['aq-', '"On', 'a', 'negative', 'note,', 'the', 'circumstances', 'surrounding', 'distri-', 'bution', 'to', 'news', 'media', 'of', 'the', 'Surgeon', "General's", 'report', 'were', 'most', 'peculiar', 'and', 'without', 'precedent.', 'It', 'was', 'given', 'out', 'to', 'selected', 'reporters', 'prior', 'to', 'its', 'approval', 'in', 'the', 'Department', 'of', 'Health,', 'Education', 'and', 'Wel-', 'fare,', 'evidently', 'in', 'the', 'interests', 'of', 'maximizing', 'news', 'coverage.', 'Having', 'learned', 'of', 'this,', 'our', 'effort', 'to', 'obtain', 'a', 'copy', 'fromthe', 'Clearinghouse', 'for', 'Smoking', 'and', 'Health,', 'which', 'made', 'the', 'distribution,', 'was', 'unsuccessful.', '"We', 'are', 'grateful', 'to', 'newsmen', 'who', 'sought', 'our', 'views', 'on', 'the', 'report,', 'and', 'afforded', 'us', 'an', 'opportunity', 'to', 'read', 'it', 'initially.', 'We', 'will', 'certainly', 'continue', 'to', 'make', 'a', 'close', 'review', 'of', 'the', 'document', 'after', 'its', 'official', 'publication."', 'berZ009T0~']