The committee that was formed by Surgeon General Luther Terry met for nearly 18 months. They didn’t commission any new studies on the issue; instead, they reviewed studies already published.

The 1964 disclosure marked the first time many smokers had heard about the health dangers of tobacco Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry shocked Americans by ...

On Jan. 11, 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued “Smoking and Health,” a report that concluded that “cigarette smoking contributes substantially to mortality from certain specific ...

Sharon died January 11, 2014. File Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI In 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry released a report saying smoking cigarettes is a definite "health hazard." In 1984 ...

The Surgeon General of the United States, pipe smoking Luther Terry, released statistics showing smokers die younger than non smokers. Cigarette sales dropped for a few weeks. In March ...