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~ 0 D M r ir U 10( r'' 0 r- f I C I I .1 ± At this time an Amerrc-t t D'fedtc l Aeccxt ttirm Tr*:,rml -, r -- ' tcam is analrziit t7 c i nc:i :- 777 iiv u t7~r ,r- >:rc t ar.u _ utir l mt : t t,>. t l l l,_Il~rs ~..r„'.'-. i, o t:,t ^rutc >>..:nr L7,~ t I):~ cy (1 rru xro R(porrtr, c: uar} p lbc )~ n ]T:.larcn p; c,u t, A slo:- c n res tcd that there wcrc ancsrions r:i ' cd in 77 ~ It.,.~r ~ •ntc~ ta ti:e ze :c :a. .- prenues pr", 1 -fhcsc pictures on tite Ix t~ie sawl'.ing eeperimenr, con- t t duetcd under public grants to the American &nccr Society, j were in many respects di(ferent than most scientific finding i, presentations as they were more "microscopic"' in that thct• ~ showed only four or five cell; 'and notitin5 nf die sarround- ~ ing arca," a ponion needed in uuc ovaluation of the esperi- 1 menc - ~ If the AGMA review panel backs the Auerbach-H; m- ~ mond'.papcr, the report .vil1 lic published im theA:t(A 1 Journal sornetinte in July or Augustt If' thc pancli rc- jecu the experiment papers, it is doohrful the Journal will'd'o 2nytliing more dten notify the ccicntistn of the refusal. TfcanRrhilt, there R•as mixed reaction in Japan's National Cancer Center in Tokyo. One of the top scienc<-u prai>ed tite uui; calrun,cut alnie a cu:i dfuc• c r L~ , seriously doubtfull abottt the repoeted' co: clust©n t:iat fiiter tipped eigarctres cottld' prcvc•nr the growth of lung cancer in such aniinal c-,Teriments- - - And la-ar month, the Jap.tn Monopoly Corp., the statr on•ned' authoriil• fo: rhe manuflicture and s;rib of' tobacco, star[ed 2n experiment to drrermine whether smu;;ing wia, eause lung eanrer in chimpz:uccs. An industrn• s,okesm~n, speaking on the UI.S. test, s°id'l:e doubted siich ani^irl ces[ friw;inSs, eoetld show sueh extreme sensitici'}', to ciSarette smolie. Jie added that it i; the strong belief of T~p1nc•se seicntists that atmospheric .w!lu;ion by, smo:.c and cxhtust sliould be rcSartird, as the Grear,r culprit. The chimp test is expected :o rai:e nearly 15 yr:rs to compl~re. "\\rcic Gnd- ing it hard for the animals to ]tarn to inlialc,"'thc spokes, man said. 1•fosr of these events rme to lioht «'hen the Tob.xco Institute rceczlc•d'cfforts tol;ct thc Amcric..nCanccrSocict}' to open its Autrliach-1'dir•.tm-,)nd results [o nce puh!ic. Twi:c thc ACS rcfused t(tc requesr, movtitr, the ins in:re to start I an adt•crtisinp c-!r.l ai~,n on the s.and- Full l l;r ads ap- pearcd in Ir-tdi::-1 natic,n.tl na~>;",^.crs as well as,la_^.1 p.np:rs in the top 1(1;1 U.S, rnard-ccc. Sat; s.kcn n-I pcrs in the _ Icaf pro-.cinp sretcs al<o tc cncd the ads as d.-I impnrtanr scientific and mcdical putil.a••n ,ns. Tn a m^z•cr of Loitrs after the industry's anno•.tncc- tuont, the ACS rcqucsaed ther natioa's sur-cnn ;z•ncc,l to conduct an analssis of the c.pcriments. •1'llc socicty's statemerer.N'.