Tobacco Documents Online

NEW (;.Y D. 895,505 - S. 1,446„507 HE%y'YOgr, CITY N.ETCOYOLtTAY Afrl% Smoltingand Cance~ To th~Tditor: I am writin"', in refcrence to the Feb: ,8 Tlie zrticle ~Vcch i t lteti ietiv by 1Valt er Sulli van en- titled 'Thc Lea~le Sznoked t tc 13ca~ le Got Lunn E., Cancen."~ ZVh are tolt{ il I . ~ ;erete t pu on th 1teftvY sJnaj;li]~, 1'l'~Inlelt, - scientifically unso;;nd hroy cedt::e: the ori;inal 97 c+dn< shoulti ha~'e 1:Ictn divil;ed ran, dotn',~ arnoll~ ty„ ( wet.e ast 97 do~s used in ihe exf1erimenb, and 3<et evidcnee o~ 41 ot ihese is not given, «'h1~ pI arc also told that the ~ heavicst do S and' tJtree s 6 nunsmoker nlol:cr ;rov~os b e- cause the Pa,sibilit,,l e~ ;[s that he tl'y da,.s arc morc -tt 1tulnors. irre, i` nc fo' s pecfi~=e of' t=;ltcther the) t al;e . or not . Sincc th^ cXT, I ri;t3cnt fails to rule out this nassibi;itl~ , the conc•l~JSa~ns as, lr r c sen.~cd a~n not be tzlcen sc j rlouslg, t;Jtotltcr criticis;lr of the c,,,;., . ..~ , aua.~U1°. sntall to iic used'i, too ~ a f;;;tical, test ; cce;llah)c Fuith.arnlare, tl efo cri~;ttists. that int~liel`ion thc fi, ; ~tcr-(ip t than it,ahcrs a higiler incitlcnce of tunr.)ns thclions-no};ers i; pletely com- u;tsu'i;tanti ;ted. nq) rcanalysis of thc.se ;(al;i Is not r.n attcmllt to eiri:;ic, tc the tob:zrao indtt~tt3, (I on;, no~ stocl, tlicrcin), nor docs it r.t: tenlnt' to justiR ~ tny o•,~: n I:abiLs 6r pt¢ritaaicalbcliefs. (!ido,:rot' smolcc lr--cause I should ri;,thcr sltc!td my money oa othcr ac- ti~~ities.) ~4'hat' docs bother tne I;tho misuse of so-callcd scicntitic results b~' one grottp 1:;th vestc~t! intrrests to attacl: Ptl. othcr. nll this e:•:Porimer,t proves i's: V,'hethcr or rot smoking causcs lun~; Cancer in bea„Ics is as inconciusie•e tiusv " .as it W;tb before the cxhcri- mcnt was carried out. L1NCOLN P1ECS0*1 Di;oR'ER Professor of Biolo, Amherst 'Collc~e. Amherst, b4ass., Feb. 9, 1970 ...~ .