A reception was held at the Israel Embassy last night for Dr. Everett Koop, the U.S. Surgeon General, who leaves for Israel Sunday to discuss means of cooperating with Israel’s anti-smoking campaign. Koop, who was invited by the Ministry of Health, will also discuss bilateral cooperation in the field of public health.
Dr. Alfred Munzer, a Washington lung specialist, who is active in the American Lung Association and who helped coordinate the event, said there is a very high incidence of smoking in Israel. But he noted that an anti-smoking campaign has been active there and Israel recently passed one of the toughest anti-smoking laws in the world, banning smoking on buses and in most public places.
While Koop has visited Israel before, this is his first official visit and he is the first Surgeon General to go to Israel, according to Munzer.
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