The Health Consequences of Smoking

Evidence in this new Surgeon General's report shows how smoking contributes to the increased health burden of the nation. Tobacco use in America has halved since the 1964 report, and the collective view of smoking has been transformed from an accepted national pastime to a discouraged threat to individual and public health. Click on the link below to download the full report, print out fact sheets and consumer booklets.

The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2014