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Many Scientific Reports Show Wncertainties, About.Causation of lung Cancer Doubts ~ 4England ~~tality ute. uth~Afne~s m J , o '~ ~~ ~~,~ -andehe United Stanes in' recent ~His report showed that British ~-mon&e+have eome if6rti6cantre-~ male immigrants to South Africa 1 rh :nd commenta on 'tobacco`who died between the ages of 45 blished Au tian" fn Ute hi l t b ! e er pu [• . -. pQ ~ nith, . n s ~;iqt~pealtiat„(rQ~_[eseaVrch scien" •and 64 had a much higher long .~18,. criticizes The Times for fulfilling "rked• A laterr ixtension af . tMs, A `. th •.rltnttac. er t d i ' + . ro or c "t, d • d ' 11'f k ess a . c us o er a 4~ the air ollution which occurs vances no suc con ~, ovem 1Little'eatatement was P ~"1p lose observaUon investlgatoM -~~r Galbraithwondenaboutt f p DirH[or of theTobacco industry mlgrants from Britatn found in : -Rexarch Committee. ~the. presentstady, aoggeatt that '''~" ~b ~~h usertion and Surgeon General..Burney staledIa that "after several yetYa i i n dh " -' va N b A u seientIst who is Sctentefrc _. y g ge g p o tm ubllshed report of his f1B- dusts and numerous othets. ~ ~• -- F'K`tn the ous enee Cook Little, eaneer research y~g cities, and the high incidence -f'~~~OVrry thaL heavy amokfllg lem auch as air pollutfon, prev f•' ~V~~ss cancer.^ . Dr. Dorn lumself, lung infecttons, vituses. Industsfal ' ~"fn the oun er a ro g toamokmg eortes o mg . + p y t bacco eaneer^-was'eited by Dr•. Clar- `.'et•easing incidencein thegrow-•~x'~~fessor Galbrafth"s talkingo[ a nection with the lung cancer prob-w l y«..., iag'aeientifie evidence "thatcon- of 1-9 cancer generally among ' StatLtUr; even when repeatedlyy pu1F . profesaor Calbraith tttay ttott bt flietawi_th or fails to eupport. the ~~e heavy,emoking South African ~naittd~' do not show that smoking aware of other less pubHclzed fae- her and ra idl in• ~~ ~a~s caacer. Nor do they warrantt lon under scientific study in em- b f 1 '~'men the hi - w the world. - c ea, ro e• ~, „ Y t~u New Yor' City aceumulat• Is"The relativ'ely low incidenee •H -'Our posiUon is a sit~le on! „ftOther F'actms t. ~ ar aaryer. heart,t disease, , tnore tban a [ 185g e -erease in lnnreancer throughout Tobacco and Hea/tls wtth otber •,gteater length in.The Times of Ju1T --- y rs nes o e t , red In t a . o, ao, may eac r teport cove e showed average, or lower than aver-', iponsible for the repotitd in• ~mirfxed in~the evrrent iaeve of- IT was the same as that covered at i ~ age death raaes for lung canoer and g an t fAU hved longer . v ^Dr Dean whose stud ie sum• ~+ h f to ~ Th TL b b . y, y o u v~ T}*i ncer rate man either whtte na• ~F a function of the,free preas-pt•a- same a ' Wta and medical men' ? the 17nion.of South Africa tive-born men or male immi- m'~Ung.u,.rides of a publicIssue- showed ~t'the workers.stnoked aft or etud disclosed findta a'agrants from other countries for E- almost double the rate of the aver- 1 Y[ ~ My atatement, to which he objet•U, age .auggesting tbat_air pollution, not ' the same age groups, ~~mtedout thatlhe Dorn ata.tlatibal United States smokea But tber .ttnd era e th Don oubltcation off a re- !n mo erm m us,na t e-smo e, ,_,-,,y,^T9.,eM atatlxtfciu a" who have rs nndin¢ a definite association lte- i 'Getor ;~~thn increa..d ~ another emclesummanzed .; yverlooked:y;,~~yk'4~ .~,:..~.`t the ~ prfncipal etiological (eausa- 'lun, and preaumably elsewhere. ,r.: ~ the ectenttflc authorities he bas esophagus, and arterlosclerotie heart vi Icle by the U.S. Public ~og, tramc tumes, etc.