Predictions About The Future That Failed
Tuesday, Aug 18, 2020, 1:27 pm
#4 Cigarette Smoking Doesn't Play A Major Role In Lung Cancer
When some one from the National Cancer Institute speaks, people usually listen, and believe, so when in 1954, W.C. Heuper said, "if excessive smoking actually plays a role in the production of lung cancer, it seems to be a minor one," people believed it. Unfortunately, ten years later the United States Surgeon General began speaking to the contrary, and it was confirmed in the 1980's that long term exposure to tobacco does cause cancer.
