19 Jan
In 1952, epidemiologists at the American Cancer Society (ACS) launched the Hammond-Horn Study, a large, long-term follow-up study designed to examine the association of cigarette smoking with death rates from cancer and other diseases. For that study, 22000 volunteers recruited a cohort of 188000 men who provided detailed information on their smoking habits. These men were followed for mortality through 1955. This study helped to establish cigarette smoking as a cause of death from lung cancer and coronary heart disease. The commitment of the study participants and the volunteers who recruited them has been vital to the success of these studies. ACS follow-up studies have played a major role in cancer prevention at the American Cancer Society, as well as in other national and international efforts. More than 300 scientific articles by ACS epidemiologists have been published from these studies and findings have significantly contributed to tobacco-related research, and to the understanding of obesity, diet, physical activity, hormone use, air pollution, and various other exposures in relation to cancer and other diseases. For more about the Hammond-Horn Study, go to www. cancer. org . For more about Dr. Hammond, read Classics in Oncology: E. Cuyler Hammond,ScD (1912-1986) by Lawrence Garfinkel, MA available at: onlinelibrary. wiley. com . This was clipped from the 1975 film, The Answers We Seek, a Tobacco Institute sponsored documentary (propaganda) meant to cast doubt on the . . .
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