-may De y warned ainst tvshln to conclu- tween community air po u ott =.'" major factor responsible for ~ g and Health Service (PHS) ~ that said -1.dons on statistics. On this, as on high mortalityy rates due to cancer ••,yhe'welgh't of the evidence, at the alarming increase of lung. _ otyer points he raised„spacelimita- o[ the respiratory traet,.lneludlDL "- • preeent,. {mplicates •emokins s cancer in South Africa and Bri, ~'. Uoas permit me to cite only a few the lung, cancer of the stomach and . . . l„ _ - --"---- -~ - -L- ' -.~ ---. ,.,ns e.^•nrA o e Decpila these receni research-`tlnng cancer °there ie eoneider" '-~rSociety,rommented on Dr. Dortts ~[arette amoke fait pno the question, 'the British Empire Milton B. Rosenblatt, associate chlet medical ,Dr. Littlbesid that many o f -,~~-.Dr. Joseph Berkson, : lhe recent scientific reports on Professor of medicine at New,T7ataUstician at the Mayo. Clinic, Cancer Campaign in July reported ~^" imolting ~md~•York Medical College and co- that five years of tests in whloh ~md lung cancer were F~Rochester, . Mlhn., and member . of either "omitted from or glossed author of a medical text on lang i; the Committee on Research and large numbers of mice and rats wert -over" inthe PHS review. thatin relation to =y;gtatisUcs of the American Cancerexposed to heavy concentrations af duen d t cr. ,r t on anotner tmpor.ans -p..:a w ineidenee of Inng eancer ^ ra r ooacca ana neasrn, tur. gclentlets Quoted en t past reports that are no more a e er tagnos te act o- "'bad not been tocused on amokinvta EconomistCalbralth, appat+entlyls r Yevtew'iely-ilmost 'entirely -on - ese oc ors are e eve op" -•m - 'f't- =~.causes lungeancer If the studtess wttn.Yarlous air pollutants. t f b ot d- "the cortclusions.set forth in the ~aumptton. studtess would not have ~ ~°Th f t th d 1 ~been taken to Indicate that smoktng produce lung cancers tn attlmals a iisne of Tobacco and-Healtb, totallyunrelated to clgarettecon" . 15, 1858.. He polnted ou0 thatthe p whlle researchers ha°e beea able to _rrenas, . _aa.a-ama atacement, which is ..---- _---- _-- ---- -° ----- - . ~-.~-~ ~•- _-- _. _._ ------ ._Similar research in this twtmtrq_ ke increase u duee too facton ~ings of the Mayo Clinie" for April ~. quoted in the current sh ~ i- lso has rodnced negatlve malta. conclusive todaythanwhen these t'es and longevtty of the popu- ~~ reports were first published. latlo°;' he wrote. ~°~ the fit•st: place. • ^.a'~k1uttawate that the Tobacco Industry `{=;-Dr.. Rosenblattt also eummar" "='ysi amn earlier paper Dn Berkson Research Committeee has.~ far a p- `~ $3.200,U00 for research ~ Mostaf the points are not -- said that "cancer is a biologic, not propriated ized disaenting opinionss in uew butarefamiliar to the ..a st8tisacaf,, probiem."He aaid grants ontobacca and healitr, made •` aeientSlc~ American public because theyy regard °tothe potentialities of ~'statistics can have a rtelpful roie, wythout restrictions by a weee 6nt .dvanted some years smaking aa.a cause of lung can• i:-but.if biologistspermlt.stattsttciaus advisory board of ten independent ~i o in statistical studies that ad" eer^ and noted thatt in general g to b'ecome thee arbiters of b4ologld and recognized doctors, scientfsts mittedly are not supported byy the lung cancer theories based on ~~ questions scientific disaster isl.n andd medical educators. experimental evidence Dr• inhalation "have not stood the evitable A'~!y:rWe shall continue support of t~ Cittle eaid. yE' ;, •-tesrof time Sir Ronald Fisher, Se-.D., F• R. [., search in, the field of tobacco and. ?~. he South Afriran study, conyt±~'' Another article.covere.the lat. .