Article Excerpt: Imagine a world in which more than half of all adults smoked. Worse, imagine a world in which you were constantly forced to breathe in the proven-deadly chemicals released by tobacco products.
This world was a reality in 1964 before then-U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry’s groundbreaking report on smoking and health. The findings led to one of our nation’s greatest-ever public health advancements, including cutting smoking rates by more than half and preventing 8 million premature deaths.
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Article Source: Public Health Newswire