. "Appendix C: Time Line of Tobacco Events." Clearing the Smoke: Assessing the Science Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001.
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Clearing the Smoke: Assessing the Science Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction
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1986
• Surgeon General’s report states that “Involuntary smoking is a cause of disease, including lung cancer, in healthy nonsmokers.” Report further notes the health of children of smokers and nonsmokers, as well as the exposure to smoke of passengers in smoking and nonsmoking sections of airplanes
• A special report of the advisory committee appointed by the Surgeon General examines the health effects of smokeless tobacco, concluding that it too leads to nicotine addiction and can cause cancer
1987
• Tobacco Institute Testing Laboratory (TITL) assumes cigarette-testing responsibilities from the Federal Trade Commission Test Center using its approved methodology
1988
• Surgeon General Koop’s report states that nicotine (cigarettes and other forms of tobacco) are addicting
1988
• Government bans smoking on short domestic airline flights
1989
• Surgeon General’s report reports that cigarette smoking is a major cause of cerebrovascular disease (stroke). Report also addresses the future of nicotine addiction in light of new nicotine delivery systems test marketed in 1988
Late 1980s
• RJR Premier is developed and introduced to the public
