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Fifty Years After Black Saturday Smoking Fight Continues
NEA report details the 1964 Surgeon General warning on smoking as a health hazard, the mood of despondency and hope in the tobacco industry, and shifting public policy. It cites declines in cigarette use, shifting psychosocial views, and FTC postponement affecting health warning requirements. The piece notes PHS efforts, funding setbacks, interagency councils, and ongoing research into safer cigarettes and educational campaigns.
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Tom Nolan
Enterprise Assn. Washington
NEA
Luther L. Terry
United States
Public Health Service
PHS
U. S. Agriculture Department
Surgeon General
House of Representatives Appropriations Committee
Maurine Neuberger
D-Ore
American Medical Assn
American Cancer Society
American Heart Assn
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Oten Harris
D-Ark
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Harris