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Cigarette Controversy Hearts Upheld Smoking Risks
A 1934 Associated Press science feature outlines a major study linking heavy smoking to higher mortality from heart disease and cancer. It cites Hammond and Horn’s work from interviews with about 180,000 men, noting heart impact may outsize lung cancer concerns and that quitting challenges persist amid mixed expert opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton L. Blaheslee
Presa Sciance Reporter
New York
American Cancer Society
BE. Cayles Hammond
Daniel Horn
Hammond
Public Health Cancer Assn
House of Delegates
United States