US Surgeon General’s Report

Sent by Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy: This week, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a Report on “Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Addressing Disparities.” This is the 35th Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health since 1964, a series of instrumental reports that inspired the name of our organization: Action on Smoking and Health. 

ASH welcomes this report, which is written by Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, with many contributors including the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and numerous highly-respected academics and scientists. ASH’s programs seek to address the issues directly highlighted in the Surgeon General’s report, so much so that our key issues were highlighted in the Overview that the Surgeon General’s office published.