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'''''Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States''''' was a landmark report published on January 11, 1964 by the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health, chaired by the then [[Surgeon General of the United States]], Dr. [[Luther Terry|Luther Leonidas Terry]], M.D., regarding the negative health effects of [[tobacco smoking]].<ref>Terry, Luther et al. Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States. U-23 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Public Health Service Publication No. 1103. 1964 May be downloaded from: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/retrieve/ResourceMetadata/NNBBMQ</ref> Although it was not the first such declaration, or the first declaration by an official of the [[United States of America]], it is notable for being arguably the most famous such declaration, and it has certainly had lasting and widespread effects both on the [[tobacco industry]] and on the worldwide perception of smoking. |
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[[File:Smokingandhealthcover.jpg|thumb|Cover]]'''''Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service''''' was a landmark report published on January 11, 1964, by the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health, chaired by [[Luther Terry]], [[Surgeon General of the United States]]. It reported on the negative [[Health effects of tobacco|health effects of tobacco smoking]], finding that it was linked to the occurrence of [[chronic bronchitis]], [[emphysema]], [[heart disease]], and [[lung cancer]].<ref name="full report">{{Cite report |url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/nn/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101584932X202-doc# |title=Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States |last=[[Surgeon General of the United States]] |date=1964 |publisher=[[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Health, Education, and Welfare]] |volume=Public Health Service Publication No. 1103 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728033124/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-SMOKINGANDHEALTH/pdf/GPO-SMOKINGANDHEALTH.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2022}}</ref> The release of the report was one of the top news stories of 1964, leading to policy such as the [[Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act]] of 1965 and the [[Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act]] of 1969. |
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== Background == |
== Background == |
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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.<ref name=" |
The [[health effects of tobacco]] had been debated by users, medical experts, and governments alike since its introduction to European culture.<ref name="full report"/> 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]]. On June 12, 1957, then-Surgeon General [[Leroy Edgar Burney|Leroy Burney]] "declared it the official position of the U.S. Public Health Service that the evidence pointed to a causal relationship between smoking and lung cancer".<ref name="full report" /> A committee of the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Royal College of Physicians]] issued a report on March 7, 1962,<ref name="Smoking and health 50 years on from landmark report (includes 1962 footage)">{{Cite news |last=Hughes |first=Dominic |date=March 6, 2012 |title=Smoking and health 50 years on from landmark report |work=[[BBC]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17264442 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924043335/https://www.bbc.com/news/health-17264442 |archive-date=24 September 2022}}</ref> which "clearly indicted cigarette smoking as a cause of lung cancer and bronchitis" and argued that "it probably contributed to cardiovascular disease as well."<ref name="hhs">{{Cite web |title=Luther Leonidas Terry (1961–1965) |url=http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/about/previous/bioterry.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916014247/http://surgeongeneral.gov/about/previous/bioterry.htm |archive-date=September 16, 2008 |website=[[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Health and Human Services]]}}</ref> After pressure from the [[American Cancer Society]], the [[American Heart Association]], the [[National Tuberculosis Association]], and the [[American Public Health Association]], [[President of the United States|President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] authorized Surgeon General Terry's creation of the Advisory Committee. The committee met from November 1962 to January 1964 and analyzed over 7,000 scientific articles and papers. |
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== Committee members == |
== Committee members == |
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The Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health:<ref |
The Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health:<ref name="full report"/> |
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* Stanhope Bayne-Jones, M.D., LL.D. (Retired). |
* [[Stanhope Bayne-Jones]], M.D., LL.D. (Retired). |
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** Former Dean |
** Former [[Yale_School_of_Medicine#Deans|Dean, Yale School of Medicine]] (1935–40). Former President, Joint Administrative Board, Cornell University. New York Hospital Medical Center (1947–52): Former president, [[Society of American Bacteriologists]] (1929). Former president, American Society of Pathology and Bacteriology (1940). |
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**Field: Nature and Causation of Disease in Human Populations. |
