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PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT II DOW-1974 PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING NORMAL AGE EFFECT ~ LOSE 25*30 CC/YR. IN VITAL CAPACITY ASBESTOS EXPOSURE CAUSES DOSE-RELATED ACCELERATED LOSS.; WITH DIMINISHED FVC, REDUCED FEVp USUALLY NORMAL RATIO FEV-j/FVC. ! ST00 053IC i/ ! w LUNG CANCER 1900 80LESS THAN CASES IN WORLD LITERATURE, 1912 400 CASES REPORTED, 1914 - 1917 1WORLD WAR MEN BEGAN SMOKING IN LARGE NUMBERS. 1930 2,357 DEATHS FROM LUNG CANCER, 1943 9,205 DEATHS FROM LUNG CANCER. 1950 18,313 DEATHS FROM LUNG CANCER. 1950 - 1975 185Z INCREASE IN LUNG CANCER IN MEN. 2392 INCREASE IN LUNG CANCER IN WOMEN. ALL OTHER CANCER FELL FROM 1950-75 TO 1940 LEVELS. ST00 053 I 7 --5 C/) CD CD CD ua J' ST00053 I 8 LUNG CANCER 5 YEAR SURVIVAL IN LUNS CANCER PATIENTS HAS REMAINED.8-102. LUNG CANCER IS LEADING KILLER IN MEN NOW, AND WILL BE THE LEADING KILLER IN WOMEN IN THE 1980'S. LUNG CANCER ACCOUNTS FOR 252 OF ALL CANCER DEATHS, 52 OF ALL DEATHS. IN THE PAST 5 YEARS MORE AMERICANS HAVE DIED OF LUNG CANCER THAN WERE KILLED IN ALL THE WARS IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY. IN THE U.S.A. CIGARETTE SMOKING IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN 802 OF LUNG CANCERS. RISK INCREASES RAPIDLY AFTER AGE 45 IN SMOKERS, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE WHO SMOKE MORE THAN 1 PACK PER DAY. IF A SMOKER QUITS, HIS RISK RETURNS TO BACKGROUND LEVEL IN 15 YEARS. I ul M J V m jU J J /A U V ilfiJ V f I