Smokers cause their own cancer

This article is part of the Tobacco portal on Sourcewatch funded from 2006 - 2009 by the American Legacy Foundation.

Research by the Tobacco Research Council

This British American Tobacco Company document explores several working hypotheses that were under consideration by the Tobacco Research Council of the United Kingdom (TRC), an industry group that charged itself with discovering "what really causes cancer." One of the hypotheses under consideration by the industry was that the smoker causes their own cancer due to his/her genetic makeup. The document states,

...Although heavy cigarette smoking is undoubtedly found more often in those who develop coronary heart disease than in those who don't, this does not necessarily mean that smoking contributes to the disease. One of the most eminent research workers in the field of nicotine and cardiovascular disease, Dr. Richard Bing of Detroit, has said, "I think that it is all right for a healthy man to smoke as far as the heart is concerned because, just like bicycling, it increases coronary flow -- and it is a lot easier because one can do it lying down."

Title: Research by the Tobacco Research Council
Author: unknown
Document date:00000000 (undated)
Page count:13
Bates number:100467534/7546
URL: http://bat.library.ucsf.edu/tid/rzu34a99