Title:

Release of 1982 Report on Health Consequences of Smoking

Creator:

Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013

Date:

22 February 1982

Description:

The media and public response to his report, which concluded that 30 percent of cancer deaths in the United States were attributable to cigarette smoking, demonstrated to Koop the effectiveness of using the media as well as moral suasion in spreading public health messages.

Location:

Box: 103. Folder: 45

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Speeches

Subject:

Morbidity, Mortality, Tobacco Use Disorder, Neoplasms, and Tobacco Smoke Pollution

Format:

Text

Extent:

7 pages

Relation:

Release of 1982 Report on Health Consequences of Smoking [Reminiscence], 2003
The Health Consequences of Smoking: Cancer: A Report of the Surgeon General, 1982

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

QQBBBH

NLM ID:

101584930X6

Profiles Collection:

The C. Everett Koop Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X6

Story Section:

Tobacco, Second-Hand Smoke, and the Campaign for a Smoke-Free America