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Mr. WilI'ianb B. Lewis,,Chairman of the Board American Cancer Society 21'9 East 42nd Strect - Nlew York, New York 10017 .TOS)i1't) 11~.CC~LL?LA\.aR1D CHAIRMAR 6FTH[. I3DARD Dear Mr. Lewis:_ February 27, 1970 On Fcbruary 5, Drs. Oscar Aucrbacll and E. Cuylcr Hamniond prescnted'to the press at a special mcctin,; held in conjunction \vith the mecting of the American Cancer Society Board of Di ectors the finc:in`s of their stuciy on "The Effects of Cicarette Smoking Ul.on Do-s." The Society;.t that time issued a"Liac;;groundcr" press release intcrprctir,.; the results of thc expcrilnent as a si; nific.:nt achicvt ment :"epresenting the. first tiine that scientists hnve produced lung cancer in a)arge espcrilnctttal . animal as a result of heavy, smol:ing: TL-c Socic.ty's release further clainlell that thcse fint?ings should' have a si.- ,ni'ficant iurtpact on'the sniol;in-of' cig:;rettes and wi!i probably lead to a re; ssessl;ieta o)f advcrti:ine claims and po;icies of the ci~arette i'ndustry/. The report and these interpr'ctivcrcolirntents have be lat iiven wide publicity. As you may l:now, there have b.:en ~rt*~~iocls st~u~'_es ~1~itli cigarettc snol:e in wlliclt tlie:. initial report . ~_- has clainleij tll(a Itln`, ci ncer-resenlbiln2 W11l' Ca111'CI- ln h'vnn,,ns-Was inC!U.r.Cil Jll CXt I11I1C:11i;1i ;1I11tn iIS. These!\'el'e PrOVt'd eltn:r_\11C?_?.~~ 0, (^~ ti cjr'll l+ Il?lce -Iftzr tl1 SWI ICCted,t0`l'Clii_Ot;r SClel J C C] ' _ll !1. UtiTC,. CeVe1op;ilillts 1i11 C1)'lil.:etlol W1:^ Si130}i1nP ::nU 11Caai1 nClVe soir!el1l'.a'S u4::;t A.nnotlla'0j L Ililer~)liihrc'.ssll'i:' IluspiCes-Sucl,l as a major universlty°-;lnd,,af ct'I evaluation, I1:iVe bSell found 10 dis;til1 olnt tilelr s1)onsOrs. • Since the American Cancer Soci; ty asserts that the pre.sent studh is of considerable import to smo}:crs, I helicvc thatthe inllklstry is entilled to L•ave a full undi-rscanding of the nature and signifirancc of the findings as duiclJy ;ls possible. In U!a: intere.st of accol;lplisliin.g this ailn, I r: olt est th"t flic Socic.t\ r11r,t rl thorour}1 e+ tl; ntion of flic e." ~I,crilnCnt cn~ it< reslllt,, hv <:+.e 1 c{ nt _ _ P;lne ! Ot ...._.e.,. _ _- .. -. ..•. „a,_-~_ ,..,..~.......~.,,.,.«.~.-:~.~~ ~.o sCICITl15ts 1-,Itil 1t'i(lc, t.\l`irlcllci ln:?9"C:1S rel.-C'3'lt to tile (l;it;l. i"le 1 stlr~Cst thc.foilo"-inn procellurc: 1\ hcn 11ic Amenicr,n Canr;cr Society notifics me th-lt thcy andc invcsti;;ators have agreed to ipcrmit access to the reltvrlnt niaterials and data, ]~\N-il1 nonain , r1. ,Is revi. v..rs_scyc1•:I_~ti ~ Il l l,r,h scientistt 111o111y <tu ;(i_,~ri ln th^_Gcldc of rx~;eri_mow! I\~o }:, ~tr l:o~r pat3tolo_y and IualJ,di',._ases. I b:liL;e thes; selentis,s \;lll bee rcco-nlzed by tiie So..l,t}' : nd by their coflcagues ~ as rnen of' outstandin ; com;ntence and intcLrity. If the Socict'y should, for pod reason, reject any of flic men whosc namcs I o;ter, Iwould'appoint a substiture. Thc tobc?cco inr{ustr v \vill, of ccarst: bc;lr alCcosts .. .. . _ in conncc tion with this rc\,ic\%,. .. , .~....,.~~__... .....,~ - - ~. ~.._-.~ _., J l'cloh forwai~.d tc) anetlrlyfavoraLle ll~c:sponse front }',ott so titat this worh ntay , Commcltec ati flic ~ earli'cst possible d'L1tC. PHILII' MOR-RIS IM.COlIOILAffO 100 FnRK AVE1.Ur_. NCV; YU ;`K. N.Y. 10017 Yours very trtlly,, t~:7tir" ~-~~ ,.\ Vvle' 41.N rw.. - . JoSCpll I--. Ctlliman 3rd~ , Chair;nan of the Executive Conttnitlcc Thc Tobacco Institutc, Ltc. _.,. . . r..;~~_;..: