▁books , ▁most ▁of ▁which ▁concerned ▁household ▁projects . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁biggest ▁projects ▁was ▁a ▁prize - win ning ▁home ▁in ▁Car mel - by - the - Se a , ▁California , ▁where ▁he ▁lived ▁until ▁his ▁death . ▁ ▁Social ▁role ▁Stan ford ▁historian ▁Robert ▁N . ▁Pro ctor ▁wrote ▁that ▁H uff ▁" was ▁paid ▁to ▁test ify ▁before ▁Congress ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁then ▁again ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁with ▁the ▁assigned ▁task ▁of ▁rid icul ing ▁any ▁notion ▁of ▁a ▁cig aret te - d ise ase ▁link . ▁On ▁March ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁H uff ▁test ified ▁at ▁hear ings ▁on ▁cig aret te ▁label ing ▁and ▁advert ising , ▁acc using ▁the ▁recent ▁Sur geon ▁General ' s ▁report ▁of ▁my ri ad ▁fail ures ▁and ▁' f alla cies ' ." ▁ ▁H uff ▁is ▁cred ited ▁with ▁introdu cing ▁statistics ▁to ▁a ▁generation ▁of ▁college ▁and ▁high - school ▁students ▁on ▁a ▁level ▁that ▁was ▁meaning ful , ▁available , ▁and ▁practical , ▁while ▁still ▁man aging ▁to ▁teach ▁complex ▁mathematical ▁concepts . ▁His ▁most ▁famous ▁text , ▁How ▁to ▁Lie ▁with ▁Statistics , ▁is ▁still ▁being ▁translated ▁into ▁new ▁languages . ▁His ▁books ▁have ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁over ▁ 2 2 ▁languages , ▁and ▁continue ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁class rooms ▁the ▁world ▁over . ▁ ▁H uff ▁was ▁later ▁fund ed ▁by ▁the ▁to