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1 cancer, in 1955?
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2 A I think after '55, after Doll's data, the
3 majority of scientists and physicians were probably
4 convinced, but not all.
5 Q In fact, in 1949 in the United States there
6 appeared an editorial in the Journal of the American
7 Medical Association that discussed the disease
8 asbestosis and lung cancer; is that correct?
9 A Yeah, there was an editorial clearly written
10 by Hueper. Hueper was one of the strong proponents of
11 a relationship between asbestosis and lung cancer.
12 He was the head of the division of the
13 occupational cancer at the National Cancer Institute.
14 Very clearly, he felt strongly cigarettes
15 had no association to lung cancer. Right on one
16 occasion, dead wrong on the other.
17 Q He was right about the association of
18 asbestos and lung cancer?
19 A Yes. Asbestosis gives us a couple of
20 hundred lung cancers; cigarettes gives you a couple
21 hundred thousands.