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In a landmark report (cover pictured), U.S. surgeon general Luther Terry issued a warning that tobacco smoking may be hazardous to health, concluding that it has a causative role in lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, and other illnesses.
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1964 US government report on the health effects of smoking
Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service is a landmark report on the negative health effects of tobacco smoking, published on January 11, 1964, by the U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Luther Terry
Surgeon General of the United States
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Tobacco smoking
Practice of burning tobacco and breathing the resulting smoke
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Lung cancer
Malignant tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in lung tissue
Lung cancer, also called lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in the airways, often caused by cigarette smoking or inhaling damaging chemicals. Damaged airway cells gain the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bronchitis
Inflammation of the large airways in the lungs
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