-.of Cambridge University, F.nglatid, health. At.the same time we shall d by Dr. GeoBtey Dean est,report of the British Empire ' often called'the "father of modern continueto.speak upwhen.there is N•sedon male lung cancer Cancer Campaign which di.• '`~Statistics,"'...in his "Smoking-Tltedanger that the public willbettds'' deaths in thatcountry,from1937" closed that. Aveyearsof tests in OCancer Controversy," published in led about' the meaning and signifl- 56.He found that white maless which large numbers.of animals 't958', wrote that "statisticians both cance of research reports or opin-}'.In my own country and hetr Ions. We shall do this in the public •" in,South Africa have long been weree exposed to °slrong eon- ~^~. S A.l are exceedingly skeptical Interest. !;";Tf>,tarttv. V Haa'rttet7,.; the heaviest cigarette smokers in ` centratione^ of cigarette smoke ,of the claim that decisive evidence. Chairman,~'Tobacco •'Industry~ Re- . the world and yet they have • fnled to praduce smg/! lung has been obtained~~ ~ aearch Committee relatively low lung cancer, mor- eancer. ~ ~,~. a+ ~ ~ yS ~" `ri~ r?RR "''.~"i:~Tx,, New York, Aug„23. 1858. w•- MNeio York Tirnes,`Aug. 19,~1959~ ~r'1I1d1IIo3~ O .SIDokaII$ ~iOontrary to aome chUma smok- :,..e t s t ImeltratMln dr 'w:,-ici[' iR7- ..is7T•tr. +7oC.,= r .osrz n `Yw„' Statistical Proof of Lint< tietweet - ,e,,,- ,,_ e,,,,,,w ii% Smolun[ and Cancer Denied mon cl arette he t th ~~ dea g g ra a ...'..m...k.,+ wa detlnltetv -lene' lyrttax:anvaw'a~nar~awevaaaa~ra.., _- ..~ ry.lEoonomlcs Prof. John S, Gal+ thanthat forthe general popu4-; ~

0 s Creaiei Karuaa Cii" Mo. Medlcol~ Brtj~lett~ Y ( gust Z9,1959 _ ^ 9464u s mokmg`u fun ~Kan~sas Ed itor1allYd p o ~hi bttetheseli ng of~u s ~, , .~ .. ~SOr many years, Rnd m m~e g _ chool days I heard many tures m o k! r~ g- ~:S~ _:a n c r, ~„ ~ - on the coffin nails. .,' ~r, Ze~ys*"~'R"'~ *v-+...- : ~` SSomptime ago yovn editor wrote ~rinking is Eun, so we ha our T U d hand had published a little essay greatest political fiasco in the hts~ i e H eI d n p rove ywhich was reprinted in the Kan-.tory'of the world in Prohibitton•• ~sas City Star. This was rather Dancing and card playing are still'" Smoking ae a cause of lung should share the b I a m e , ~ eontroversial and was completely on the prohibition, list of aome"", `~eancer hasjiot~been pro'ved Puestowsaid.',m -misinterpreted by everyone who churches, and only in the last few'r;~onclusIvely;.a' surgeon said ~ ~ a `Meyer"yester .Puestow; a plpe amoker, has written to me about it ~~decades have some ma or denomi-~.~ ya , ~ was interviewed at the 13th !• ~- ~1 p~ d a y~yD r~ annual p~t .~Every person who has'wntten nations changed ;thetr ,'minds.:, y, graduate Aasem F~c h a r I e sa bly at Coun has either condemned me for dis- about these two acttvtties- C' ~ H o s a L a-u e a t o~wra -~ About 60t1 ~icians an 1dtsur. ' agreeing with Dr. Oschner or con- `tQ• "''""~~6sf~ ~~ ptnfessor '- 0 f - p~ tulated me for doin s +~e do-gooders ~tave to get ln ^ f.' . geons are attending the as• ' 6'R g u. I even on •the act. Since these folks hav ~:` aurgery at,the t,' sembly presented under tlte made the "Public Mind" in a let- Unlversity ,,~of no scientific training and so4un- auspieces of' the Physicians ter challenginfi my right' to chal- not,objtttively analyze a'"3cien- •sI111nois, 'a a i d s ;even_;~;medical ~ 1~ty ~g°p°~jabIt oe n d a'lenge Dr. ; Oschner's theories tific thesis, they all get on "the ; e a e a r c h y_~ about 'the . ielationship between banrl vva on of an idea that gtve `~ess s"` ire ~Oda '~~'cigarettes, and lung cancer since them the chance to be vocaf, an'd~ °pm the urnsear rt commtrttee ot ~' I -thholuave had no training, m'pa- to a lot of folks the ci rett ~~~ in eis tona mn "a llnk ~Pueatow f ~ ;Detween tabacco and I u n g the Amecican Cancer Society '.t gY or ., lttnfi sur_ gerY• marvelous whipping boy: - G. for the Iilirn°is division. 