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* Walter J. Burdette, M.D., Ph. D. |
* Walter J. Burdette, M.D., Ph. D. |
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** Head of Department of Surgery |
** Head of Department of Surgery, [[University of Utah School of Medicine]], Salt Lake City. |
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**Fields: Clinical and Experimental Surgery; Genetics. |
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* William G. Cochran, M.A. |
* [[William Gemmell Cochran|William G. Cochran]], M.A. |
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** Professor of Statistics. Harvard University. |
** Professor of Statistics. Harvard University. |
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**Field: Mathematical Statistics with: Special Application to Biological Problems. |
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* Emmanuel Farber, M.D., Ph. D. |
* [[Emmanuel Farber]], M.D., Ph. D. |
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** Chairman. Department of Pathology. University of Pittsburgh. |
** Chairman. Department of Pathology. University of Pittsburgh. |
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**Field: Experimental and Clinical Pathology. |
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* Louis F. Fieser, Ph. D. |
* [[Louis F. Fieser]], Ph. D. |
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** Sheldon Emory. Professor of Organic Chemistry. Harvard University. |
** Sheldon Emory. Professor of Organic Chemistry. Harvard University. |
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**Field: Chemistry of Carcinogenic Hydrocarbons. |
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* Jacob Furth, M.D. |
* Jacob Furth, M.D. |
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** Professor of Pathology. Columbia University. |
** Professor of Pathology. Columbia University. Director of Pathology Laboratories, [[Francis Delafield Hospital]], New York. |
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**Field: Cancer Biology. |
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* John B. Hickam, M.D. |
* John B. Hickam, M.D. |
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** Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine |
** Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis. |
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**Fields: Internal Medicine. Physiology of Cardiopulmonary Disease. |
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* Charles LeMaistre, M.D. |
* [[Charles LeMaistre]], M.D. |
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** Professor of Internal Medicine, |
** Professor of Internal Medicine, [[University of Texas Southwestern Medical School]]. Medical Director, Woodland Hospital, Dallas, Texas. |
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**Fields: Internal Medicine. Pulmonary Diseases, Preventative Medicine. |
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* Leonard M. Schuman, M.D. |
* Leonard M. Schuman, M.D. |
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** Professor of Epidemiology. University of Minnesota School of Public Health |
** Professor of Epidemiology. [[University of Minnesota School of Public Health]], Minneapolis. |
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**Field: Health and its relationship to the Total Environment. |
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* Maurice H. Seevers, M.D., Ph. D. |
* Maurice H. Seevers, M.D., Ph. D. |
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** Chairman |
** Chairman, Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. |
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**Field: Pharmacology of Anesthesia and Habit-Forming Drugs. |
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* Chairman: Luther L. Terry, M.D |
* Chairman: Luther L. Terry, M.D. |
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** Surgeon General of the United States |
** [[Surgeon General of the United States]] |
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== Findings == |
== Findings == |
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In addition, it reported: |
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* a causative link between smoking and a ten- to twenty-fold increase in the occurrence of lung cancer |
* a causative link between smoking and a ten- to twenty-fold increase in the occurrence of lung cancer |
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* a positive correlation between [[Smoking and pregnancy|pregnant women who smoke]] and underweight newborns.<ref name=" |
* a positive correlation between [[Smoking and pregnancy|pregnant women who smoke]] and underweight newborns.<ref name="full report" /> |
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As did the World Health Organization during this period, but possibly influenced by the fact that they were all smokers themselves,<ref name="whyquit">{{ |
As did the [[World Health Organization]] during this period, but possibly influenced by the fact that they were all smokers themselves,<ref name="whyquit">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rO3VHcAGiQ |title=The Surgeon General says ... |date=27 December 2010 |last=Spitzer |first=Joel |publisher=WhyQuit.com |author-link=Joel Spitzer |via=[[YouTube]]}} Additional [https://whyquit.com/videos/addiction2_bb64Kbps.mp3 audio only link here]</ref> the Committee defined cigarette smoking as a "[[habituation]]" rather than an overpowering "[[addiction]]".<ref name="whyquit" /> Committee members agreed that for most Americans, the smoking habit was often strong but still possible to break. |
