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PUBLIC RELMI(~J$ COUN$[L ~1~ COUNCIL FOR ~B~CCO ~SEARCII-U.S,A.s TOBACCO-HEALTH GP~NTS ANNOUNCED I IlELPS REVIVE FRAMINGH~q ilEART STUDY New York -- Grants £or 18 new studies trite tobacco and health and for renewals of a nv~nber o~ on-goSng projects have been made since January ~ by ~e Council £or To~a¢~o Resea~¢h-U.S.Ao, In¢o~ it was a~1ounced today. The total ~as • he awards~ made to ~ndepondent scientists who conduct the studies in their o~ medical schools, hospitals and research in- stttutions, ~nclude one that ~s helping keep a~£ve the famed Framingham Heart Study. ~4ajor parts o£ this proJect~ which was to have been ended for lack o£ £ederal £unding~ are being con- tinued with support ~rom The Council and other agencies. The Council f~nctJons as a sponsoring agency £or studies into tobacco and health. G~ants and contracts are awarded by The Coun- c~l on the roco~endatlon o~ the Sclen~c Advisory Board~ group or 10 physicians and scientists responsible ~or ~o Council's i~lg cigarette con~anies and,organizations o~ tobacco growers and warehousemon~ i~ has ~do ~26 original awards and many more newals to 26) scientists for a total of mo~e than $20~000,000. The new studies cover work in the ~ields o~ c~ncor, heart d~sease and c~ron~c pulmonary ailments. ~tong them areI ...Smoking classes~ risk factors and cardiovascular soase. (Th~s ~s part o~ the Framingham Heart Study.) ,..Characteristics o~ smokers and nonsmokers, ...Stud~os o~ tumor-causing ...Changes ~n cytology o~ the tracheo~ronchial tree. ...Role o£ the human alveolar ~crophages in ~he pro- duction o~ emphysema. ,,.Behavioral hypo~tension and arteriosclerosis: Of nlcotino. IIII I I II Ill

CLIFFORD BARGER~ M.D.. Robert Henry P£eif£@r P~ofessor of Physiology, Ha~vard Medical School, Boston. "Behavior- JACK CHALON, M.D.t Asslst~nt Professor of Anesthesiologyt Albert Einstein College o~ Medicine, Bronx, in ~raohoobronohial cytology,u ALLEN B. COHEN, M.D., Assistant P~ofessor o~ Hed£c£ne, Unl- versify o£ Cali~ornia at San Francisco. "Role o£ the human alveolar macrophago In the production of emphysema." THONAS R. DA~BER, M.D.s Associate Pro£essor o~ Nedic£ne, Boston Unl~ors£~y School of Nedloi~e. "Smokln~ o~sssea, ~Isk ~aot- o~e and cardiovascular disease." h'ALTER B. ESS~N, Ph.D., Professor of PsycholosY and Bio- ~.Y. "Metabolic response to stress -- tobacco smoke JOHN R. ESTERLY, M.D.~ Associate P~o£essor of Pathology, Uni- versify o£ Chicago School o~ Medicine. "The resolution Of pulmonary ~njury." ED~ R. FISHER~ M.D., D~rector of Laboratories, Shadys~de on structure and /~nct~on o~ co~onary arteries and plasma GARY D. FR~ED}~Ns N.D. Senio~ Ep£demiolog£sts Department 0£ Hodlcal Hotbeds Research, Ka~se~ Foundation ~esearch Xn- stitute, Oakland, Cal. "Charaoterist£©s o£ smokers and ~onsmoko~e • u HUC~I FUDENBERG, M,D.s Section o£ Hematolo&y and Y.nununology~ Francisco. "Collagen antibodies in relation to the etiology Of emphysema." J. A. HAYES, M.D., Associate Patholo&is~, ~allory ~ns~ttute o£ Pathology: Boston C~ty Hospital• "A detailed morpholo~ical study o£ the sputum and bronchial %roe ~n patients w~th chronic 5ronchltls £ollowlng detailed ollnioal study du~ng ATTALAtlKAPPAS, H.D.~ Head~ Laboratory of Metabolism and Pharm- acology, Rockefeller Universtty~ New York City. "Poly- cyclic hydrocarbons: o££ec% on detoxi~ioatlon mecbanlsms."

CHAP, LES McARTI~R~ PhoD.~ Psyoholog£s¢ to the University Health ing o£ the di££erences between smokinE and nonemokinS pop- ulations by recent quit%in8 o~ mauy smokers and the pl~oatim~s £or d~mmic explanation of smoking behavior," LUCIO SEVERX, ~oDo, Diroetor~ ~net£tute of Morbid Anatomy and PerugSat Pcruglat Z%a~y, "Blood-borne ca~olno~ens ~n mouse lung ~umorlgenosls~~ UNA SMXTHI Ph,D,~ Assls%an~ P~o~esso~ of Biology~ University o~ Miami School of Modlclne~ Coral Gables~ Fla, "The role o£ endothelial cells In non-ven%£1a¢ory ~unetlon o~ che lunE," ELLIOT S. ~SELL~ M.D,~ P~o[ossor and Chai~mant Department of Pharmacology, Pennsylvania S~a%e Unlversi%y Colle~e of Medic~ne~ Hershey, .R~dlo-lmmunoaesay for nlco¢~e,|! YASUSHI ~ATANABE~ Ph,D.~ Associate Hember! Wiscar Ins¢~¢ute o£ ~a%omy and DioloEY~ PhiladoIph~ao "S%udles on on¢ogenlo A. STANLEY ~LTMAN~ Ph.D,~ Associate Professor in PharmaooloEy and Research~ Research Institute Of %he Brooklyn College of Phsrma¢oloEyt Lone ~sland Unlvers£ty: Brooklyn: "Aou%e and ¢h~onlc o£~ects of nicotine on spontaneously hypertensive and normotenslve THO~S Co WESTFALL: Ph,Do~ Associate Pro[eesor of Pharm~¢oloEy~ Unlvers~%y o£ VirE~nla School of Medlo~ne~ Charlottesville, "Mechanism o£ action of nicotine on peripheral and central -0-