Publication of Reducing the Health Consequences
of Smoking: 25 Years of Progress
The Surgeon General's report, Reducing the Health Consequences of
Smoking: 25 Years of Progress, was released on January 11, 1989,
exactly 25 years after release of the first Srgeon General's report
on
smoking and health. The 1989 report provides a comprehensive review
of
developments related to smoking and health during the past quarter
century, focusing on the following topics: advances in knowledge of
the
health effects of smoking; changes in smoking-attributable
mortality;
trends in public beliefs, attitudes, and opinions about smoking;
changes in smoking behavior and knowledge about the determinants of
smoking; smoking prevention, cessation and advocacy activities;
smoking-control policies; and behavioral and health consequences of
changes in the smoking-and-health environment.
A final indexed version of the report will be available for
purchase
from the Government Printing Office in several months. An executive
summary of the report will be published as a supplement to the MMWR
within 2 months. A limited supply of executive summaries is now
available from the Office on Smoking and Health, CDC, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Park Building, Room 1-16, Rockville, MD 20857; telephone
(301)
443-1690.
Disclaimer
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