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Reports of the Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service

The Surgeon General of the Public Health Service has focused the Nation's attention on important public health issues. Reports of the Surgeon General on the adverse health consequences of smoking triggered nationwide efforts to prevent tobacco use. Reports on nutrition, violence, and HIV/AIDS—to name but a few—have heightened America's awareness of important public health issues and generated major public health initiatives.

2012
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action.  A report of the U.S. Surgeon General and of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention

Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General

2010
How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease

2007
Children and Secondhand Smoke Exposure-Excerpts from The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General

2006
The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General

2004
Bone Health and Osteoporosis: A Surgeon General's Report

The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General

2001
Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General

Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General

2000
Reducing Tobacco Use: A Report of the Surgeon General

Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General

1999
Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

1998
Tobacco Use Among U.S. Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups: A Report of the Surgeon General

1996
Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

1994
Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General

Surgeon General's Report for Kids about Smoking

1992
Surgeon General's Report to the American Public on HIV Infection and AIDS

Smoking and Health in the Americas: A Report of the Surgeon General

1990
The Health Benefits of Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General

1989
Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking - 25 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General

Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking: 25 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General: 1989 Executive Summary

1988
The Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health

Understanding AIDS: America Responds to AIDS  (brochure)

The Health Consequences of Smoking - Nicotine Addiction: A Report of the Surgeon General

The Surgeon General's Letter on Child Sexual Abuse

1987
The Surgeon General's Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency

Children with Special Health Care Needs: Surgeon General's Report: Campaign '87
 
1986
Smoking and Health, A National Status Report: A Report to Congress

The Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General

The Health Consequences of Using Smokeless Tobacco

1985
The Health Consequences of Smoking - Cancer and Chronic Lung Disease in the Workplace: A Report of the Surgeon General

1984
Summary of the Health Consequences of Smoking - Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: A Report of the Surgeon General

The Health Consequences of Smoking - Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: A Report of the Surgeon General

1983
The Health Consequences of Smoking - Cardiovascular Disease: A Report of the Surgeon General

1982
The Health Consequences of Smoking - Cancer: A Report of the Surgeon General

1981
The Health Consequences of Smoking - The Changing Cigarette: A Report of the Surgeon General

1980
The Health Consequences of Smoking for Women: A Report of the Surgeon General

1979
Healthy People - The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Smoking and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

The Health Consequences of Smoking, 1977-1978

1976
The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Reference Edition

1975
The Health Consequences of Smoking 1975

1974
The Health Consequences of Smoking 1974

1973
The Health Consequences of Smoking 1973

1972
The Health Consequences of Smoking 1972

Television and Growing Up: The Impact of Televised Violence. Report to the Surgeon General

1971
The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General: 1971

1969
The Health Consequences of Smoking: 1969 Supplement to the 1967 Public Health Service Review

1968
The Health Consequences of Smoking: 1968 Supplement to the 1967 Public Health Service Review

1967
The Health Consequences of Smoking, A Public Health Service Review

Securing Health in Our Urban Future: A Report to the Surgeon General

Report on Regional Medical Programs to the President and the Congress

Kidney Disease Program Analysis: A Report to the Surgeon General

1966
Protecting and Improving Health through the Radiological Sciences: A Report of the Surgeon General prepared by the National Advisory Committee on Radiation

1964
Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service

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