Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health

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government document public health report

The Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health is a landmark U.S. public health document that conclusively linked cigarette smoking to serious diseases and helped transform national attitudes and policies toward tobacco use.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States	2
1964 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health	1
1964 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health	1
Surgeon General's 1964 report on smoking and health	1
The Koop Report on Smoking	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government document ⓘ public health report ⓘ
aimedTo	inform policymakers about health risks of smoking ⓘ inform the general public about health risks of smoking ⓘ
basedOn	clinical studies ⓘ epidemiological studies ⓘ experimental studies ⓘ
chairpersonOfAdvisoryCommittee	Luther L. Terry ⓘ
commissionedBy	U.S. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry ⓘ
concluded	cigarette smoking is a cause of chronic bronchitis ⓘ cigarette smoking is a cause of lung cancer in men ⓘ cigarette smoking is a probable cause of lung cancer in women ⓘ cigarette smoking is associated with coronary heart disease ⓘ cigarette smoking is associated with emphysema ⓘ cigarette smoking is associated with increased overall mortality ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distribution	nationwide in the United States ⓘ
focusesOn	cigarette smoking ⓘ health effects of smoking ⓘ
followedBy	subsequent Surgeon General’s reports on smoking and health ⓘ
impact	catalyzed modern tobacco control movement in the United States ⓘ influenced tobacco control policies worldwide ⓘ shifted public perception of smoking from personal habit to major health risk ⓘ
influenced	restrictions on cigarette advertising ⓘ smoke-free policies in public places ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
ledTo	1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act ⓘ 1969 Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act ⓘ federal legislation requiring health warnings on cigarette packages in the United States ⓘ
numberOfCommitteeMembers	10 ⓘ
partOf	GovInfo.gov ⓘ surface form: United States federal government publications
preparedBy	Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ
publicationDate	1964-01-11 ⓘ
publishedBy	Office of the Surgeon General ⓘ surface form: Office of the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. Public Health Service
publisherType	federal government ⓘ
recognizedAs	landmark U.S. public health document ⓘ turning point in U.S. tobacco control policy ⓘ
shortName	Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health
stated	cigarette smoking is a health hazard of sufficient importance to warrant appropriate remedial action ⓘ
subject	chronic disease ⓘ epidemiology ⓘ public health ⓘ tobacco smoking ⓘ
timePeriodAddressed	mid-20th century smoking patterns in the United States ⓘ
title	Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States
year	1964 ⓘ

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C. Everett Koop → knownFor → Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health ⓘ

C. Everett Koop → notableWork → Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Koop Report on Smoking

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

subject surface form: Luther L. Terry

this entity surface form: Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States

Luther L. Terry → notableWork → Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1964 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health

1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act → relatedTo → Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health ⓘ

this entity surface form: Surgeon General's 1964 report on smoking and health

Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health → shortName → Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health

Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health → title → Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States