In 1950, Ernst Wynder, Evarts Graham, and Sir Richard Doll confirmed the cigarette smoking-cancer link. In 1950, Wynder and Graham published ﾓTobacco smoking as a possible etiologic factor in bronchiogenic carcinoma.ﾔ The emergence of smoking as a priority issue on the American public health agenda can be largely attributed to Wynderﾒs research and publicity efforts.