The Nation - News from Aug. 8, 1986

Lung cancer among white men in the United States is declining and may have passed an all-time high, a report published by the national Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta said. In the report, researchers with the National Cancer Institute said the incidence of the disease in white males had been rising about 10% a year and peaked in 1981, then fell 4% in 1982-83, the latest year for which figures were available. Dr. Marcia Will of the Institute said the 1981 high was 82.8 cases per 100,000 white males, and with the decline in smoking, that rate may never again be reached.