FILE NAME: Kent (KNT) DATE: 1956 DOC#: KNT148 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Book Excerpt - Occupational Diseases, Asbestosis - Preventive Medicine and Public Health - , <\\t V',/ . i ^ .r q r/ \ , 7' 4 ii' Si : :t ; r i v i u v ili\ 1 1 v l i i -- i r m u x ^ jl i t t u AND PUBLIC HEALTH K E N N E T H F.

FILE NAME: Kent (KNT) DATE: 1956 Sept 4 DOC#: KNT026 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Patent - Filter for Tobacco Smoke 2,761,798 -Patented'S ip tt 1 2,761,798 iFILTER FDR TOBACCO SMOKE .Harold W., Knudson, Norwood, Mass^ assignor to H & V -Specialties.

FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1951 Aug DOC#: NSC170 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NSC - Accident Prevention Manual for Industrial Operations - Section 22 - Industrial Poisons I ACCIDEI NPTRE V E*N* TION M a n u a l SECOND EDITION ------ F OR INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS rftririT CASTLE & SCHNATZ, P.$. '' ; ic-cm m w m o h AV.

FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1951 DOC#: NSC252 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: General Sessions 1951 NSC - Index to Transactions of all Sessions GENERAL SESSIONS 19S1 National Safety Contras* (In d ex to Transactions of all Sessions) Officers, Trustees, and Board of Direction.................

FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1955 DOC#: NMA103 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NYT - Cancer of Lungs Called 'Epidemic1 CANCER OF LUNGS CALLED 'EPIDEMIC' By MURRAY ILLSONSpecial to The New York Times.

FILE NAME: Saberhagen (SBH) DATE: 1951 Feb 20 DOC#: SBH020 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Colombia Asbestos Co. from Pabco Products, Inc.

FILE NAME: Saranac (SAR) DATE: 1951 Apr 17 DOC#: SAR241 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Vandiver Brown from American Brake Shoe Company y-[ * , / -T. r- *' .

FILE NAME: Westinghouse (WH) DATE: 1959 Jun 1 DOC#: WH513 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: AIHA Members from 1959 Directory INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS American Industrial Hygiene Association June 1,1959 CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS ARE DESIGNATED BY AN ASTERISK (*) BEFORE THEIR NAMES.

FILE NAME: Abex (ABX) DATE: 1959 DOC#: ABX150 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: General Conclusions - Evaluation of Environmental Health in Manufacture of Brake Linings - American Brake Shoe Company, American BrakeBlok SPNY 007381 Page 1 AMERICAN BRAKE SHOE COMPANY AMERICAN BRAKE BLOK WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IN MANUFACTURE OF BRAKE LININGS On June 25 and 26, 1959, an environmental health study was conducted to evaluate the hazards associated with the manufacture of brake linings.

FILE NAME: Allied Signal Bendix (ASB) DATE: 1950 Dec 4 DOC#: ASB072 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from Bendix to W.W.

FILE NAME: Oil Industry and American Petroleum Institute (API) DATE: 1950 May 15 DOC#: API098 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Proposed Epidemiological Studies - Progress Report for The Subcommittee on Carcinogenicity of the API Medical Advisory Committee [Revision of Apr 23 Version] DEC-04-1998 15:10 H L HOBSON P .02/52 For Information only - Not for publication ' Kettering Laboratory University of Cincinnati THE PROJECT ON CARCINOGENICITY PROPOSED EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES Progress Report for The Subcommittee on Carcinogenicity of the API Medical Advisory Committee April 23, 1950 Revision - May 15/1950 ' ^ ~ 911230 BinEulM 01828 DEC-04-1998 15:11 H L HOBSON P.03/52 PPSS^NT STATUS .

FILE NAME Kent KNT DATE 1951 DOC KNT119 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Book Excerpt - The Dusts - Preventative Medicine and Hygiene a} ROSE ROSE ROSE ROSE NA NA U PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND HYGIENE KENNETH F.

FILE NAME Kent KNT DATE 1955 DOC KNT139 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Book Excerpt - Advances in Cancer Research Asbestos Pgs 33 & 35 ADVANCEISN CANCER RESEARCH .

FILE NAME Kent KNT DATE 1956 DOC KNT103 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Journal Article - The Role of Atmospheric Pollution in the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Cancer A Review CancerResearch Cancer Research 375-393.1956 375-393.1956 375-393.1956 375-393.1956 The Role of Atmospheric Pollution in the Pathogenesis ing of Pulmonary Cancer A Review ind PAUL KOTIN ute University of Southern California School of Medicine Los Angeles Calif I.

FILE NAME Kent KNT DATE 1957 Mar DOC KNT153 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Consumer Reports - Nicotine and Tars in Cigarettes CONSUMER reports reportsCONSUMER reports reports MARCH 1957 35 CENTS NICOTINE AND TARS IN LABORATORY TEST REPORT THE CIGARETTE INDUSTRY THE HEALTH HAZARDS POLAROID CAMERAS KNIFE SHARPENERS TIRE GAUGES REAR MIRRORS TWO RECORD CHANGERS EASY SOLDERS TEEN CONSUMERS ROAD TEST REPORTS ON THE HILLMAN MINX THE MERCURY MONTCLAIR The cancer scare ha Have the new filters and new present medical view oj ee CIGARETTES ~ \ \ TAR TESTS FOR NICOTINE AND IN THE SMOKES OF 33 BRANDS CU tested 33 brands of cigarettes for the nicotine and tar content in their smoke The results of these tests when compared with the results of previous tests shed some in- teresting light on the reaction of the tobacco industry to the charges over the past six years that cigarette smoking is a cause of cancer of the lung and of other diseases Have the companies found ways to reduce the nicotine and tar content of the cigarette smoke Have filters and new sizes reduced the hazard A number of interesting facts stand out from a study of the data obtained in this and previous tests K ing cigarettes produce more nicotine and tar in the smoke than the shorter regular cigarettes do if both are smoked to the same butt length As between filters and no filters there's very little to choose so far as nicotine content of the smoke goes While the nicotine content is about the same the average cigarette smoke contains somewhat less tar than unfiltered smoke called low nicotine cigarettes do show low nicotine content as compared with others a third as much on the average as the ordinary brands Unfiltered cigarettes both regular and king are remarkably similar in nicotine and tar levels to their levels of two years ago In contrast the average nicotine and tar levels of filter cigarettes have risen The brand comparison see Table on 101 reveals some facts worthy of special mention page M Among popular regular filter cigarettes Chester- field was lowest in both nicotine and tar levels Among popular king filter cigarettes Tareyton was lowest in nicotine level and about average in tar M 100 MARCH 1957 was lowest in this class in tar level and second only to Tareyton in nicotine "John Alden a cigarette made of tobacco especially bred for low nicotine content had indeed the lowest nicotine level but it was among the highest in tar * Sano made of a denicotinized tobacco was lowest of ali the cigarettes in tar level and higher only than John Alden in nicotine The lowest in both nicotine and tar levels among cigarettes sold with no special claim to low nicotine content was Yorkshire a brand distributed only by Sears- Roebuck retail stores fi Reynolds Tobacco Co. held the dubious but indisputable distinction of supplying more nicotine for the money than any of its competitors Its Winston tastes good like a cigarette should and Cavalier brands edged out its mentholated Salem by an insignificant fraction the fourth Reynolds product Camel exceeded all other regular cigarettes in nicotine level Cavalier was also the tarriest of all cigarettes tested The case history of Kent cigarettes provides a rather illuminating sidelight on the cigarette industry's reaction to the health problem First put on the market in 1952 as P.