Global cancer deaths among men projected to increase by 93% by 2050
On Aug. 15, 2024, a study published in the journal Cancer projected an alarming increase in cancer cases and deaths…
On Aug. 15, 2024, a study published in the journal Cancer projected an alarming increase in cancer cases and deaths…
On Jul. 2, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended a comprehensive set of tobacco cessation interventions, including…
“Say I Don’t Smoke, You’ll be in Good Company” was published by the Irish Cancer Society (ca. 1987).
“Break the Habit!,” A quit smoking poster published by the New York State Department of Health, 1989.
On Jan. 9, 2024, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (HHMI) reported that despite a gradual decline…
On Oct. 26, 2022, the National Institutes of Health announced that overall cancer death rates continued to decline…
On Sept. 6, 2021, a genomic analysis of lung cancer in people with no history of smoking has…
On Jun. 10, 2020, African Americans who smoke are nearly 2.5 times more likely to have a stroke…
On Nov. 9, 2918, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported an estimated 47.4 million…
In 2006, an estimated 20.8% (45.3 million) of U.S. adults were current cigarette smokers; of these, 80.1% (36.3…
In 2005, the Georgia Legislature passed the Smoke Free Air Act, banning indoor smoking in publicly accessible buildings,…
On Sept. 18, 2002, the National Cancer Institute launched the National Lung Screening Trial to compare two ways…
In 2002, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) launched the landmark National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) to determine whether…
On Mar. 21, 2000, the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 along ideological lines, that the FDA does…
In 1998, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that an estimated 47.2 million adults (24.1%),…
In 1995, the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT), funded by the Nationa Cancer Institute, was designed…
In 1995, the FDA declared cigarettes to be “drug delivery devices.” Restrictions were proposed on marketing and sales…
On Feb. 25, 1994, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it could consider regulating regulating tobacco…
In 1986, the Office on Smoking and Health became part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
On May 23, 1984, U.S. Surgeon General reported that there was “very solid” evidence linking cigarette smoke to…
On Jan. 21, 1982, C. Everett Koop was appointed U.S. Surgeon General by President Ronald Reagan. In 1984,…
In 1976, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) became the home for the National Clearinghouse…
Cesser de Fumer: Profite a la Sante, published by the World Health Organization, (ca. 1975).
On May, 24, 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that nearly 12 of every 100…
On Feb. 27, 1970, in Upjohn v. Finch the Court of Appeals upheld enforcement of the 1962 drug…
On Jan. 11, 1964 U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry released the first government report that concluded smoking may…
In 1962, the Royal College of Physicians issued a report on smoking and health.
On Mar. 2, 1961, President Kennedy swore in Luther Leonidas Terry as U.S. Surgeon General. The landmark Surgeon…
In 1950, Ernst Wynder, Evarts Graham, and Sir Richard Doll confirmed the cigarette smoking-cancer link. In 1950, Wynder…
In 1950, Washington University physician Evarts A. Graham, MD, and medical student Ernst Wynder published a landmark study…