Filters Worse? Study Finds Some Filters Pass More Tar
Dr. George E. Moore of Roswell Park Memorial Institute says research shows certain filtered cigarettes let more tar and nicotine reach smokers than nonfiltered forms. The Roswell Park study tested nine brands, listing tar and nicotine amounts for each, and notes industry responsibility for smoker protection while further brand tests proceed.
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Senator Magnuson urges FTC to probe cigarette tar and nicotine claims
Sen. Warren Magnuson chair of the Senate Commerce Committee urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate a cancer research report claiming certain filler cigarettes deliver more tar and nicotine than non-filter versions. He cited Public Health Service data and warned about misleading beliefs in filter safety.
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Cancer In Males Is Cited
Dr. Harold Levine, chief at Cook County Hospital's Hektoen Institute, says cigarette smoking drives rising male lung cancer rates. He notes about 8 percent of the hospital’s 400 annual lung cancer patients have squamous cell cancer, a form he indicates can occur in non smokers.
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Jackie Wrote K In Hopes Of Peace In White House Letter
Newsweek reports in a forthcoming Manchester book that Mrs. John F. Kennedy wrote a longhand letter to Nikita Khrushchev expressing motherly hopes for peace on her last White House day. The Death of a President to be published by Harper & Row in January. four installments in Look magazine.
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