution said lung cancer, if present trends continue, will claim the lives "of more than one million present school children in e Caalpai~,ri ~ mok,.in g b ; ~•~ C~i ~ y , . $ . . . .. .,. `1 +A this country before they reach the age ot 70 years." It urged a broad program of. `~ education to prevent cigarette ~ smoking by young people. The ` American Cancer Society already has begun such programs schools. Lung cancer kills more than 25; ' 000 Americans a year now. ' In Washington, a spokesman for,-,: the tobacco industry called the ." resolution "obviously the result of another effort by the antismoking group to get other backing for Its : ~<•` antitobacco campaign." i The spokesman, President, James P. Richards of the Tobacco Institute, Inc., said the resol'u~'i'on "does not claim that a causative relationship exists between smok- 't `' ing and lung cancer and does not ;~~t mention any other factors being in- ~;%;; vestigated" . : t;~:;