2000 Surgeon General’s Report
Reducing Tobacco Use
Complete Report
This 2000 report on smoking and health by the Surgeon General is the first to offer a composite review of the various methods used to reduce and prevent tobacco use. This report evaluates each of the five major approaches to reducing tobacco use: educational, clinical, regulatory, economic, and comprehensive.
- Download full report [PDF – 2.6 MB]
- Foreword & Preface [PDF – 160 KB]
- Chapter 1. Issues in Tobacco Use, Summary, and Conclusions. [PDF – 957 KB]
- Chapter 2. A Historical Review of Efforts to Reduce Smoking in the United States. [PDF – 318 KB]
- Chapter 3. Effective Educational Strategies to Prevent Tobacco Use among Young People. [PDF – 374 KB]
- Chapter 4. Management of Nicotine Addiction. [PDF – 517 KB]
- Chapter 5. Regulatory Efforts. [PDF – 780 KB]
- Chapter 6. Economic Approaches. [PDF – 568 KB]
- Chapter 7. Comprehensive Programs. [PDF – 547 KB]
- Chapter 8. A Vision for the Future—Reducing Tobacco Use in the New Millennium [PDF – 193 KB]
- Acknowledgments [PDF – 267 KB]
- Abbreviation Tables & Figures [PDF – 184 KB]
- Index [PDF – 245 KB]
Errata Notice
Errata Notice 1: Figure 5–1, Chapter 5, p. 180, was printed incorrectly in the first 10,000 copies of the report. Please use this corrected figure. The web version has been corrected and subsequent printed copies will be correct.
Executive Summary
The 2000 report on smoking and health by the Surgeon General is the first to offer a composite review of the various methods used to reduce and prevent tobacco use. This report evaluates each of the five major approaches to reducing tobacco use; educational, clinical, regulatory, economic, and comprehensive. The executive summary version of the 2000 report is a technical publication that includes excerpts from the complete report.
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