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n HEi1l YORK R"D'lE5 New York, New Yorkk june 25, 1962 BLAMED I~s and pu~ttteg a atrain~o SMOKING trt r tL h id t e ~ . e o s ""1The death rate erors coro- IN HEART ATTACKS'I-e tlgp (nary arterq disease Is higher ln dgarette.smokers than in~non-smkoers,. lncteases with~ the. n . g, 2 Researchers Also Linklamount of cigaretta sn~i t e A aad is lowerr inn ex,e . Cigarette to ~Lun¢ Cantier~ smokersthan in men.who con-'" t D i gare tes, r, tinue to smoke c ld d H sa . anunon CHfCAGO June 24 (UPII'- , Two medioat. researchers aafd Dr. Hammond said theit ~~~ showed tLat.r four times . kin l garette smo g today thaG c aouldbe.a~malor,causeofboth ~ manysmokers died ofheartf heart'ailmentsand lungcaneerg entss as .died'~of'.Itong cancer. Dr: OscarAuerbach'; medical investl senlari "There is no . question in my ator at the East ~mtnd that cigarette smokir.g Is e' ~n81e most important -.HOSpi- I Orange, N. J., Veterans . cause Ham- e of lung, oaooer," Dr. m . " nd, and Dr. Estatistih.al. Curesealet research diree+lAverbach told' newsmen dte: tor of' the American Canccr!~e<.m~Wg`. . , 'Me societ said ci arette smokin . tobacoo tndustry has Y. 8 8.eontended ttere.is.no.evidencrprodueed!changes.in the lungsthat smokingeauses'g an in+ that . strained the heart and ag-; crease in smoking lungcancer. . gravatedi . heart ailntents. "W e, are of' the opinion thaU -- therelationshlpbetween oiga- rettesmoking and death rates is . due ~~ mainly; though not en- tirely. tirely, to the *ffects of'cigarette smokee upon tissues of' the. --lungs^-Dr. Hammond saifli ia,.a paper read.to the.. Amencan.. - College of'Chest Physlcians. "Changes ~~ resulting trom ~~ In-~ halatlon. of~~ cigarette~ smoke. place an added work loadlupon ~- ~ heactt muscle~~e and in: a+mbina• -~ ~ _ tbn,with~~the effects otlcarbon - ~ " monoxide~.reduce the supply~~ot„ oxygen available~ to heatt -muscle.'"he~ said. "Atthe same ~ - tlme,: nicotine in tobaeco.sawke .- causes aAemporary increase in heart rate . as,well asconstrie- s tlonofperipheral'n arteries re- _ __ sulting~ in a temporary. Increase in-systemic bloodd pressure." . "A , perfectly normal , heart .ean probably withstand these. effects.of inhalation of.tobaceo smoke." Dr. Hammondd said. "However: we suggestt that sucheonditiomscan result in failnreof tneheart,of a person whose cornnarv arteries are partianyy oectuiicd byy atliero- .<cdo.rosis" Dr. Auerbach said cigarette smoking caused a thickening of th=; small blood vessels in the : "'3', ., - _. J' 0 D a5 -7 44! U. S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT july 9, 1962 SMOKING AND DEATH: NEW REPORT, NEW STUDY CIfiCA6O-A new study shows ' that death rates from heart disease, . chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, influ, etva and' other lung diseases were, higher in cigarette smokers than in nonamokers. This was reported recently to the American College of Chest Physicianss by Dr. E. Cuyler F$ammond' of the American Cancer Society. Conciusions were based on autopsies of 240 male and two female patients who died att the Veterans Hospital, East Ora -^, N. J. Other studies have linked cigarette smo]cing with lung cancer. The tobacco industry contends;, however, that there is no evidence that smoking causes an increase in lung caneer.. In this connection, the A;nerican Medical Association announced on June 27 that it is launching a year-long study on the subject. AMA of&cials said they were not'saHsfied with,findings of other studies to date. NEW' YQRK KEtROR New'York, New York June 25', 1962 Cigs Are Ki'lers, Say MD5 CHICAGO, June 24! (UPIi.-'!wo medical re- searchers said today cigaret smokers areevene more likely to die of heart attacks than lungg cancer. Dr. Oscar Aiuerbach, senior medical investt+ gatoratthe EasoOrange N. J., Veterans Hospb tal, and Dr. E. Cuyler'Hammond„statisti¢al re, searclt director of the American Cancer Society, said cigaret smoking produces changes Ini the lungs that strain the heart and aggravate heart ailmenta: "We are of the opinion that the relationsh'ip betweencigarct smoking and'death rates Is due mainly though not entirely to the effects of oigttret smoke on tissues of the lungs."' Ham- mond'said in a paper read to the AmeNcaniCol• Iege oflChest Physicians. °CHAIGFS.RESULTING from InhalaUon off elgaretsmoke place an added work;load on heart muscle;and in combination with the effects of'' carborn monoxide reduce the suppl~ of oxygen available to hcarrmuscle," he saidJ' At the same time, nicotine in tobscco smoke causes a tem- porary incrt•asee in h; art r,tll* ass well as;Conah~,<. tion oflperlpheral arteries resulting in a tempe)• rary increase In systemic blood..pressure. °A perfectly normal heart can probably witai- atandl these effects of Inhalatiom of toba+-" - smoke,"' Hammondsatd. "However, wee s'u, gest that such conditions can result in failUrr of' the heart of a person whose coronary ar- !, 1 tlries are partitlly'oeottlded by'ath'erosclerosis." Auerbach said cigaret smoking' causes a th'ickening, of the smalli blood vessels in the iungs„lncreasing blood pressure and putting a strain,on the,rigftGside of the heart- "THE DEATH RATiE' from, coronary artery, dLsease,..is higher in eigaret smokers thanlin non-smokers, increases with the amount of cigaret smoking, and is lower in, ex~igaret smokers than in men who continue to smoke cigarets;" Hammond said.. Hammond said their' studies showed that four times as many smokers diedlot heart ail- ments as died o(']ung;canrer. '":hzie is noi qu Ist,on ini my mind thatt cibnr•t ;sn.: u q i.r ihe slhele ma,r important cau.A nt'lt:ng.o:m~.r,.'A~ucrNacl, •bi nv,-r.^n. O .Jn~!rl.iy;r. ~