Big Tobacco in the Big Apple
How New York City Became the Heart of the Tobacco Industry
…and Anti Smoking Activism
The 1964 Surgeon General’s Report
On January 11, 1964, Dr. Luther Terry Hands Down the Indictment of Cigarette Smoking as a Cause of Lung Cancer. (0:57 / 0:34)
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“Cigarettes Peril Health U.S. Report Concludes; ‘Remedial Action’ Urged”
Front page story about the publication of the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health
The New York Times
January 12, 1964
“Nearly 500 top scientists from 34 countries are at this three-day-long meeting”
ABC-TV news footage of the First World Conference on Smoking and Health, held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, in 1967, with excerpts of plenary speeches made by Luther Terry, MD, and New York Senator Robert Kennedy.
1967
Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health
Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, front cover
Washington, DC: US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
January 11, 1964
“Use of Cigarettes is Major Cause of Lung Cancer”
News article
The New York Times, page 65
January 12, 1964
“The Cigaret Report Links Cancer, Other Diseases”
Front page coverage of Surgeon General’s Report
New York Journal American
January 12, 1964
“Crash Effort for a Safer Cigarette”
News article
The Saturday Evening Post, pages 19-23
April 18, 1964
“There is no reason for another generation of mankind to end up disabled and the victim of premature death. We must act—and act now.”
Transcript of Senator Robert Kennedy’s address at the first World Conference on Smoking and Health, held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City
1967
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