17te ,,~•Yet I stated very definitely that "}"" ~'~ y cancer Aa has lint:ed smokin to 7Y d now we have'Arthttr ~'~~~ lung cancer, but Puestow said ~tas, not entering into that eon frey. Sure, he quit amoking ci~ ntes auto- e o inion Is not unanimous truversy but rather I was deplor arettes five p years ago, and if hu~' 17 moblle exhaust fumes or oth• mong members of the rr to lmng cancer, 'tng Dr. Oschner's "scare tacttcs", use of "coffin nails"' caused ~h.~ts er air _ pollutants possibly earch commluer that I(clt that many intelligent malignancy then why should ati ~' i~ s.~ ,,~i4~tpeople might also deplore his ~` ~ r*~ y of us who suffer from oral erotl- ' ,~a ~statemeut. and that he and the ~ .~ ~ y~A~' ~~sntire profession would lose face cism stop smoking• The damage - t+¢ has already been done appar ~ the fearsI 9'~ctually,'many, of oori_ o-~ ~t ~~ Aatconfirmat ot~ofa , ~ 1' ~~urham (N C.J'Monein6 H~6~ "'tcish to ryuote (rom the Stmda} pean trained co as lle Dr. agues w Oschhoner are dnensythe :w'ell~-e Ocwb er 24, 1959 e+a: t F~:Visitor o( .4fril 2Gth as written - 1_........._ -- ~ =•Carolina State College siudy has pnrdueed results indicating that chemical and biological tobacco loscct killers are not tiarsSui'to icfgarette smokers. h=. Dr. Kenneth R. Keller, director •at tobacco research at the trot- lage• said Friday the :ao chief fo- `sect killers used by to>^acco farm- ers were barmless in cigarettes. c Keller's aoaouncement coincided ='with anewa grant of $16,738', by the %National Institutes of Health, U!S. ,; Public Health Service, to continue the study .:ais ,i•;v •r i c The interim report dealt with ~ TDEand Endrin ~ The levels of TDE found In com-' t,mercial cigarette smoke are more i-than four times less than the sev-~ ,-:,Len parts per, mmillion permitted on f,if < t tt~~+y , ~ . ."T'L '~ . . .. . . ... .r hy Father Cinder. uL-~;ti' 3'Whole thesis of any selationship~ „ ^ They indict industrial fumes and p a~ t: Reader's 7)igest was scar- other gases of civilizatton,'~ • n h u rt ~ng the couniry half out of its p~ .' ,~fwtts last manth with its little '' $ut this thests does not appeat t insertc in the dail} papers-_Co the emotions of_the Paritans "The Growin{; Horror of Lung' and the do-gooders. It doesn t f~ ;;ACancer:very heavy'smoker .tnto their pattern of emntiona , an 4~~~will develop lung cancer~~~ ,' says his beNavio~ their fellow man ~han eminent, doctor, .,~~ ~ eA RALEIGH fAPI y~A Northifaad by the Food and DntgLAd ~ sFor- what its worth, I' hav' o every bit of contnry"evi$ d' dence ' don' been a priest 19 years now anis igncred. I.t know~ °~'~t'~ the answer. I readil a ree "with Keller aaid a persom waild hava have never buried anyone who tt Y g g to inhale, and'retaia, the amoka `=died of lung cancer- And the a my critics that I am not quali- from a astor here has buried onl one fied to discuss the cause of lung pack ot cigarettes a day -r p y eancer: 'But I am ' ualified to "` for 250 years before be approved _,auch case in his 38-years of ._q .,, levels wlilch might be coasidertti '- parish work So cheer ttp! ~-~;discuss the emotional reactions~ h~~ ,._..f of people, and I wish to go on "Even with the best available One fact and I believe it is a record as stating that this theory 4 cbemicali techniques; " the report fact, is that in tllis area the emo- can never be proved or disproved -ontinuea• "it has not been possi• tional, factors are begir.ning to until number one, the emotional ble to detect even traces of Endrim oversNadow the scientific and the elements are eliminated and num- from the amoke of an entire car- seudo.sci'entific. Americans are ton of dgarettes i'ber two„the wild statements ori'' "PLrtber research oa chemieal strongly influenced by the Purt each,side are suppressed..;; c°ntrol has revealed that certaim tanical viewpoint and the do gouo '+A"- ~ • of'the newer e p ct;= ,- 11 of this means let us go back' xperimeotat insecti. vtew omt. ~~ }n~~`t thlii thllt nd ~ oe cncc.awraory ~ ...,rt " ~~ fluetvring or smokgringe resu6ting ~ Thus, everyt h hing t at is fun ~'-the hospital andsoltx this- ,~in an insecticide-free tobacco sinful and/or is sure 'to bring lem by, scitncehot by sea tg' , . smoke +< Tetrsbution ctther m ths world cople to death ,~y~or the next Sn since ctgarette ~ `G Wtlse Itobinsoa Jr. ~'rF y v . aJN ~L~, ~, ., •T1aa -i~' . r i~k'~y>r'~.y 0 r~ h 0 , eti iR W3nn © '4a

0 s Creaiei Karuaa Cii" Mo. Medlcol~ Brtj~lett~ Y ( gust Z9,1959 _ ^ 9464u s mokmg`u fun ~Kan~sas Ed itor1allYd p o ~hi bttetheseli ng of~u s ~, , .~ .. ~SOr many years, Rnd m m~e g _ chool days I heard many tures m o k! r~ g- ~:S~ _:a n c r, ~„ ~ - on the coffin nails. .,' ~r, Ze~ys*"~'R"'~ *v-+...- : ~` SSomptime ago yovn editor wrote ~rinking is Eun, so we ha our T U d hand had published a little essay greatest political fiasco in the hts~ i e H eI d n p rove ywhich was reprinted in the Kan-.tory'of the world in Prohibitton•• ~sas City Star. This was rather Dancing and card playing are still'" Smoking ae a cause of lung should share the b I a m e , ~ eontroversial and was completely on the prohibition, list of aome"", `~eancer hasjiot~been pro'ved Puestowsaid.',m -misinterpreted by everyone who churches, and only in the last few'r;~onclusIvely;.a' surgeon said ~ ~ a `Meyer"yester .Puestow; a plpe amoker, has written to me about it ~~decades have some ma or denomi-~.~ ya , ~ was interviewed at the 13th !• ~- ~1 p~ d a y~yD r~ annual p~t .~Every person who has'wntten nations changed ;thetr ,'minds.:, y, graduate Aasem F~c h a r I e sa bly at Coun has either condemned me for dis- about these two acttvtties- C' ~ H o s a L a-u e a t o~wra -~ About 60t1 ~icians an 1dtsur. ' agreeing with Dr. Oschner or con- `tQ• "''""~~6sf~ ~~ ptnfessor '- 0 f - p~ tulated me for doin s +~e do-gooders ~tave to get ln ^ f.' . geons are attending the as• ' 6'R g u. I even on •the act. Since these folks hav ~:` aurgery at,the t,' sembly presented under tlte made the "Public Mind" in a let- Unlversity ,,~of no scientific training and so4un- auspieces of' the Physicians ter challenginfi my right' to chal- not,objtttively analyze a'"3cien- •sI111nois, 'a a i d s ;even_;~;medical ~ 1~ty ~g°p°~jabIt oe n d a'lenge Dr. ; Oschner's theories tific thesis, they all get on "the ; e a e a r c h y_~ about 'the . ielationship between banrl vva on of an idea that gtve `~ess s"` ire ~Oda '~~'cigarettes, and lung cancer since them the chance to be vocaf, an'd~ °pm the urnsear rt commtrttee ot ~' I -thholuave had no training, m'pa- to a lot of folks the ci rett ~~~ in eis tona mn "a llnk ~Pueatow f ~ ;Detween tabacco and I u n g the Amecican Cancer Society '.t gY or ., lttnfi sur_ gerY• marvelous whipping boy: - G. for the Iilirn°is division. 17te ,,~•Yet I stated very definitely that "}"" ~'~ y cancer Aa has lint:ed smokin to 7Y d now we have'Arthttr ~'~~~ lung cancer, but Puestow said ~tas, not entering into that eon frey. Sure, he quit amoking ci~ ntes auto- e o inion Is not unanimous truversy but rather I was deplor arettes five p years ago, and if hu~' 17 moblle exhaust fumes or oth• mong members of the rr to lmng cancer, 'tng Dr. Oschner's "scare tacttcs", use of "coffin nails"' caused ~h.