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Massive studies of the health problems associated with fats have included the Anti-Coronary Club study in New York City (2), the Framingham study (3) in Massachusetts, and the Chicago study (4). These studies were financed by the United States federal government and supported by the Surgeon General s office, which issued a statement recommending that the fat component of the diet be reduced from an estimated 40% of calories to 30% (5). 

Department of Health and Human Services. (1986) The Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking—A Report to the Surgeon General. 

Th ese incidents compelled the U.S. Surgeon General to investigate the health effects of TEL. The industry itself moved rapidly to deal with the crisis by instituting a series of safety measures. Now, ethyl fluid was blended at distribution centers and not at seiMce stations (it had been done on the spot and increased the chances of lead poisoning to seiMce sta-... 

U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, "Smoking and Health". A Report of the Surgeon General, DHEW Publ. No. (PHS) 79-50066, 1979. 

Smoking and Health Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General ofthe PubhcHealth Service, PHS publication 1103, p. 53. 

THE BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF SMOKING. Norman A. Krasnegor, Ph.D., ed. (Reprint from 1979 Surgeon General s Report on Smoking and Health.)... 

In 1988, the Surgeon General established three criteria for addiction liability.284 These general areas are Psychoactivity, Compulsive Use (Substance Dependence), and Drug-Reinforced Behavior (Reinforcing Effects). 

US Department of Health and Human Services (2001). Mental health culture, race, and ethnicity - a supplement to mental health a report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 

Preventive Medicine Division, Office of The Surgeon General, Department of the Army, Washington, D. C. 

When the Surgeon General s committee completed its study, the nation s chief medical officer announced that tetraethyl lead would add less... 

Deputy Surgeon General L. H. Gehrig spoke frankly Some maintain that a large segment of the population is already perilously close to the threshold of lead toxicity as a result of environmental exposure others take an almost diametrically opposed position. He also conceded that across the entire range of environmental health problems, we are making a rather belated start. Until the conference, the USPHS had focused on hydrocarbons and sulfur dioxide and rarely referred to tetraethyl lead as a pollution problem. 

Sidell, F. R. Takafuji, E. T. (Eds.) Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological-Warfare. Falls Church, VA Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, 1997. 

Surgeon General (1988). Nicotine Addiction. US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 

US Department of Health (1994). Preventing Tobacco Use among Young People (A report). Surgeon General, Atlanta, GA. 

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The following passage is an excerpt from a recent introduction to the momentous 1964 Report on Smoking and Health issued by the United States Surgeon General. It discusses the inspiration behind the report and the report s effect on public attitudes toward smoking. 

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