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...full-blown cancer. The tar from the wax contained all the cancer agents now known to exist in small amounts in cigarette tar, but Dr. Wynder doubts that these substances are the only cause of the lung-cancer increase, suspects there are others in the tar. One tentative conclusion: dewax the tobacco to make it less harmful. Dr. Wynder did not say what cigarettes would taste like if made from dewaxed tobacco. (He has tried them, but being a nonsmoker, he is a poor judge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Making Cigarettes Safe? | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

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