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DATE January 11, 1974 10:35 PM crrir New York

C i GAP.ETTE SMOKING

GEORGE SCHARMEP7: On this tenth anniversary of his Smoking

and Health Report, former U.S. Surgeon-General Luther Terry
said today cigarette packs should carry the skull and crossbones
symbol. But last night we gave you statistics showing cigarette
consumption actually increased over the past ten years.

Cigarette smoking is a $13 billion a year. business. Andrew

Silverstein asked Horace Kornagr_(?) of the Tobacco Institute
if smoking is actually bad for you.

ANDREW SILVEP,STFI"': Cigar2tte snoking in the ltnited States

is a $13 b-illion a year business. Ten years ago today former
Surgeon-General Luther Terry declared that-smoking Is a potentially
fatal habit. That report stirred a lot of controversy; and
as a result, there has been a drop in the percentage of-smokers
in the United States. l•!e asked Horace Kornaae of the Tobacco
Institute, the industryls Washington lobby: "Is cigarette smoking
bad for you?"

HORACE K6P.VAGE: Vell, the Institute and the tobacco industry

says that it does not know, and it takes the position that these
studies that were relied upon back ten years ago did not cover
the whole field, that in the intervening period of time there've
been many new areas to come up throuah research which add a
great deal to the knowledge and, in my view and In the view
of this industry, tend to discount a number of the conclusions
that were reached ten years ago.

• SlLVE.fZSTEttd: Fifty million Americans are still lighting

up. And D'r. Terry still says there is no-question that smoking
is harmful and, indeed, fatal.

Andrew Silverstein, in Washington.

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