LUNG CANCER REPORT

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30026, 10 January 1963, Page 10

LUNG CANCER REPORT

“Little Effect On Smoking”

"The Press* Special Service AUCKLAND, Jan. 9.

Report* linking cigarette amoking with cancer bad bad very little effect on tbe demand for cigarettes throughout the world, said Sir Duncan Oppenheim, chairman of the British-American Tobacco Company. Sir Duncan Oppenheim’s firm la an export associate of the Imperial Tobacco Company, tbe third largest company in Britain, with net assets exceeding £225 million. "Seles of cigarettes took quite a knock in Britain after the Royal College of Physicians report last year,** be said. "But they have recovered since then. “In moat places around the world where we have interests. however, the anticigarette report bad very little effect on sales.” The tobacco industry in Britain and America was spending considerable sums on medical rate arch on tbe effects of smoking, said Sir Duncan Oppenheim. A new biological research station bad recently been opened by tbe industry at Harrogate. There had been no marked <t>enge to pipe or cigar smoking after the cancerlinking report. “Moot manufacturer* have concentrated on filter cigarettes, but this was a change that ww going on in the industry.** he said. "It was prattobiy eo.derated by toe report.”

Royal OuaK Mart week Nfi men who will form toe Royal Guard of Honour at Harewood when Queen Elizabeth leaves New Zealand in February will begin practicing at toe Royal New Zealand Air Force station. Wigram. It ttexpeetedtoat tha drills will be held three times a week. The Queen’s Colour party ta atao to frill wito the guard.