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Almanac: Cigarette warning labels

On July 27, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed legislation requiring warning labels on packages of cigarettes. The warnings came a year-and-a-half after Surgeon General Luther Terry announced the findings of a groundbreaking study. Charles Osgood reports.
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