C. Everett Koop at White House meeting with Vice-President Al Gore to discuss a settlement with the tobacco industry C. Everett Koop at White House meeting with Vice-President Al Gore to discuss a settlement with the tobacco industry

Contributor(s): The White House Publication: Produced: 9 July 1997 Language(s): No linguistic content Format: Still image Genre(s): Archival Materials Photographic prints Abstract: As a representative of the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Koop participated in discussions of a proposed settlement between the federal government and the tobacco industry to recover part of the health care costs of smoking, a settlement that collapsed in 1998 when Congress failed to enact its provisions.. With Koop at the the table (from left to right) are David Kesler, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, Vice-President Gore, and an unidentified White House aide. Copyright: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information) Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101584930X403 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: QQBBYM Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X403 Archival Collection: The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)