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f4yqg!. 1f dkq ~- f Radio Reports, Inc ,'--:-December 12, i959 . r. , ;. _. 4 Mattison Disc Soki ussesmn g and Lung cancer " Monitor, at 12 40 PM over WRCA N.Y.and the NRC Network ( ANNOUNCER. The relationship of cigarette smoking to lung cancer will be our next specific field of inquiry as we switch again to our Monitor reporter" .~'e 4kA 3 f. iT7~1;'~`I~ Mi'rYvt~"Y54A~~K~.Yt~rrr~d~•!'F ,° .lj~rf ~ ,•J,, MCGRAW This is Walter McGraw with a`secon d in a series of Monitor~reports on the current controversies in cancer `research Probably no area in this field has fostered more di th thtt oo scussionane maerf cigarette smkin g ~ "F ~! a~ ~- y z r 5:~ ~7~ f)h+. ' ~ t t, x=: 3? t't rl: ~{~ ~t n v aa.t 9 ,. .,. ;"This fight came to another climax r'ecently when the American Public Health Association passed a resolution whchidthti it h beJe ~ iisaia snceasenstablished ° that excessive cigarette smoking is a major factor 'in 'lung cancer,'the public ;,health officials in the United S_tates should campaign to prevent cigarette smok- ; ing especially by young PeoPle, a r'~+ r.y~ p a x , . "For details on/the resolution, we talked to Dr. Berwyn Mattison, executive{4 { director of the American Public Health Association, who told us ' ~ (Y.• ~' -A u MATTISON: "More than 25000l a ye kllld by lei , peopeear areung cancrn the _ ., , United States. ;'At the present rates, about a million of our current school. ~children will,`some time during their life, suffer lung cancer if the present pattern cont3nues, and.the reason that we are particularly interested in t,q gettir.g the message to the school children is that they are the ones who have ~ rt r the longest possible exposure to this particular hazard , ~ ~~~y 6v )1~' t ~ ~+f~ ~ {' • Yr ,SY .~ ~~,Y' ~S ~"..jf •+yx.t}t+{ri'F~}~'kGrr"fR'} !k!L: Ib rv < C -:`~r 4 ~*' 0 r f; ~S i f . : MCGRAW ~"Just how much Proof is there that tobacco causes lung cancer?" ' MATTISON. "I want to point out that no one claims that cigarette smoking'is the only cause of lung cancer,'but that there has been an increasing amount of lung cancer coincident with an increasing amount'of cigarette smoking. The death rate has increased about 43 times in the first half of this century.. Durimg that same period there has been a very marked increase of cigarette _ smoking. Perhaps the most impressive fact is that there have been cancer producing agents isolated from tobacco smoke.' Some of the end products of `'i ~ combustion of tobacco, whenapplied to experimental animals, will actually produce cancer repeatedly." MCGRAW: r`I believe an answer to your art is tht whilki ' gumenae sn cancer is caused in mice by inducing tobacco carbons and so forth, this is not indicative~} `~ ; that a man 1 ~S a mOLiSe. k~~~`$'", ~ ~•,~ {

f4yqg!. 1f dkq ~- f Radio Reports, Inc ,'--:-December 12, i959 . r. , ;. _. 4 Mattison Disc Soki ussesmn g and Lung cancer " Monitor, at 12 40 PM over WRCA N.Y.and the NRC Network ( ANNOUNCER. The relationship of cigarette smoking to lung cancer will be our next specific field of inquiry as we switch again to our Monitor reporter" .~'e 4kA 3 f. iT7~1;'~`I~ Mi'rYvt~"Y54A~~K~.Yt~rrr~d~•!'F ,° .lj~rf ~ ,•J,, MCGRAW This is Walter McGraw with a`secon d in a series of Monitor~reports on the current controversies in cancer `research Probably no area in this field has fostered more di th thtt oo scussionane maerf cigarette smkin g ~ "F ~! a~ ~- y z r 5:~ ~7~ f)h+. ' ~ t t, x=: 3? t't rl: ~{~ ~t n v aa.t 9 ,. .,. ;"This fight came to another climax r'ecently when the American Public Health Association passed a resolution whchidthti it h beJe ~ iisaia snceasenstablished ° that excessive cigarette smoking is a major factor 'in 'lung cancer,'the public ;,health officials in the United S_tates should campaign to prevent cigarette smok- ; ing especially by young PeoPle, a r'~+ r.y~ p a x , . "For details on/the resolution, we talked to Dr. Berwyn Mattison, executive{4 { director of the American Public Health Association, who told us ' ~ (Y.• ~' -A u MATTISON: "More than 25000l a ye kllld by lei , peopeear areung cancrn the _ ., , United States. ;'At the present rates, about a million of our current school. ~children will,`some time during their life, suffer lung cancer if the present pattern cont3nues, and.the reason that we are particularly interested in t,q gettir.g the message to the school children is that they are the ones who have ~ rt r the longest possible exposure to this particular hazard , ~ ~~~y 6v )1~' t ~ ~+f~ ~ {' • Yr ,SY .~ ~~,Y' ~S ~"..jf •+yx.t}t+{ri'F~}~'kGrr"fR'} !k!L: Ib rv < C -:`~r 4 ~*' 0 r f; ~S i f . : MCGRAW ~"Just how much Proof is there that tobacco causes lung cancer?" ' MATTISON. "I want to point out that no one claims that cigarette smoking'is the only cause of lung cancer,'but that there has been an increasing amount of lung cancer coincident with an increasing amount'of cigarette smoking. The death rate has increased about 43 times in the first half of this century.. Durimg that same period there has been a very marked increase of cigarette _ smoking. Perhaps the most impressive fact is that there have been cancer producing agents isolated from tobacco smoke.' Some of the end products of `'i ~ combustion of tobacco, whenapplied to experimental animals, will actually produce cancer repeatedly." MCGRAW: r`I believe an answer to your art is tht whilki ' gumenae sn cancer is caused in mice by inducing tobacco carbons and so forth, this is not indicative~} `~ ; that a man 1 ~S a mOLiSe. k~~~`$'", ~ ~•,~ {