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FOR: THE TOBACCO INSTIZ[JTEy INC. ~ Mc Comas Research Centar Maq ~`.Industry Research Committee. 3 ew , more , FOR 22 ~DIATF. RE=E • .31 "J4U- * e H I L i P_ M 0 R R 1 S, I .SCIIIVTIFIC REPORTS SHOW 'DOUBTS .. ,... . . ..`. : !" . . (' ~h: . . .f .. . Y - . . A&XJT CAUSATION OF UJNG CANCER , , 4. f are c za ;{? r 6 { x t . t } Dr. Little's statement was made upon publication of a review ; ~~". . . . . . . .. ~ . - article by the U. S. Public Health Service that claimed "the wei t of the ~.: , . . . _ .. -~' . . . . -~ . ~ .. - ` . . . ~ f r!~ evidence, at present, implicates smoking as the principal etiological causative) factor in the increased incidence of lung cancer." Dr. Little noted that many of the recent scientific reports on smoking and lung cancer were either "omitted from or glossed over" in the "Despite these recent research trends," he said, "the conclusions set forth in the review rely almost entirely on past reports that are no ; q~KL- ~~~ more conclusive today than when these reports were first published."

r ; < t Dr. Dean wrote: S and longevity of the population," he said. . ; . . ' . . . L . . . . . . . . ' ~. . ~ . . - . . _ ~...~ . .tii ~"1iw..4~ ff His report, published in the British Medical Journal, s•ihowed'that~ British male immigrants to South Africa who died between theyages of 45 and 64 had a much higher lung cancer rate than either white native-born men or "~ +C'~~.~. . . . .~ . ~.~1~ ~ilu 4 yetv,-~'i"f~ r f male immigrants from other countries for the same age groups. The relatively low incidence of lung cancer generally among the s,;ra :-heavy-smoking South African men, the higher and rapidlyVincreasing incidence .. ' - ..... . r ;. • . _. .s, .- ,. ,. . , . in the growing cities, and the high incidence in the younger age group of immigrants from Britain found in the present"study, suggest,that the air .: . : . ,~ ~ Y.rtS':~4, pollution which occurs in modern industrial life - smoke, smog, traffic ^.;~ t ~tlimes, etc. may be a major factor responsible for the alarming'incr~,ease t of lung cancer in South Africs- and"Britain, and presumably elsewhererP~' :A ; • ....,, . , t. In another article suamarized in Tobacco and Health, Dr, Milton ~ . . ," ~ . .. . . . .-. . _ . : ....,, ..... _„ . . '.' S., .,. •...;., ., . B. Rosenblatt, associate professor of medicine at New York Medical College, ,..,... ... :, .. said that in relation to lung cancer "there is considerable evidence that the epidemic-like increase is due to factors totally unrelated to cigarette . , , consumption. R ! r< r+r' t1E-~ :. r "These factors are the development of better diagnostic facilities'w ~~ . , _ . . . _ , . .. . . ... ,. .. _,~.;~t~. 0 .,.: M J S } zt ,