Luther L. Terry

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Surgeon General of the United States human physician public health official public health report

Luther L. Terry was an American physician and U.S. Surgeon General best known for issuing the landmark 1964 report that publicly linked cigarette smoking to serious health risks and transformed public health policy on tobacco.

Aliases (1)

1964 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health ×5

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Surgeon General of the United States → human → physician → public health official → public health report →
appointedBy	John F. Kennedy →
author	Luther L. Terry →
awardReceived	Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award →
causeOfDeath	heart failure →
citizenship	American →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1911-09-15 →
dateOfDeath	1985-03-29 →
educatedAt	University of Tennessee → Vanderbilt University School of Medicine →
employer	United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare → United States Public Health Service →
endTime	1965 (as Surgeon General of the United States) →
familyName	Terry →
fieldOfWork	medicine → public health → tobacco control →
genre	government health report →
givenName	Luther →
hasInfluenced	U.S. tobacco regulation → global tobacco control policy →
knownFor	influencing U.S. public health policy on tobacco → linking cigarette smoking to serious health risks in an official U.S. government report →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mainSubject	cigarette smoking → health risks of tobacco use →
memberOf	United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps →
militaryRank	Vice Admiral →
notableWork	1964 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health →
occupation	physician → public health administrator →
placeOfBirth	Red Level, Alabama, United States →
placeOfDeath	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
positionHeld	Chief Medical Officer of the U.S. Public Health Service → Surgeon General of the United States →
publicationDate	1964-01-11 →
sexOrGender	male →
significantEvent	release of the 1964 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health →
startTime	1961 (as Surgeon General of the United States) →
workLocation	Washington, D.C., United States →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1964 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health →	author
Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health →	chairpersonOfAdvisoryCommittee