By the late 1950s, the amassing evidence on smoking and lung cancer called for public health action. The Surgeon General was among the first authoritative figures to address the public health implications of the rising evidence on the health risks of smoking.

Australian speech and language therapist and amateur stage actor who helped King George VI manage his stammer.

King George VI's condition came about in part because of overly strict parenting and childhood trauma – two factors that don't seem to play any part in causing stuttering

A planned tour of Australia and New Zealand was postponed after the king suffered an arterial blockage in 1949. In 1951, following years of heavy smoking, King George was diagnosed with lung cancer and arteriosclerosis. On September 23, 1951, his left lung was removed

Lionel Logue practiced breathing techniques with him. He also encouraged George VI to talk about any psychological issues that were troubling him

As a speech therapist, Logue was self-taught and was initially dismissed by the medical establishment as a quack, but he worked with the Duke from the late 1920s into the mid-1940s.

In 1944, King George VI appointed Logue a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO), elevating him from Member of the Order (MVO), which was conferred upon Logue at the time of George VI's Coronation.