The Beginning: Announcement and “The Act”
On January 11, 1964 the Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, Luther L Terry, M.D. released the findings of the first Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health
This was the first step taken to reduce the health impact tobacco use imposed on the health and wellbeing of Americans
Newspaper headlines and Televisions newscasts across the country broadcast the news of the findings eventually ranking this day among the top news stories of 1964.
Shortly after the Surgeon General’s announcement, the U.S. Congress adopted the:
•Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965/1967 (CDC date: 1965; FTC date: 1967) (known as the "Original Act,") (P.L. 89–92, 79 Stat. 282)
And
On January 11, 1964 the Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, Luther L Terry, M.D. released the findings of the first Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health
This was the first step taken to reduce the health impact tobacco use imposed on the health and wellbeing of Americans
Newspaper headlines and Televisions newscasts across the country broadcast the news of the findings eventually ranking this day among the top news stories of 1964.
Shortly after the Surgeon General’s announcement, the U.S. Congress adopted the:
•Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965/1967 (CDC date: 1965; FTC date: 1967) (known as the "Original Act,") (P.L. 89–92, 79 Stat. 282)
And