U.S. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry

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U.S. Surgeon General human physician public health official

U.S. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry was the American physician and public health official who, as Surgeon General in the early 1960s, led the landmark federal effort that publicly linked cigarette smoking to serious health risks and helped transform tobacco control policy in the United States.

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Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Surgeon General → human → physician → public health official →
appointedBy	John F. Kennedy →
awardReceived	Lasker Award for Public Service → surface form: "Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award" Sedgwick Memorial Medal →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	15 September 1911 →
dateOfDeath	17 March 1985 →
educatedAt	Birmingham-Southern College → Tulane University → surface form: "Tulane University School of Medicine"
employer	Public Health Service → surface form: "U.S. Public Health Service" Vanderbilt University → surface form: "Vanderbilt University School of Medicine"
endTime	1965 (as U.S. Surgeon General) →
familyName	Terrence → surface form: "Terry"
fieldOfWork	cardiology → public health → tobacco control →
givenName	Luther →
hasOccupation	academic → government official → physician →
influenced	development of cigarette warning labels in the United States → restrictions on tobacco advertising in the United States →
knownFor	influencing U.S. tobacco control policy in the 1960s → leading the first U.S. Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health → publicly linking cigarette smoking to lung cancer and other serious diseases →
mannerOfDeath	natural causes →
memberOf	American Heart Association → American Medical Association →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableWork	Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health → surface form: "Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States"
placeOfBirth	Red Level, Alabama, United States →
placeOfDeath	Philadelphia → surface form: "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States"
positionHeld	Chief of the U.S. Public Health Service → Surgeon General of the United States →
publicationDate	11 January 1964 (Smoking and Health report) →
religion	Methodism →
residence	Nashville → surface form: "Nashville, Tennessee" Washington, D.C. →
sexOrGender	male →
significantEvent	press conference releasing the 1964 Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health →
startTime	1961 (as U.S. Surgeon General) →
workLocation	Nashville → surface form: "Nashville, Tennessee" Washington, D.C. →

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Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health → commissionedBy → U.S. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry →