The surgeon general's 'smoking and health': a continuing challenge.

Q&A: Howard Koh on smoking cessation and policy.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Surgeon General's first report on smoking and health, and to promote this year's report, Howard Koh, MD, MPH, assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, spoke about the importance of and the continuing need for tobacco-control efforts.

The 2004 United States Surgeon General's Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking.

The Surgeon General of the United States, Richard Carmona, recently launched the 28th Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health: The Health Consequences of Smoking.1 The first Surgeon General’s Report was published in 1964. These reports have been instrumental in providing evidencebased information regarding all aspects of tobacco-related harm to the global tobacco control community. Previ...

Blowing smoke: the lost legacy of the 1964 Surgeon General's report on smoking and health.

The Surgeon General's 1989 Report on Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking: 25 Years of Progress.

Pending legislation and tobacco industry deception.

In 1964, the first Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health, establishing the link between cigarette smoking and several debilitating or deadly diseases, caused instant worldwide reaction. The report revealed that cigarette smoking is a direct cause of lung cancer and laryngeal cancer and the most important cause of chronic bronchitis. Over the years, the surgeon general has issued numero...