§ 66 and 67. Mr. Leatherasked the Minister of Health, as representing the Lord President of the Council (1) why the Medical Research Council suppressed certain statistics which showed that smokers in their sample test who inhaled appeared less liable to lung cancer than those who did not;
(2) if he will instruct the Medical Research Council to consider the findings of Sir Ronald Fisher in relation to smoking and lung cancer, and report thereon.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithThe Medical Research Council has suppressed no statistics on the question of smoking and lung cancer. The Council is familiar with Sir Ronald Fisher's views on the relationship between smoking and lung cancer but these have not led it to modify the opinions expressed in its statement on the subject issued in June, 1957, or the conclusion that cigarette smokers—whether or not they inhale—are very much more likely to die of lung cancer than those who do not smoke.