Virginia Public Health Association

A tobacco history timeline published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation showcases a decrease in smoking among adults, from 42.2 percent in 1965, shortly after the release of the first Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health in 1964, to about 18 percent today. "50 Years of Tobacco Control" is an interactive look at the events and actions that have prevented more than eight million premature deaths in the ongoing fight to keep communities sate from the dangers of tobacco.

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