Forty Years of "Bad for You" Smoking Story aired: Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Forty years ago this week, the surgeon general of the United States issued the first report on smoking and health. The report linked smoking to cancer and other diseases.
And so we've had four decades of health warnings, taxes, smoking bans, even lawsuits.
Steven Schroeder is professor of health and health policy and the director of a stop smoking center at the University of California. He joins Here and Now to discuss smoking's past, present, and future.
Guests:
Steven Schroeder, professor of health and health policy and the director of a stop smoking center at the University of California