~ts er air _ pollutants possibly earch commluer that I(clt that many intelligent malignancy then why should ati ~' i~ s.~ ,,~i4~tpeople might also deplore his ~` ~ r*~ y of us who suffer from oral erotl- ' ,~a ~statemeut. and that he and the ~ .~ ~ y~A~' ~~sntire profession would lose face cism stop smoking• The damage - t+¢ has already been done appar ~ the fearsI 9'~ctually,'many, of oori_ o-~ ~t ~~ Aatconfirmat ot~ofa , ~ 1' ~~urham (N C.J'Monein6 H~6~ "'tcish to ryuote (rom the Stmda} pean trained co as lle Dr. agues w Oschhoner are dnensythe :w'ell~-e Ocwb er 24, 1959 e+a: t F~:Visitor o( .4fril 2Gth as written - 1_........._ -- ~ =•Carolina State College siudy has pnrdueed results indicating that chemical and biological tobacco loscct killers are not tiarsSui'to icfgarette smokers. h=. Dr. Kenneth R. Keller, director •at tobacco research at the trot- lage• said Friday the :ao chief fo- `sect killers used by to>^acco farm- ers were barmless in cigarettes. c Keller's aoaouncement coincided ='with anewa grant of $16,738', by the %National Institutes of Health, U!S. ,; Public Health Service, to continue the study .:ais ,i•;v •r i c The interim report dealt with ~ TDEand Endrin ~ The levels of TDE found In com-' t,mercial cigarette smoke are more i-than four times less than the sev-~ ,-:,Len parts per, mmillion permitted on f,if < t tt~~+y , ~ . ."T'L '~ . . .. . . ... .r hy Father Cinder. uL-~;ti' 3'Whole thesis of any selationship~ „ ^ They indict industrial fumes and p a~ t: Reader's 7)igest was scar- other gases of civilizatton,'~ • n h u rt ~ng the couniry half out of its p~ .' ,~fwtts last manth with its little '' $ut this thests does not appeat t insertc in the dail} papers-_Co the emotions of_the Paritans "The Growin{; Horror of Lung' and the do-gooders. It doesn t f~ ;;ACancer:very heavy'smoker .tnto their pattern of emntiona , an 4~~~will develop lung cancer~~~ ,' says his beNavio~ their fellow man ~han eminent, doctor, .,~~ ~ eA RALEIGH fAPI y~A Northifaad by the Food and DntgLAd ~ sFor- what its worth, I' hav' o every bit of contnry"evi$ d' dence ' don' been a priest 19 years now anis igncred. I.t know~ °~'~t'~ the answer. I readil a ree "with Keller aaid a persom waild hava have never buried anyone who tt Y g g to inhale, and'retaia, the amoka `=died of lung cancer- And the a my critics that I am not quali- from a astor here has buried onl one fied to discuss the cause of lung pack ot cigarettes a day -r p y eancer: 'But I am ' ualified to "` for 250 years before be approved _,auch case in his 38-years of ._q .,, levels wlilch might be coasidertti '- parish work So cheer ttp! ~-~;discuss the emotional reactions~ h~~ ,._..f of people, and I wish to go on "Even with the best available One fact and I believe it is a record as stating that this theory 4 cbemicali techniques; " the report fact, is that in tllis area the emo- can never be proved or disproved -ontinuea• "it has not been possi• tional, factors are begir.ning to until number one, the emotional ble to detect even traces of Endrim oversNadow the scientific and the elements are eliminated and num- from the amoke of an entire car- seudo.sci'entific. Americans are ton of dgarettes i'ber two„the wild statements ori'' "PLrtber research oa chemieal strongly influenced by the Purt each,side are suppressed..;; c°ntrol has revealed that certaim tanical viewpoint and the do gouo '+A"- ~ • of'the newer e p ct;= ,- 11 of this means let us go back' xperimeotat insecti. vtew omt. ~~ }n~~`t thlii thllt nd ~ oe cncc.awraory ~ ...,rt " ~~ fluetvring or smokgringe resu6ting ~ Thus, everyt h hing t at is fun ~'-the hospital andsoltx this- ,~in an insecticide-free tobacco sinful and/or is sure 'to bring lem by, scitncehot by sea tg' , . smoke +< Tetrsbution ctther m ths world cople to death ,~y~or the next Sn since ctgarette ~ `G Wtlse Itobinsoa Jr. ~'rF y v . aJN ~L~, ~, ., •T1aa -i~' . r i~k'~y>r'~.y 0 r~ h 0 , eti iR W3nn © '4a

