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November 26, 1959 obacco `Steamed' 0, Cancer Research n e ort Dis uted In "We know that radioacllvity -WASHINGTON - (llPI) - BY WALTER PINCUS Wednesday there was any co-~!~Canadian physibian announe- ran produce lung cancer;" Ash yz ~ .., . _ uid, "and that commercial to- •rasmagsoa r.ortdponaeat wr!~•~~~uva ,wvWa• a- auu - riaearch organizstion to help ,aeco used1nc,garet manunc- 1, ; e grt - oYt t. u thrle a h O o s g on a as partment of A`rr,culture s to. ausium itotope K-4D than t potassium ri3en over a Canadian doctarts bacco divisioa, who attended Dr. rthur Edward Ntiehae lnY other plant so far t statements here on radioactiv- Ash's Tuesday eonference, said Ash, a member of England's >E» ',r F?li fty in tobacco smoke. be has furnished th A'e t A I Colle e of Sur eons uid ined." we Ash pro)eM. WASHIIdGTGN - A mush» "iteamY radioactive materials ~~e rontains a higher concen- Arepreseatative oftheDe- 7atien of the radioactive ,i. bt' h >lai'om cigaret tobacrn rnomin d d f d re ere Dr. Arthur Edward Michael lure Researrh Service a copy he hisbeen ateaming cigaret Ash :aatQ t A s h m e t of the doctor's presentation for M tobacco for the paso two years. reasons why tobaceo contalns l w.ith report• their study. The department of- ~ with encouratln= results. so much radioactive :materla otassium and ruDt med He bl d ' 1L p a ay es era , ficial said he was unable to - to unveil his Ae64. L.:,.._ A,d .w;d n Hesald the tebaeee, after, ~tium. which he called natural to- ' the steamle` preceu„•'Is sttll factors, the increased use of new method hebelieved Ash "singled out . amekabla atthonrk it leaes a r..an,:•,•a rnd f^llout: from in-.~. ing radioac• thing to sell " ~ littla bit of the taete. :tfana- . creased bomb testthgs Ti 'tt b bt '" ti t l i nya a. urare say is ae va Part H Guiif Wahi• -arrynvan osng ~es fi'om tt RizX ten Industnal Research Cenrnl• - , . ai Dacco. Ha- r- tants, Inc. Dr. Ash's public re- _ ur dfeaotlvity in Iation's advisers here, said the r+ ~~ yt• C. i g a r ette new research group to be form- smoke, the . mwe•.. ed by nr A.,h wnnld "cou the ... .,.. ~... - - aocsor sald• PINCUS process" of steaming tobacco th b may e e to rid it of. radioactivity "to W between lung cancer and cigarette manufacturers and tobacco usage. processors:" In.. his prepared statement Asked how much Dr. Ash " ~ the doctor said, Studies by would charge for his process, Coghill and Hobbs of Duke Doi= Guimivan repfie(t "He wants a •esaty revealed that cigarettecenta pound to lease his ma• Eobacco smoke contains 67u mi- chine" which does the steam- Cromicro curies per gram, a de- ing, "and a million dollars to tree of radioactivity too high carry on his work in research." lor public eoasumptioo." "I don't know whether he'll Contacted Wednesday, Dr. get it " Guinivan added , . Xarcas E. Hobbs of Duke call- The "Cogbill" referred to in ed Dr. Ash's statement "not a the Duke tobacco studies was faetual report of the paper's identified as Everett Cogbill, finding." formerl,y with Duke and now, Dr. Hobbs said., "We did not on the research staff of Ameri- measure radioactivity at all." can Tobacco Co. at Richmond, The 1957 study, be stated, con. Va. Leraed itself with potassium in - tobacco leaf'and found that only "halt of 1 per cent of thepotas• sium inthe leaf is transferred to the smoke by normal cig- arette smoking." Hobbs said these results letl to the conclusion that further study of~radioactive material i in cigarettes was unnecessary. In another portion of his Tues. day statementi Dr. Ash stated' -''botir British and American~ cigarette indostriesare cooper- ating in Ihis> research." Hill and Knowlton. publicrelations advisors to the Tobacco Insti• tute Trade Assn: for U.S. btan- ufacturers, strongly denied DURHAM MORNING HMRALD Dtu-ham; North~ Carolina November 25, 1959 smokable and to prove It he pass• - ed around a peace-pipe full. ,,A t1~ Sfarts New Fighf Dressed in typically British striped Panfs, Dr. Ash lectured a small but skeptical group of re- porters on his radioactive smoke On Lung Canter ~e°ry°_ `~w He stressed that stud,es at Duke University had shmvn that By WALTER PI3;CUS cigarette tobacco smokeconteias Wasbla 670 mictoo-mlcrocuries per gram. gton Correspondent "A degree of radloactivity too WASHINGTON - Dr. Arthur high for public consumptioo," be added. That's where tars and Edward'Afiehael Ash, a Canadian nicotine may not, cause lung cso- doctor, told a press conference eer, radioactivity does. Tuesday he was setting out to Tobacco radioactivity, Dr. Ash fight lung cancer by eliminating said, comes from potassium Lto radioactivity from tobacco smoke. topes and ribidium in the leaf it- But a spokesman for the To- self, increased use of radioactive bacco Institute disclaimed U.S. fertilizers in growing, and fallout manufacturers were cooperating from~atom testing- in any way with Dr. Ash's scheme His studies, Or, Ash said, had for "eleaning" tobacco. proved "concdusively" that c.otn• Dr. Ash's main weapons„ he mercial tobacco contained a high announced, will be steam which concentrationof radioactive he forces through "dirty tobaca potassium. co" to eliminate whatever it Is A letter to Dr. Ash from*thb•~that causes tobacco smoke to give Imperial Tobacco Co: of Canada, off radioactive particles. The re- how,ever, disputed theseresults• sultant tob'acco, he said.. was -