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v '~. . _ . . . . . . • • . . - . . ~- . . , ~; 24,•, ~.,CEticagp'?r0day, .Fiiday, June 26, 1970 fl- ;4 ~ 441 ,tl. Michic::•er., Ch;cago, tU: 80611 : - V ~~y sti-~ 1 e deba ~~e on sr~®!:ino j ~_ .. - -1 I _EPPESENTf1T1A'ES of the tobacco in- dustrr who chal?enged a smokinp, a.^.d cancer studv were throR'n out of a press coa- ference disrin, , the American ;tTedical asso- ciation's scientific ezhibition here. Regard- less of the mcrits on eithcr side, that is ^o 2t,e issue was a report by Doctors Oscar Auerbach and E. Cuyler Iiammond of New -. York, who in: a 2?=-3'ear studv found, aniong = other t%unos, tnab 12' ofi £9 cigaret-smokinb `: dogs d'c-velcped Iun„carcer. Die:nbers of the Tc';acco institute said the ~' findinos were "hi;hly suspect"and caL'ed on the resrarchers to sub:nit their t'PSa?ts to an ` . independ;.r.t s'udy. They •,sere ej-2cted from the press roon: by amA. t:1. A. staif member. We bzpp en to iili^.k ci~aret sinol:irg gg is ;t}:armful and that the findings are cluite plausi:,ic."i:ut :acis re ^I',avs nceaar.u we wor_'t ~et t!:~e^i~t'A~~r ore _ ~' ~~ !'~ s~dc. : CJthCr rC5e2IC.: ; tiri'o1VE~ j:Gre Can Le co ;'- ;.t _. ... ::-. si(Zer ~C l ~e "1n~eA ,;~; f "_ _~y~l^rbach works fo- tL.e 'Uriied S:s,ts covcrn^:ent.~in r---~--•-.--;-s- le ~ ~.........----_ ~ _...~. V1CC :C'-P C'' t^n `Ll .._~~ C1E[}'. li~ ll Cr°~ii'a~ 0 3 rec.s':rd~ci23rei.s aS. 'M M- - - - -inc iooau'C.o ir:iitlsil!y Illay taiie solaCe' from th> purpose of the study, n-::ich was. to. •find the sa-`est, kin d of cigaret rau cr than prove th4t, sr^o=:i,g is a mortal risk. One fii:dir.g was that it is safer to s:ritch, to filter cigarets tban to cut smokin, ia half. But the industry didn't ask for solace. It : asked for a hearing..It should have one. . . _ . _ > ....:.-: 0 N 1 rt - _ > - .'.~ ._.. . _ ._.,~G' V s., (t'u'~.r ;,•Kr 7~.Js.:2~'.^ ~ rri,Lnar.< x ~: ~r: ~r+ ~•.