Word: health
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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JONES -- SDS; RGA Representative; President, Edmonds House; HDC; PBH Mental Health Committee; Anti-ROTC Campaign; Major: Government...
...about the importance of federal influence, Allen refused President Nixon's initial offer because of his doubts about the new Administration's priorities for education. He finally accepted after he was given two posts-that of U.S. Commissioner of Education and Assistant Secretary in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. "I had to be certain I would be able to speak for education in this Administration," he explains, "and that it was prepared to move forward and not just keep a holding operation. I got that assurance...
...nation's cigarette manufacturers have been under increasing fire since the U.S. Surgeon General reported in 1964 that "cigarette smoking contributes substantially to mortality." The Surgeon General, the U.S. Public Health Service and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare have brought out steadily stronger reports, including evidence that the average heavy smoker dies eight years sooner than the nonsmoker. HEW began distributing pamphlets to schools, warning of the dangers of smoking. Congress in 1965 ordered that cigarette packs must carry the warning "Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health." Twenty months ago, the Federal Communications Commission...
...marketing; cigarettes last year contributed $8.4 billion to the gross national product and $4.1 billion to federal and local taxes. Beyond that are the intricate legal and moral questions of whether the Government has the right to limit several lines of businesses, even for the sake of public health...
...which the manufacturers would probably channel elsewhere. Most likely, they would spend part of it-but not all-in other media. They would also invest some in further diversification and spend more for coupons and contests. They might even increase their budgets for scientific research into smoking and health...