Tobacco and lung cancer
BE Johnson - Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1998 - Elsevier
In June 1997, representatives of 40 state attorneys general and of five of the six American
tobacco companies jointly announced an historic agreement. In this agreement, for the first
time, the tobacco industry admitted that cigarette smoking caused disease. After decades of
investigation and the publishing of literally thousands of scientific studies, the tobacco
industry acknowledged a link between smoking and lung cancer, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disorders and a number of other maladies …
tobacco companies jointly announced an historic agreement. In this agreement, for the first
time, the tobacco industry admitted that cigarette smoking caused disease. After decades of
investigation and the publishing of literally thousands of scientific studies, the tobacco
industry acknowledged a link between smoking and lung cancer, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disorders and a number of other maladies …