Remarks Presented to the First World Conference on Nonsmokers' Rights, Washington, DC

Remarks Presented to the First World Conference on Nonsmokers' Rights, Washington, DC

Contributor(s):
Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013
Publication:
Produced: 5 October 1985
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
Community Participation
Consumer Advocacy
Community Networks
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Speeches
Abstract:
Koop helped to shift the debate over the health risks of smoking, and to provide the anti-smoking movement in the United States with new scientific and moral underpinnings, by stressing that smoking affected not just the health of the smoker, but of the bystander. Koop called for systematic scientific study of the health consequences of second-hand smoke especially on women and children, those most likely to be subjected to long-term exposure.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
8 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584930X76 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
QQBBFS
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X76
Archival Collection:
The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)