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of aoabAr coapAniti for th« pnrpoc* oft 



«• vorklaf vith th« CoiBitt««*t Dirtctor of E«starch| 



b, r«Tl«vlo( teiantific ■•t«rl&l« u«aabl«d for public InforMtlcoi 



e. lnitUtla( •eltatlfie aatarlal for •ducatlonal w* hj th« 



CoMlttM. 



6, Continuing Pabllc 8«lttloni g>««treh « Th«r« (hoold b« cot 19 

 •t th« hoadquu'ttr* of th« Couitt**, aad«r tb* diractioa of tht losotrck 



Director, a continuing research project to collect, coordinate and disiodnate 

 (where practical) available iAforaatioa on varloaa aedieal research actirlties 

 beariAg on pertinent phages of cigarette* and he«lth. At tlae peraits, this 

 project vould explore such questions as: 



a, Vh/ do &ice shov no tendency to deralop lung cancer in ex« 

 perincnts vhere they live half their liTes in SBok»-filIed 

 chaabcrs; 



b, Thy, in tcae experiaents, do mice shov a tesdenc/ to deralap 

 •kin cancer, vtiea painted over a p«riod vith tobacco tart • 

 vhereas efforts to produce lung cancer in nice, by keeplnf 

 the* iaaersed ia tobacco saoke, Kara failed? 



c, Vhy has the rise In lung cancer been aost aarked aaoag ■•&, 

 Although the greatest rise ia the as* of eigarettas ia tha 

 lut 3S yaara aeeaa to hsT* been asoag voaea? 



d. Why does tha rate «f log cancer rtrj so greatly b«tve«« 

 certaia eitias, although the per capita rate of dgaretta 

 consmptioa ia these cities seeas approziaately the saaef 



a. That is the correlatioBf if any, batvaea lung cancer and 



cartaia changes in Aaaricaa life • a«ch u staadily iacraaaal 

 Industrlaliiationi, increased wbanisatioa, and tha rlsi^ 

 problaa of ataospherie pollutioa ia aany of ow vbaa caatws) 



f. Thy is cancer of the Itaig on the increase, vhereas no such 

 rise appears in siailar illness of tha tongue, lip or throat? 



f. Is the incidence of liaif cancer less in rural areas than it 

 is in urban areas, and if so what ia the per capita coo* 

 ttaptioa of cigarettes in these respective areu? 



h. Is the Incidence of luag cancer greater in cold cllnates than 

 ia aild cllaates and in the south, and if so vhat is the per 

 capita coosiaptloa of cigarettes la the respective areas vhcra 

 this differential saeaingly occurs? 



