Anti-tobacco activist, Professor at the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
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"I thought it was horrible. I thought it was premature, I thought it was a sellout, I thought that this was the beginning of the divergence of the public interests and the interests of these lawyers, and that it was a mistake. The proper place to fight the tobacco industry is not in the United States Congress. If you were the Starship Enterprise and you searched the entire universe for the place where the tobacco industry had the most power, it would be the United States Congress. Particularly this Congress, which was put there in no small measure by tobacco industry money and influence. So you want to stay away from that. If you're in a war with a well-armed enemy you don't rush into their citadel to fight with them; you try to get them to fight on your terms."
Who?
Professor Glantz has been a long time critic of tobacco and is a top member of the anti-tobacco public health community. In 1994, more than 4,000 pages of secret internal tobacco industry documents mysteriously arrived at Glantz's office at the University of California in 1994. They were sent by a secret source, "Mr. Butts."
Contribution to the Deal
When Glantz received the documents, he put them on the Internet and was subsequently sued by Brown & Williamson tobacco. He also compiled them into the book, "The Cigarette Papers." Glantz was initially in favor of the Medicaid suits, but has argued that you cannot negotiate with this industry.
Expectations
Dr. Glantz is opposed to any deal, believing that it is better to fight the tobacco industry on a state by state basis. He gives credit to the attorneys general for their Medicaid cases, but doesn't believe in bargaining with the tobacco industry. He wants the state cases to proceed in court.
Personal Information:
Dr. Stanton Glantz is a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco. He has been credited with helping pass the California law preventing people from smoking in bars. He is a long time anti-tobacco activist and opposes the attorneys general's deal.
Affiliations: American Lung Association, American Medical Association, American Heart Association
Cards they hold (issues):
Cards: Public Health Community support | Public Support public health, UCSF, Cigarette Papers