TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Moving beyond descriptions-developing a strategy to prevent gun violence JO - Surgery A1 - Masiakos, Peter T. A1 - Sacks, Chana A. SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 -
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 ...
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LA - en SN - 0039-6060 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2020.05.013 ID - ref1 ER -