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The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General
Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US); 2014.
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The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General
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Fifty years have passed since publication of the landmark report of the Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee on smoking and health. This report highlights both the dramatic progress our nation has made reducing tobacco use and the continuing burden of disease and death caused by smoking.
Sections
- Message from Kathleen Sebelius
- Message from Howard Koh
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction, Summary, and Conclusions
- 2. Fifty Years of Change 1964–2014
- 3. Producing the Surgeon General's Report From 1964–2014: Process and Purpose
- 4. Advances in Knowledge of the Health Consequences of Smoking: From 1964–2014
- 5. Nicotine
- 6. Cancer
- 7. Respiratory Diseases
- 8. Cardiovascular Diseases
- 9. Reproductive Outcomes
- 10. Other Specific Outcomes
- 11. General Morbidity and All-Cause Mortality
- 12. Smoking-Attributable Morbidity, Mortality, and Economic Costs
- 13. Patterns of Tobacco Use Among U.S. Youth, Young Adults, and Adults
- 14. Current Status of Tobacco Control
- 15. The Changing Landscape of Tobacco Control–Current Status and Future Directions
- 16. A Vision for Ending the Tobacco Epidemic: Toward a Society Free of Tobacco-caused Death and Disease
- Errata
- List of Abbreviations
- Definitions and Alternative Nomenclature of Genetic Symbols Used in This Report
- Supplemental Evidence Tables
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