0 s Creaiei Karuaa Cii" Mo. Medlcol~ Brtj~lett~ Y ( gust Z9,1959 _ ^ 9464u s mokmg`u fun ~Kan~sas Ed itor1allYd p o ~hi bttetheseli ng of~u s ~, , .~ .. ~SOr many years, Rnd m m~e g _ chool days I heard many tures m o k! r~ g- ~:S~ _:a n c r, ~„ ~ - on the coffin nails. .,' ~r, Ze~ys*"~'R"'~ *v-+...- : ~` SSomptime ago yovn editor wrote ~rinking is Eun, so we ha our T U d hand had published a little essay greatest political fiasco in the hts~ i e H eI d n p rove ywhich was reprinted in the Kan-.tory'of the world in Prohibitton•• ~sas City Star. This was rather Dancing and card playing are still'" Smoking ae a cause of lung should share the b I a m e , ~ eontroversial and was completely on the prohibition, list of aome"", `~eancer hasjiot~been pro'ved Puestowsaid.',m -misinterpreted by everyone who churches, and only in the last few'r;~onclusIvely;.a' surgeon said ~ ~ a `Meyer"yester .Puestow; a plpe amoker, has written to me about it ~~decades have some ma or denomi-~.~ ya , ~ was interviewed at the 13th !• ~- ~1 p~ d a y~yD r~ annual p~t .~Every person who has'wntten nations changed ;thetr ,'minds.:, y, graduate Aasem F~c h a r I e sa bly at Coun has either condemned me for dis- about these two acttvtties- C' ~ H o s a L a-u e a t o~wra -~ About 60t1 ~icians an 1dtsur. ' agreeing with Dr. Oschner or con- `tQ• "''""~~6sf~ ~~ ptnfessor '- 0 f - p~ tulated me for doin s +~e do-gooders ~tave to get ln ^ f.' . geons are attending the as• ' 6'R g u. I even on •the act. Since these folks hav ~:` aurgery at,the t,' sembly presented under tlte made the "Public Mind" in a let- Unlversity ,,~of no scientific training and so4un- auspieces of' the Physicians ter challenginfi my right' to chal- not,objtttively analyze a'"3cien- •sI111nois, 'a a i d s ;even_;~;medical ~ 1~ty ~g°p°~jabIt oe n d a'lenge Dr. ; Oschner's theories tific thesis, they all get on "the ; e a e a r c h y_~ about 'the . ielationship between banrl vva on of an idea that gtve `~ess s"` ire ~Oda '~~'cigarettes, and lung cancer since them the chance to be vocaf, an'd~ °pm the urnsear rt commtrttee ot ~' I -thholuave had no training, m'pa- to a lot of folks the ci rett ~~~ in eis tona mn "a llnk ~Pueatow f ~ ;Detween tabacco and I u n g the Amecican Cancer Society '.t gY or ., lttnfi sur_ gerY• marvelous whipping boy: - G. for the Iilirn°is division. 17te ,,~•Yet I stated very definitely that "}"" ~'~ y cancer Aa has lint:ed smokin to 7Y d now we have'Arthttr ~'~~~ lung cancer, but Puestow said ~tas, not entering into that eon frey. Sure, he quit amoking ci~ ntes auto- e o inion Is not unanimous truversy but rather I was deplor arettes five p years ago, and if hu~' 17 moblle exhaust fumes or oth• mong members of the rr to lmng cancer, 'tng Dr. Oschner's "scare tacttcs", use of "coffin nails"' caused ~h.~ts er air _ pollutants possibly earch commluer that I(clt that many intelligent malignancy then why should ati ~' i~ s.~ ,,~i4~tpeople might also deplore his ~` ~ r*~ y of us who suffer from oral erotl- ' ,~a ~statemeut. and that he and the ~ .