Stanton Glantz, PhD's blog

Save the date for 2014 UCSF Billion Lives Symposium keynoted by FDA tobacco chief Mitch Zeller

Submitted by sglantz on Fri, 2013-06-07 07:39

Mitch Zeller, Director of the FDA Center for Tobacco Products, will be the keynote speaker for the 2014 UCSF "It's About a Billion Lives" symposium, to be held on the UCSF Parnassus campus from 8:30 am until 1:00 pm on Friday, January 31, 2014.

You can view the 2013 and 2012 symposia here.

Two tobacco control research positions available to work with Professor Stanton Glantz at UCSF

Submitted by sglantz on Tue, 2013-06-04 15:48

Stanton Glantz, Professor of Medicine and Director of the UC San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education is seeking an individual interested in conducting a broad range of research projects related to tobacco control.  These include: (1) State and local policymaking process as it relates to tobacco control. Read more »

France and San Francisco's ballpark apply same rules to protect bystanders from e-cigs as conventional cigs

Submitted by sglantz on Tue, 2013-06-04 07:20

Reuters reports that France will treat e-cigs the same as conventional cigarettes in terms of use in public places.  It will also include them in the ad ban on tobacco products.  This is a logical step that will protect bystanders from the toxic chemicals that e-cigarettes emit (albeit lower levels of toxic chemicals tha Read more »

Stan Glantz debates Mike Siegel on e-cigs on KQED Forum

Submitted by sglantz on Mon, 2013-06-03 21:15

On Friday, May 31, 2013, I debated Mike Siegel about the merits of SB 648, a bill in the California legislature that would apply the same restrictions on the use of e-cigarettes that apply to conventional cigarettes/

This sensible bill passed the California Senate 21-10 on May 24 and is now in the Assembly. Read more »

Britain's film classifiers rate Marlboro-infused film as suitable for kids (12A)

Submitted by sglantz on Fri, 2013-05-31 13:05

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), an industry-supported body, has rated '12A' the advertising trailer for Rush, the Marlboro-infused racing movie.  Read more »

Canadian and US health groups protest dumping of heavy smoking movies into Canadian youth market

Submitted by sglantz on Fri, 2013-05-31 06:52

Ontario (Canada) and New York (USA) health groups united on January 30, 2013, to protest the dumping of heavy-smoking US films into Ontario's youth market and to demand an
adult rating for future films with smoking in both the US and Canada.

        Ontario Lung Association media release: http://bit.ly/12kltbF Read more »

Tobacco Company Efforts to Influence the FDA-Commissioned Institute of Medicine Report Clearing the Smoke

Submitted by sglantz on Wed, 2013-05-29 07:05

Crystal Tan, Thomas Kyriss, and I just published a new paper in PLoS Medicine using industry documents to further illuminate how the tobacco companies work to influence the policy process that tells a cautionary tale for the FDA and others considering how to interact with tobacco companies. Read more »

Heart attacks remain down by 17% four 4 years after Uruguay went smokefree: Smokefree laws save lives and reduce medical costs

Submitted by sglantz on Sat, 2013-05-25 09:12

Our new paper, "Hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction before and after implementation of a comprehensive smoke-free policy in Uruguay: experience through 2010," just published in Tobacco Control, provides the longest follow up yet -- 4 years -- assessing the effects of enacting a strong smokefree law on hospital admissions for heart attacks (acute myocardial infarctions).  Consistent with our Read more »

Important new evidence that using e-cigarettes reduces successful quitting cigarettes

Submitted by sglantz on Tue, 2013-05-21 08:38

A new paper adds to the growing evidence that claims that e-cigarettes help people quit smoking are false. Read more »

ASH Wales stops film industry from tearing a hole in smokefree law

Submitted by sglantz on Fri, 2013-05-17 13:35

The motion picture industry, working through the BBC, which has production facilities in Wales, has been pressing the government to create an exception for smoking on soundstages.  Under pressure mobilized by ASH Wales, the government just announced that the law would be left as it is.  Read more »

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