1952

Good Housekeeping refuses cigarette advertising for the first time. Your grandmother breathes easier.

1964

The Surgeon General releases a report linking smoking and lung cancer.

42.4%

OF ADULTS SMOKE

1965

Warning labels on cigarettes are now required by law.

37.4%

OF ADULTS SMOKE

1970

Tobacco advertising is banned on radio and TV. Cigarette commercials go up in smoke.

1972

Science-based reports identify environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) as a health risk to nonsmokers.

1973

Arizona restricts smoking in public places. Arizonans breathe (a clean) sigh of relief.

1975

Minnesota enacts the Clean Indoor Air Act.

1984

Smoking was first linked to lung cancer in the late 1940s.

28.8%

OF ADULTS SMOKE

1987

Congress prohibits smoking on domestic flights scheduled for two hours or less.

1990

The ban is extended to all U.S. flights. You can now fly the smoke-free skies.

1992

Second-hand smoke is classified as a “Group A” carcinogen, the most dangerous class.

1993

Hillary Clinton bans smoking in the white house. Bill is banished to the rose garden.

25.0%

OF ADULTS SMOKE

1994

Mississippi is the first state to sue the tobacco industry for Medicaid costs.

24.7%

OF ADULTS SMOKE

1996

Nicorette® Gum and NicoDerm® CQ® go over-the-counter.

1998

Tobacco companies are ordered to pay $10 billion annually to settle state lawsuits.

1999

All outdoor tobacco advertising is banned. Morning commuters say, "So long, cowboy!"

21.6%

OF ADULTS SMOKE

2003

NYC bans smoking in bars and restaurants. Cities across America follow suit.

2006

The Surgeon General releases a report stating the dangers of secondhand smoke.

2014

CVS Health announces that it will stop selling cigarettes at it's more than 7,600 stores.

15.0%

OF ADULTS SMOKE