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In the years that followed the Surgeon General's report, millions of Americans successfully chose to quit smoking, with two-thirds to three-quarters of ex-smokers quitting unaided by [[smoking cessation|nicotine replacement methods]]. In addition, the "[[cold turkey]]" (or sudden-and-rapid-cessation) method has been found to be the most successful in terms of stopping smoking over long periods of time.<ref name="unassisted">{{Cite journal |last1=Chapman |first1=Simon |last2=MacKenzie |first2=Ross |date=February 9, 2010 |title=The Global Research Neglect of Unassisted Smoking Cessation: Causes and Consequences |journal=[[PLOS Medicine]] |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=e1000216 |doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000216 |pmc=2817714 |pmid=20161722 |doi-access=free }}</ref> However, in a controversial move in 1989, a later Surgeon General, Dr. [[C. Everett Koop]], M.D., shifted course and redefined cigarette smoking as "an addiction" rather than a habit.<ref name="sullum">{{Cite book |last=Sullum |first=Jacob |url=https://archive.org/details/foryourowngoodan00sull/page/234 |title=For Your Own Good : The Anti-Smoking Crusade and the Tyranny of Public Health |date=1998 |publisher=[[Free Press (publisher)|Free Press]] |isbn=9780684827360 |edition=1st |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/foryourowngoodan00sull/page/234 234–235] |oclc=38206893 |author-link=Jacob Sullum |url-access=registration}}</ref> |
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⚫ | The report's publication had wide effects across the United States. It was deliberately published on a Saturday to minimize the negative effect on the American stock markets, while maximizing the coverage in Sunday newspapers.<ref name="full report" /> The release of the report was one of the top news stories of 1964. It led to policy and public opinion changes such as the [[Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act]] of 1965 and the [[Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act]] of 1969, which mandated warning labels on cigarettes and instituted a ban on the broadcasting of cigarette advertisements on radio and/or television.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health |url=https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/history/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928142902/https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/history/index.htm |archive-date=28 September 2022 |access-date=11 July 2019 |publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] |language=en-us}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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== References == |
== References == |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-SMOKINGANDHEALTH/pdf/GPO-SMOKINGANDHEALTH.pdf Full text of the report] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220728033124/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-SMOKINGANDHEALTH/pdf/GPO-SMOKINGANDHEALTH.pdf Archived] |
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* [https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/NN/B/B/M/Q/_/nnbbmq.pdf Full text of the report] |
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Latest revision as of 22:57, 13 August 2024
Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service was a landmark report published on January 11, 1964, by the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health, chaired by Luther Terry, Surgeon General of the United States. It reported on the negative health effects of tobacco smoking, finding that it was linked to the occurrence of chronic bronchitis, emphysema, heart disease, and lung cancer.[1] The release of the report was one of the top news stories of 1964, leading to policy such as the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965 and the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969.
Background
[edit]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. On June 12, 1957, then-Surgeon General Leroy Burney "declared it the official position of the U.S. Public Health Service that the evidence pointed to a causal relationship between smoking and lung cancer".[1] A committee of the United Kingdom's Royal College of Physicians issued a report on March 7, 1962,[2] which "clearly indicted cigarette smoking as a cause of lung cancer and bronchitis" and argued that "it probably contributed to cardiovascular disease as well."[3] After pressure from the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the National Tuberculosis Association, and the American Public Health Association, President John F. Kennedy authorized Surgeon General Terry's creation of the Advisory Committee. The committee met from November 1962 to January 1964 and analyzed over 7,000 scientific articles and papers.
Committee members
[edit]The Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health:[1]
- Stanhope Bayne-Jones, M.D., LL.D. (Retired).
- Former Dean, Yale School of Medicine (1935–40). Former President, Joint Administrative Board, Cornell University. New York Hospital Medical Center (1947–52): Former president, Society of American Bacteriologists (1929). Former president, American Society of Pathology and Bacteriology (1940).
- Field: Nature and Causation of Disease in Human Populations.
- Walter J. Burdette, M.D., Ph. D.
- Head of Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
- Fields: Clinical and Experimental Surgery; Genetics.
- William G. Cochran, M.A.
