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Clearing the Air: The Untold Story of the 1964 Report on Smoking and Health provides the only behind-the-scenes account of how that seminal document was produced. This insider view, written from the perspective of five individuals who worked on the report, exposes the pressures and politics involved with preparing that landmark document and discloses many previously unknown facts about people and events that contributed to the report’s success. 

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Kenneth E. Warner, PhD
pp. xi-xiv
Part I. Background
Part II. An Agonizing Start
Part III. The Committee's Plan for the Study
Part IV. The Committee Takes Control of the Conduct of the Study
Part V. Writing the Report
Part VI. The End of the Medical and Scientific Controversy
Part VII. Retribution
Part VIII. A Smoke-Free Society
Appendices
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