Editing C. Everett Koop (section)

===Tobacco===
In his 1988 ''Report of the Surgeon General'',{{cn|date=February 2025}} it was reported that [[nicotine]] has an addictiveness similar to that of heroin or [[cocaine]]. Koop's report was somewhat unexpected, especially by those who expected him to maintain the status quo in regard to his office's position on tobacco products. During his tenure, in 1984, Congress passed legislation providing new, rotated health warning labels on cigarette packs and required advertising to include the labels. Those labels remain unchanged today. The FDA announced new labels containing graphic depictions of smoking-caused illness and death, but they were put on hold pending the outcome of the tobacco industry's legal challenges. Koop challenged Americans in 1984 to "create a smoke-free society in the United States by the year 2000."<ref>Koop CE. Call for a smoke-free society. ''Pediatric Pulmonology'' 1985;1:4–5</ref>  As Surgeon General, he released eight reports on the health consequences of tobacco use,<ref>* {{cite web|year=1982|title=The Health Consequences of Smoking: Cancer: A Report of the Surgeon General (1982)|url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/NN/B/C/D/W/|access-date=October 17, 2011|publisher=Profiles.nlm.nih.gov}}
* {{cite web|year=1983|title=The Health Consequences of Smoking: Cardiovascular Disease |url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/NN/B/B/T/D/|access-date=October 17, 2011|publisher=Profiles.nlm.nih.gov}}
* {{cite web|date=April 19, 2002|title=The Health Consequences of Smoking: Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: A Report of the Surgeon General (1984)|url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/NN/B/C/C/S/|access-date=October 17, 2011|publisher=Profiles.nlm.nih.gov}}
* {{cite web|date=March 27, 2002|title=The Health Consequences of Smoking: Cancer and Chronic Lung Disease in the Workplace: A Report of the Surgeon General (1985)|url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/NN/B/C/B/N/|access-date=October 17, 2011|publisher=Profiles.nlm.nih.gov}}
* {{cite web|date=April 9, 2002|title=The Health Consequences of Using Smokeless Tobacco (April 1986)|url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/NN/B/B/F/C/|access-date=October 17, 2011|publisher=Profiles.nlm.nih.gov}}
* {{cite web|date=March 27, 2002|title=The Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General (1986)|url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/NN/B/C/P/M/|access-date=October 17, 2011|publisher=Profiles.nlm.nih.gov}}
* {{cite web|date=March 27, 2002|title=The Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction: A Report of the Surgeon General (1988)|url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/NN/B/B/Z/D/|access-date=October 17, 2011|publisher=Profiles.nlm.nih.gov}}
* {{cite web|date=September 26, 2005|title=Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking: 25 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General: 1989 Executive Summary |url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/NN/B/B/X/S/|access-date=October 17, 2011|publisher=Profiles.nlm.nih.gov}}</ref> including the first report on the health consequences of involuntary tobacco smoke exposure. During Koop's tenure as Surgeon General, smoking rates in the United States declined significantly from 38% to 27%.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Mike Stobbe|author2=Connie Cass|date=February 26, 2013|title=C. Everett Koop, 'Rock Star' Surgeon General, Dies|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/everett-koop-surgeon-general-dies-nh-18592170|access-date=February 26, 2013|work=ABC News|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>