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PLAINTIFFS | EXHIBIT i ACS-125b the wall street journal. Tur*4sy. J 20. t0&7 High Rate of Cancer NotedAmonv Smokers o In Asbestos Industry 9 Combination of Asbestos Dust* Cigarets Poses Great Risk pcctcd number of lung-cancer deaths '"Quid have been one or none during the S2-month pe riod. "All people tneur a {rent increase n risk ol lure cancer 11 they smoke rtcarets: lor asbes tos workers the merease in nsk is tremen dous." they said. The researchers noted that microscopic asbestos fibers, once inhaled, re main permanently m the tunc tissues, a* a re sult. "asbestos workers who aon'i'str.oiie cigar ets should never begin. Those who do smoke should stop immediately/* Of Lung Cancer, Study Shows i By Watt Stscct JooanaL Staff Rtp&rter ATLANTIC aTV -- Asbestos workers who smoke cigarets have a ninetyfold greater risk of dying of lung cancer than persons who nei ther smoke nor work around asbestos, three Kew York mettteaf researchers said. The extremely high risk of lung cancer among persons exposed to the combination of asbestos dust and dgaret smoke was uncov ered in a study of 370 members of the Newark. NJ.. and New York locals of the International : Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers union. The men are primar ily Involved In tnauhng asbestos Insulation in construction work. The workers were exposed to s greater amount of asbestos dust than the general popu lation. and all had been occupationally exposed to It for at least 20 years. But the researchers added that the general population, particularly in blg-clty areas, is exposed to a slight amount of such particles. As a result, they raid. It Is Important to determine whether dgaret smoktag makes this light exposure more hazardous than It would be otherwise. In a report to the scientific session of the American Medical Association's annual con vention here, the researchers said there were deaths among the insulation workers during a 32-month period. This, they calculated, was 4t more than would have been expected among a similar group of men who hadn't been chroni cally exposed to asbestos. Most Of the men who died --74--were ctgaret smokers. And among the smokers. 2t died of lung cancer. No lung-esneer deaths occurred among those who didn't smoke. Twenty-four lung-cancer deaths was sn extremely high rate, the researchers c&JcuJaiM. Among a similar group of smokers who hadn't been expotsd <4 asbestos, liatlauclans would expect only about three deatha from lung can cer. they -aatd. "If thay had neither smoked nor been ex posed'to asbestos dust." they said, ths ex-