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...only way to relieve the danger of lung cancer from cigarette smoking is to remove the polonium, Radford said last night. He suggested that the tobacco companies would find it "economically feasible to treat tobacco leaves chemically" to remove the polonium...
...Edward P. Radford, associate professor of Physiology, and Mrs. Vilma Rose Hunt '58, research associate in Physiology, released late yesterday a preliminary report which names polonium 210 as the element in cigarette smoke which produces cancer. This conclusion is based on studies they have been conducting since last August...
There is reason to believe, Radford said, that the polonium content of pipe and cigar tobacco is about the same as in cigarettes, but that the cancer rate is lower for pipe and cigar smokers since they do not inhale as much. However, he added that cancer of the mouth and esophagus is about as frequent in all smokers...
...researchers findings to date are reproduced in full in this month's issue of Science magazine. Radford and Mrs. Hunt plan to continue their studies of all radioactive elements in tobacco and of the other effects of polonium on the tissue of smokers...
...smoker himself, Radford last night labelled smoking as "a messy, expensive habit," which is also extremely dangerous. "While I have no plans to become a crusader against smoking," he said, "I strongly urge everyone to stop at once...