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The health effects of tobacco had been debated by users, medical experts, and governments alike since its introduction to European culture. [1] Hard evidence for the ill effects of smoking became apparent with the results of several long-term studies conducted in the early to middle twentieth century, such as the epidemiology studies of Richard Doll and pathology studies of Oscar Auerbach.
Surgeon General's Warning; Live Press Conference; January 1964 First Report on Smoking. Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc., 505 U.S. 504 (1992), was a United States Supreme Court case. In a split opinion, the Court held that the Surgeon General's warning did not preclude lawsuits by smokers against tobacco companies on the basis of several claims.
That happened dramatically in January 1964, when the major report Smoking and Health was published by the United States Surgeon General, concluding: "Cigarette smoking is a health hazard of sufficient importance in the United States to warrant appropriate remedial action"; [16] the study by Ferris and Anderson was among those it cited. [17]
Murthy's advisory harks back to early U.S. Surgeon General action on tobacco, starting with a 1964 report that concluded smoking could cause cancer. The report kicked off decades of increasingly ...
In 1964, Surgeon General Luther Terry issued a report on smoking and health saying that tobacco causes lung cancer and is a main contributor to bronchitis. Members of the Federal Trade Commission read the report the day it was released and quickly proposed a mandatory cigarette label that warned, "CAUTION: cigarette smoking is dangerous to your ...
The U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued a detailed report saying that cigarette smoking was a health hazard on January 11, 1964. In June 1964, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced several new requirements of the tobacco industry. Beginning on January 1, 1965, the tobacco industry would have to put health warning labels on their ...
While cigarette smoking has declined more than 70% in the U.S. since 1965, a new advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy highlights ongoing health disparities in tobacco use. The ...
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Monday called on Congress to require a tobacco-style warning for visitors to social media platforms. In an op-ed published in The New York Times, Murthy said ...