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50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health - Media Statement

January 13, 2014

Fifty years ago today was a tipping point in recognizing and reversing the deadly epidemic caused by smoking. The first Surgeon General's report on smoking and health, released on January 11, 1964, made clear that smoking causes cancer.

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