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AMF:RTCAN ASSOCIA'170N FOR THORACIC SURGERY
"k9IP:RF.AS there is irrefutable evidence associating cl.garette smoking with
such lethal end dinahling dtsorders as cnrdiovascular di'sease, pulmonary
emphyseme and cancer of the lung ; and,
"WHEREAS thi .s evidence has accumulated largely from the observntions of
physicians and surgeons concerned with pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases ;
and,
"b'FIP:REAS the overwhelming evidence of alarming inormase of cigarette-caused
dcath and dissbility is most apparent to thoracic surgeons ; and,
"M41NRb)AS the other branches of medicine and the public look to thoracic
surgeons for leadership 1.n dealing with this vast public health problem ;
for Thoracic Surgery urge all its members to intensify an
"TF1ER}gORR BE IT RESOLVED that the American Association
campaign educational directed toward the
public in general, and youth in particular, relative td the health hnzarda of
smoking ; and,
"BE 11' FUATTIER RF.SDL@:D that the American Assoei .ation for Thoracic Surgery
recommend to the Congreses of the United States the passage of ]ogd.slation
that will regulate advertising and require a warning label on merchandise
na a necessnry and important step in leading the citiz :ens of the United States
and the world toward an eventual understanding of this dangerous habit ; and
"BE IT F'UATtlER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be presented to the
Congressional Conmittees which are involved with legislation in this field,"
Resolution passed at the 45th Annual Meeting, in Executive Sessi .on, March 30, 1965,
New Orleans, Louisiana
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