- Professor of Statistics. Harvard University.
- Field: Mathematical Statistics with: Special Application to Biological Problems.
- Emmanuel Farber, M.D., Ph. D.
- Chairman. Department of Pathology. University of Pittsburgh.
- Field: Experimental and Clinical Pathology.
- Louis F. Fieser, Ph. D.
- Sheldon Emory. Professor of Organic Chemistry. Harvard University.
- Field: Chemistry of Carcinogenic Hydrocarbons.
- Jacob Furth, M.D.
- Professor of Pathology. Columbia University. Director of Pathology Laboratories, Francis Delafield Hospital, New York.
- Field: Cancer Biology.
- John B. Hickam, M.D.
- Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis.
- Fields: Internal Medicine. Physiology of Cardiopulmonary Disease.
- Charles LeMaistre, M.D.
- Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Medical Director, Woodland Hospital, Dallas, Texas.
- Fields: Internal Medicine. Pulmonary Diseases, Preventative Medicine.
- Leonard M. Schuman, M.D.
- Professor of Epidemiology. University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis.
- Field: Health and its relationship to the Total Environment.
- Maurice H. Seevers, M.D., Ph. D.
- Chairman, Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
- Field: Pharmacology of Anesthesia and Habit-Forming Drugs.
- Chairman: Luther L. Terry, M.D.
Findings
[edit]The report's conclusions were almost entirely focused on the negative health effects of cigarette smoking. It found:
- cigarette smokers had a seventy percent increase in age-corrected mortality rate
- cigarette smoke was the primary cause of chronic bronchitis
- a correlation between smoking, emphysema, and heart disease.
In addition, it reported:
- a causative link between smoking and a ten- to twenty-fold increase in the occurrence of lung cancer
- a positive correlation between pregnant women who smoke and underweight newborns.[1]
As did the World Health Organization during this period, but possibly influenced by the fact that they were all smokers themselves,[4] the Committee defined cigarette smoking as a "habituation" rather than an overpowering "addiction".[4] Committee members agreed that for most Americans, the smoking habit was often strong but still possible to break.
In the years that followed the Surgeon General's report, millions of Americans successfully chose to quit smoking, with two-thirds to three-quarters of ex-smokers quitting unaided by nicotine replacement methods. In addition, the "cold turkey" (or sudden-and-rapid-cessation) method has been found to be the most successful in terms of stopping smoking over long periods of time.[5] However, in a controversial move in 1989, a later Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Koop, M.D., shifted course and redefined cigarette smoking as "an addiction" rather than a habit.[6]
Effects
[edit]The report's publication had wide effects across the United States. It was deliberately published on a Saturday to minimize the negative effect on the American stock markets, while maximizing the coverage in Sunday newspapers.[1] The release of the report was one of the top news stories of 1964. It led to policy and public opinion changes such as the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965 and the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969, which mandated warning labels on cigarettes and instituted a ban on the broadcasting of cigarette advertisements on radio and/or television.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Surgeon General of the United States (1964). Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States (PDF) (Report). Vol. Public Health Service Publication No. 1103. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Archived from the original on July 28, 2022.
- ^ Hughes, Dominic (March 6, 2012). "Smoking and health 50 years on from landmark report". BBC. Archived from the original on September 24, 2022.
- ^ "Luther Leonidas Terry (1961–1965)". Department of Health and Human Services. Archived from the original on September 16, 2008.
- ^ a b Spitzer, Joel (December 27, 2010). The Surgeon General says ... WhyQuit.com – via YouTube. Additional audio only link here
- ^ Chapman, Simon; MacKenzie, Ross (February 9, 2010). "The Global Research Neglect of Unassisted Smoking Cessation: Causes and Consequences". PLOS Medicine. 7 (2): e1000216. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000216. PMC 2817714. PMID 20161722.
- ^ Sullum, Jacob (1998). For Your Own Good : The Anti-Smoking Crusade and the Tyranny of Public Health (1st ed.). New York: Free Press. pp. 234–235. ISBN 9780684827360. OCLC 38206893.
- ^ "History of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2019.