Citation

Masiakos PT, Sacks CA. Surgery 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.surg.2020.05.013

PMID

32654860

Abstract

When C. Everett Koop took office as the 13th Surgeon General of the United States in 1982, 33% of Americans smoked. 1 Dr. Koop saw a problem that could be fixed. He used the power of the office to educate Americans and to develop a public health strategy to end the scourge of tobacco-related illnesses and deaths. A New York Times report provides a striking summary of the pace of change that characterized his tenure ...

Language: en