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The General's Warning: Koop Vows to Win the War against Smoking

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Identifier: 101584930X48
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Dates

  • Publication: October 1986

Extent

3 pages

Description

In this article Koop described how his attitudes towards smoking formed during his youth and over the course of his professional life as a surgeon, and how he pursued his anti-smoking campaign as a member of an administration friendly towards business, including tobacco companies.

Language of Materials

English

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