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Cigarettes and Cancer

Nearly 60 years since the link between smoking and cancer. Plus, JFK visits his ancestral home of Ireland, pacifist Britten's War Requiem and the birth of the ultrasound scanner.

It is nearly 60 years since the groundbreaking research linking smoking and cancer. Plus, JFK visits his ancestral home of Ireland, pacifist Britten's War Requiem and the birth of the ultrasound scanner.

(Image: Black and white photo of two men and a woman smoking. Credit: Hulton Archives/Getty Images)

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Sat 29 Jun 201321:06GMT
BBC World Service Online

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  • Sat 29 Jun 201312:06GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Sat 29 Jun 201321:06GMT
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