The Tobacco Reference Guide by David Moyer

The Tobacco Reference Guide

by David Moyer, MD.

Chapter 7 Lung cancer

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Drs. Alton Ochsner and Michael DeBakey in 1939 first reported the association of

smoking and lung cancer.

Surgery Gynecology Obstetrics 68:435, 1939

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A landmark article from the Journal of American Medical Association appeared on

May 27, 1950: "Tobacco smoking as a possible etiologic factor in bronchogenic

carcinoma" by E. L. Wynder and Evarts Graham. The same Journal of the American

Medical Association issue featured a full page color ad for Chesterfields with the

actress Gene Tierney and golfer Ben Hogan; the journal accepted tobacco ads until

1953. Another early article by Drs. Ochsner and DeBakey on lung cancer appeared in

the March 1, 1952 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association, p. 691.

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If lung cancer deaths are excluded, total cancer mortality actually fell 13 percent from

1950 to 1982. Inclusion of lung cancer, however, results in an overall 8 percent

increase in cancer deaths during this period.

Executive Health Report, July 1990

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The amount of radiation as polonium-210 that a pack a day smoker absorbs into the

lungs each year is equivalent to the radiation in 250 to 300 chest x-rays a year. This

adds up to 80 REMS per decade, and is thought to be one of the main causes of lung

and other smoking-induced cancers.

Dean Edell, MD, ABC radio, September 14, 1993

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Lung cancer accounts for 22% of female cancer deaths, compared with 18% for

breast cancer.

American Journal of Public Health, September 1993, p. 1203

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