^s consiiivrcd murc n(la ho;+c tlir.t the uthoc- eo indnstry press forsc-ard'tcith cfft rts to (ind an :.dc- ~~r/r~5 ~ t v cr ^("+; ~- 1~(,xq LJ1 r`rl l I fi! t il, I l'•tf ~f' ' ttC7l~~ ` O! C J quatc ii:ror than, the cancer group's usual Contmeno that ci~aret.c: be abolished. "\Vbctc cffective (iltcrs were uscd' in the study;' the socict}• st.ucrn„nt said, "no cancers a•cre prc>?. .d m tt.e do,•' 7,hc st.trcnr;nrn:u signcdlby Dr. Joaa:hun li. Rl:o.ds, director of ,trrgon• at dte Uni%crsiiy of Pcnnsyliunia School uf Dtedicinrana presidcntof \CS; CJilliim 11. Lcsc•is„chair- man of the boardof the ACS; and Dr. HMcrvm Pollard, professc•r of in:ernal medicine at tlte University of bfichipan Schnollof Medicinc vho,is presiJbnr-ell".ct of ACS. Tltt societl- m:tintains tts srr.t:d'i that "scgmcnts of• the tobacco industry have artaclccd R•arninj;s of the t:anGcrs of smolin:; and p:otested t1-ac no one has been abic to.produce lung ca-icer tz anir.uls witlr cig:crette smoke. This has notv Liccn done." This .lucrbach-Hammosd dog research, a continuation of an osprrimcnn reported about two ycars a;o, s•as per- formcd on be:~les. The do^i throats were slit and the cigtrerte smnl>e %:•as (oreed into the lungs: The smokecs•as reported to be te:y hot-hettcr than in normal'smo.l-inp- The esp,erin::nt was described by authoritics as a "iather cllnnsy step" in research; mainly hccause of'tF.e Angs. t-•reantng rate auu u ..uv .. ....... :.1..C_e:: into t.,e anuunl. One rescarcher~dtscnlicdl :he Iatcst dog erperiment as being "highly arri(iciitll"' During the l'obacco ]nsticnte press confere: ce IasrmontS, Joseph, F. Ccl man ]li, chtirm an of the In tiiace's csc<uticc com:nitree _nd' chaiiman of Pl:ilip Morris Ihe, said tite Cancer Society is refusing to ma.l-e public the data essential for a fair e.t-alc±ticn of the tests and their conclosions. Ih an ailicd move, the Insrit'ute scas secking the data under the Public Inform: tien Aer since some of the researeh utilized frderall funds. Cc )man said?: , lie dia'not question theinte.- iry• of the researchcrs but contended the Insrin:te wanrnT to estalilish telicciirr thia tv'as "Good scicnce. Tl:e'I'ubacco Irstitu[c does nor, a td the pub!ic should nor, accepo ac fircc valuc tlie findin,;s of this study, If the CG.ncer Society w-cre eonfidcnt abuur tlic t•aliilicy of its claims, it would hac-e a;;reed tn the , revtCw:.' He cl:.vp;edl the dug-smo!liiil; research was done ..idr ftnd3 •'firnrisi,tcd h} the fn'.i::ral om-ernmen[ and thc Arneri- can &ncer Sccicry. Stnco thel arc• flmds deri.•cd frnrn public soarcci, ti:c pnl•;ic is entitlctl tn a, full anl f.:ir aceo•tnr of the res.tlis. 'I l:r. Arrtcricitt C•in.xx S©cietl• cNr.not presurne to be thc sn:c ccstodiJn ~nd,iiacrlircrcr c f t tc vnrl. ... "1 sccros in Li,•lit of the 'f'ony Curus rnca.'er , they (the sxi 'sh0:rl,i ratcsess tlieir, a+.crrisnn. 1.,!ii)''• Curric; a r.o;c•d Ilol!yan odlactor, [cccndy tt-as corwictcd of pts~essiort of' m^rijua:a i;, lingland. Ilc• has appe:ued in ::uisnru'.:ina eomn:creial> on U.S. tcleci;ion. ~