Report

By: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Date: 1964

Source: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1964, 7, 8, 25, 26–27, 28–30, 31.

About the Organization: Congress created the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1953 upon the recommendation of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (served 1953–1961). The department consolidated several medical and health agencies under one umbrella. Among its agencies was the Public Health Service, which examined the link between smoking and illness.

Introduction

The smoking of tobacco and its relation to health has a curious history. Virginia planters exported tobacco to England and continental Europe beginning in 1617,...