Origin year places a health practice in the year it was first adopted. Wikipedia records that after Semmelweis introduced hand washing in 1847, "the maternal mortality rate dropped from 18% to less than 2%" on his ward almost immediately. Browsing by origin year shows how long a practice a visitor takes for granted has actually been in use.
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1. Wikipedia: Tobacco control
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In the United States, the 1964 report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General represented a landmark document that included an objective synthesis of the evidence of the health consequences of smoking according to causal criteria.
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