
The front page of the Deseret News on Jan. 11, 1964, with four stories on the U.S. surgeon general's report on the effect of smoking cigarettes on one's health. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 11, 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued “Smoking and Health,” a report that concluded that “cigarette smoking contributes substantially to mortality from certain specific diseases and to the overall death rate.” The report, covered extensively in the Deseret News and by other news organizations, did...