~ ~ y~A~' ~~sntire profession would lose face cism stop smoking• The damage - t+¢ has already been done appar ~ the fearsI 9'~ctually,'many, of oori_ o-~ ~t ~~ Aatconfirmat ot~ofa , ~ 1' ~~urham (N C.J'Monein6 H~6~ "'tcish to ryuote (rom the Stmda} pean trained co as lle Dr. agues w Oschhoner are dnensythe :w'ell~-e Ocwb er 24, 1959 e+a: t F~:Visitor o( .4fril 2Gth as written - 1_........._ -- ~ =•Carolina State College siudy has pnrdueed results indicating that chemical and biological tobacco loscct killers are not tiarsSui'to icfgarette smokers. h=. Dr. Kenneth R. Keller, director •at tobacco research at the trot- lage• said Friday the :ao chief fo- `sect killers used by to>^acco farm- ers were barmless in cigarettes. c Keller's aoaouncement coincided ='with anewa grant of $16,738', by the %National Institutes of Health, U!S. ,; Public Health Service, to continue the study .:ais ,i•;v •r i c The interim report dealt with ~ TDEand Endrin ~ The levels of TDE found In com-' t,mercial cigarette smoke are more i-than four times less than the sev-~ ,-:,Len parts per, mmillion permitted on f,if < t tt~~+y , ~ . ."T'L '~ . . .. . . ... .r hy Father Cinder. uL-~;ti' 3'Whole thesis of any selationship~ „ ^ They indict industrial fumes and p a~ t: Reader's 7)igest was scar- other gases of civilizatton,'~ • n h u rt ~ng the couniry half out of its p~ .' ,~fwtts last manth with its little '' $ut this thests does not appeat t insertc in the dail} papers-_Co the emotions of_the Paritans "The Growin{; Horror of Lung' and the do-gooders. It doesn t f~ ;;ACancer:very heavy'smoker .tnto their pattern of emntiona , an 4~~~will develop lung cancer~~~ ,' says his beNavio~ their fellow man ~han eminent, doctor, .,~~ ~ eA RALEIGH fAPI y~A Northifaad by the Food and DntgLAd ~ sFor- what its worth, I' hav' o every bit of contnry"evi$ d' dence ' don' been a priest 19 years now anis igncred. I.t know~ °~'~t'~ the answer. I readil a ree "with Keller aaid a persom waild hava have never buried anyone who tt Y g g to inhale, and'retaia, the amoka `=died of lung cancer- And the a my critics that I am not quali- from a astor here has buried onl one fied to discuss the cause of lung pack ot cigarettes a day -r p y eancer: 'But I am ' ualified to "` for 250 years before be approved _,auch case in his 38-years of ._q .,, levels wlilch might be coasidertti '- parish work So cheer ttp! ~-~;discuss the emotional reactions~ h~~ ,._..f of people, and I wish to go on "Even with the best available One fact and I believe it is a record as stating that this theory 4 cbemicali techniques; " the report fact, is that in tllis area the emo- can never be proved or disproved -ontinuea• "it has not been possi• tional, factors are begir.ning to until number one, the emotional ble to detect even traces of Endrim oversNadow the scientific and the elements are eliminated and num- from the amoke of an entire car- seudo.sci'entific. Americans are ton of dgarettes i'ber two„the wild statements ori'' "PLrtber research oa chemieal strongly influenced by the Purt each,side are suppressed..;; c°ntrol has revealed that certaim tanical viewpoint and the do gouo '+A"- ~ • of'the newer e p ct;= ,- 11 of this means let us go back' xperimeotat insecti. vtew omt. ~~ }n~~`t thlii thllt nd ~ oe cncc.awraory ~ ...,rt " ~~ fluetvring or smokgringe resu6ting ~ Thus, everyt h hing t at is fun ~'-the hospital andsoltx this- ,~in an insecticide-free tobacco sinful and/or is sure 'to bring lem by, scitncehot by sea tg' , . smoke +< Tetrsbution ctther m ths world cople to death ,~y~or the next Sn since ctgarette ~ `G Wtlse Itobinsoa Jr. ~'rF y v . aJN ~L~, ~, ., •T1aa -i~' . r i~k'~y>r'~.y 0 r~ h 0 , eti iR W3nn © '4a