425 



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 • 1, 000, OOimore cases of chronic bronchitis and/or 



emphysema. ^^.; , 



• 1.8 minion rriqJVs cas«B of sinusitis. 



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• 1, 000, 000 more casev^f P«ptic ulcers. 



This was a large study and its findings were awaited with great 

 Interest by statisticians, mathematicians, -iind others engaged In medical 

 research. ''And after the results were announced^ many scientists sought 

 to examine the^J-aw data from which the conelusions >lere drawn. The 

 Council for Tobacc^llesearch-U. S. A. requested Wasfitr^ton University 

 to undertake an «naiysra)«f the study. The university consealkd wjfio so 

 and it was agreed that Us findings would be made public and furnished* 1e 

 the U. S. Public Health Service -ftLthie same time they were released to the 

 Council for Tobacco Research. The^^fter Dr. Theodor Sterling, mathematicT%ji 

 and head of computer science at Washington University, obtained the raw da'a 

 from the Public Health Service and proceeded^Q evaluate the study and its 



conclusions. Another examination of the study wa»^erformed by Dr. John 



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Sawyer, Professor of Mathematics at Wake Forest Um^rsity. Both were 



highly critical in their judgment oi" the survey. 



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Here Is Dr. Sterling's evaluation of the so-called "Mo^idity c 



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Report. " '7-r> 



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"The report on cigarette smoking and health characteristics 

 is based on most uncertain and inaccurate data, it is based 

 on very inadequate analytic procedures, and it lacks con- \ 

 viction that it really demonstrates any difference between 

 smokers and non-smokers." 



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