DISSEMINATING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CAUSES, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS, EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY DISEASES AND RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND THE CAUSES, EFFECTS AND MITIGATION OF AIR POLLUTION, ENCOURAGING THE PREVENTION AND SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT THEREOF, FOSTERING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES THEREOF, COOPERATING WITH MEDICAL SOCIETIES AND WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN SUCH MEDICAL AND RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS, PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL STUDY AND CONTROL OF RESPIRATORY AND OTHER DISEASES