First Cancer Link

(exact month and day unknown) German scientist and Nazi party member Franz H. Müller publishes the first evidence of the link between tobacco and lung cancer in the leading German cancer journal, Zeitschrift für Krebsforschung. Somewhat ironically, the Nazis were among the first to wage a public campaign against tobacco use, as they believed its carcinogenic properties watered down the purity of the Aryan race.³