Event
Surgeon General’s report on smoking, 1964
The report of the Surgeon General’s advisory committee, released on 11 January 1964, that judged cigarette smoking a cause of lung cancer in men.
- Dates
- 11 Jan 1964
- Place
- Washington, D.C.
Connections 2
involved
- Tobacco Institute its executive committee met the next day to discuss it Primary record 1
- Philip Morris USA an executive wrote a memo on how to answer it Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 11 Jan 1964 Surgeon General’s report on smoking, 1964
Proof 1 source
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United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc., 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2006), Final Opinion (Judge Gladys Kessler), U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (text via govinfo.gov), 17 Aug 2006.
Primary record
the Tobacco Institute Executive Committee met on January 12, 1964, to discuss the implications of the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health.
described how, in response to the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report, “we must in the near future provide some answers which will give smokers a psychological crutch and a self-rationale to continue smoking.”
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