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, . ~,,~ ~'3'r' Di1RHAM MDRNa1G' HF?ALD Durham, North Carolina November 26, 1959 Radioactive Lea sium in.the leaf is transferred to the conelusion that further studyotradioactive material i in - cigarettes was unnecessary. ln another portion of his Tves. day statementi. Dr. Ash stated' .'•both British and American~ cigarette indostriesarecooper• ating in Ihis> research." Hill and Knowlton• publicrelationsc advisors to the Tobacco Insti• tute Trade Assn: for U.S. Man- ufacturers, strongly denied t R J ~ w"~iMfC ..:i3 Dr. Ash's claims were made at .a press conference. Walter Pincus, Washington "',! correspondent for the Durham (N,CJMorning Herald, called Hill andiKnoulton;"' Inc., for eoamtent on Dr. Ash's statement that American cigarette companies '"" vere cooperating with the physician. ilL.ilA1+11 _.S Miami, Florida 't ~. November 26, 1959 obacco `Steamed' ~ " WASHINGTON -(UPI) -We know that radloactlvHy 3 By WALTER PINCUS Wednesday 'there was any co-~ X'Canadlen.physleian announe-ran produce ]ung cancer, Ash yz. td; "!nd thlt eemmerutl t ed he has startet3 an Amencen sao- Bastdagioa Carcerpondeat operation or support at all for _ M ri search organization to help Acco used~ in cifaret manuf.c ~, . tbe Ash' ProjeMui a highe eoncen ~ _. « ;u[e eonnsr WASHIIdG1oH - A mush» A representative of the De `-* ~eam'f radioactive ~_ materials 7atien ot the radioaoUve tj1 y tnoming cloud of doubt' h'as partment of A`ricultUre's to• ~m cigaret tobacrn. i risen over a Canadian doctorts bacco division, who attended ~' Dr• rrthur Edward Ntiehael potassium Isotope K-4D than S ~ ~~ statements here on radioactiv- Ash's Tuesday eonference, said ~ Ash, a membe'r of England's tn]' other plant so far t>E+m• t ^ lty im tobacco smoke. be has furn shed the Agrieut• Royfl College ot 5urgeons said ined.' 'rwF?li v - Dr. Arthur Edward Michael' ture Research Service a copy ~ he his been steaming cigaret Ash -satQ there are three A a h m e t of the dactor s presentation tor' '" tobacea for tlie paso two years reasons why tobacco .oonulns ' . ~ with report- their study. The department of- 44 with encourattn= results. so much radioactive :materlal „ era . Tuesday ' ficial said he was unable to He blamed potassium and rubi• . to unyeil his _ evaluate Ash's claims but said O- Ae.sald the teDaeee, atter, dlum, which !ie ealledd natural netvmethad +^ be believed Ash "siagled out.to tliee steualn` preteu•. •Is atlll factors, the increased use of.~ _ farafeam- ~ ~. bacco because he bad some amekable although itt leaes a fertflizers and tallout', from ta ~. ' 3ng [adioaa ' thing to sell: ' llttt6 bit et the tute. :tfaaa- . creased bomb test0ngs ~i ~. tive paru- t ~ Harry Guinivan of Washing. ; 1Kturara say' It is bnyable." cleson Industrial ~ D ~ ~~ ~ t Research Consul- tant s, nts, Inc.. Dr. Ash's public re- ur dfoactlvity in Iation's advisers here, said the C. i g a[ ette new research group to be form- sake th m e .~d b Dld "ll th , eyr. Ash wousee doctor said• PINCUS process" of steaming tobacco may eh e to rid it of. radioactivity "to Iiok between lung cancer and cigarette manufacturers and tobacco usage. processors:" ln..ftis prepared statement Asked how much Dr. Ash the doctor said, "Stud es by would charge for his process, Coghill and Hobbs of Duke Doi= Guihivan repfied "He wants a •ersity revealed that cigarettecent.a pound to lease his ma- Canadian Doctor tobacco smoke contaias 67u mi- chine" which does the steam- Cromicro curiess per gram, a de- ing, "and aa million dollars to - tree of radioactivity too high carry on his work in research." Sfarts New Fighf fior public eoasamptioo." "I don't know whether he'll Contacted Wednesday, Dr. get it," Guinivan added . JSarcus E Hobbs of Duke caII- The "COgbill" referred to inn ad Dr. Ash's statement "aot' a the Duke tobacco studies was . pn Lung Cater ~~ry faetual report of the paper's identitied as Everett Cogbill, He stressed that studies at that ~g." formerly, with Duke and now, •- Duke University had shown Dr. Holibssaid.,"We did not on the research staff~ of~Ameri• By WALTER PINCUS cigarette tobacco smokeconteias measure radioactivity at aW." can Tobacco Co. at Richmond, 670 miMo-mlcrocur es per g am The 1957 study, be stated, con. Va. Washtagton Correspondent "A degree of radioactivity too Ceraed itself with potassium in high for public consumption," be tobacco leaf'and found that only WASHINGTON - Dr. Arthur added. That's where tars and '1sa1t oD 1 per cent of the potas- Edward' Afiehael Ash, a Canadian nicotine may no0 cause lung can- doctor, told a press conference eer• radioactivity does. to the smoke by normal cig- Tuesday he was setting out to Tobacco radioactivity, Dr. Ash arette smoking.°' fight lung cancer by eliminating said, comes from potassium iso• Hobbs said these results 1e8 radioactivity from tobacco smoke. topes and ribidium in the leaf it- But a spokesman for the To- xlf, increased use of radioactive bacco]nstitute disclaimed U.S.~ fertilirers in groKing,.and fallout' manufacturers were cooperating from atom testing• in any way with Dr. Ash's scheme His studies, Dr. Ash said, had for "eleaning" tobacco. proved "concdusively"' that cotn• Dr. Ash's main weapons„ he mercial tobacco contained a hiY1t announced, will tiee steam which concentrationofn radioactivee he forces through "dirty tobaca potassium.' * co" to eliminate whatever it Is. A letter to Dr.Ash fromthb,~that causes tobacco smoke to give lmperial Tobacco Co: of Canada, off radioactive particles. The re- however, disputed theseresultse sultant' tob' aceo, he eaid,• was DURHAM MORNING HERALD Dtu-ham; North~ Carolina November 25, 1959 ~^ . smokable and to prove It he pass- ed atound a peace-pipe full. 'i„~~S.t . Dressed in typically British striped pants, Dr. Ash lectured a small but skeptical group of re- porters on his radioactive smoke i