AP WAS THERE: ’64 US report ties smoking to cancer

WASHINGTON (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE — On Jan. eleven, 1964, AP Science Creator Frank Carey lined the release of U.S. Health care professional General Luther Terry's historic report linking cigarette smoking to lung cancer. The record has been referred to as one of the most necessary paperwork in U.S. public well being historical past. Whereas not the primary to raise the alarm about smoking, it gave momentum to the frenzy for tobacco controls. The health care provider general has periodically issued extra smoking stories, and a new one is due out next week. Fifty years after its unique newsletter, the AP is making this story to be had to its subscribers.