| Dr. Alan Blum |
Alan Mayer Blum attended Amherst College and graduated in 1969. He
attended the Emory University School Of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia
and graduated in 1975. Dr. Blum has devoted his career to the
prevention of tobacco-induced illness through science, marketing and
education. While serving as editor of The Journal of the New York
State Medical Society in the mid-1980s, Blum risked his job by
publishing solid statistics that demonstrated the risks of smoking. He
helped found DOC (Doctors Ought to Care), a health-promotion
organization that teaches doctors how to help patients overcome their
addiction to smoking. Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop
has called him an "unsung hero of the world of public health" for the
fearless way in which he has long battled against the tobacco industry.
Dr. Blum wrote a letter to NYT regarding Eastman Kodak
Company/Eastman Chemical Company's involvement with the tobacco
industry.(A. Blum/NYT 8/6/94). Blum also wrote an article in the
March, 1993 issue of Tobacco Control journal showing connections
between health-related corporations and the tobacco industry.(A.
Blum/NYT 8/6/94).
Dr. Blum is considered a world's expert on tobacco. He has a broad
range of knowledge of the tobacco industry and especially of the
advertising of the industry. He is the winner of the Surgeon General's
Medal for Public Health. He has collected the majority of items in the
DOC archive. He is an expert in counter-advertising. DOC (Doctors
Ought to Care) is located at 5615 Kirby Drive, Suite 440, Houston,
Texas 77005. This is a group of physicians, health care workers,
teachers and others who work on diseases caused by advertising,
particularly tobacco.
The DOC archive is probably the single largest collection of tobacco
advertising, paraphernalia, and documents in the world. DOC
specializes in counter-advertising and education.(Williams & Bailey -
Possible Witnesses and Consultants) Dr. Blum served as associate
professor of family medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
"Dr. Blum is a super-hero to many doctors and educators. He is a
constant champion of the need for open transparency in the
sometimes unwholesome connections between tobacco industry
research funding and undue pressure on recipients of that funding to
sacrifice objectivity. He has long been "a thorn in the side" of big
tobacco."
attended the Emory University School Of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia
and graduated in 1975. Dr. Blum has devoted his career to the
prevention of tobacco-induced illness through science, marketing and
education. While serving as editor of The Journal of the New York
State Medical Society in the mid-1980s, Blum risked his job by
publishing solid statistics that demonstrated the risks of smoking. He
helped found DOC (Doctors Ought to Care), a health-promotion
organization that teaches doctors how to help patients overcome their
addiction to smoking. Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop
has called him an "unsung hero of the world of public health" for the
fearless way in which he has long battled against the tobacco industry.
Dr. Blum wrote a letter to NYT regarding Eastman Kodak
Company/Eastman Chemical Company's involvement with the tobacco
industry.(A. Blum/NYT 8/6/94). Blum also wrote an article in the
March, 1993 issue of Tobacco Control journal showing connections
between health-related corporations and the tobacco industry.(A.
Blum/NYT 8/6/94).
Dr. Blum is considered a world's expert on tobacco. He has a broad
range of knowledge of the tobacco industry and especially of the
advertising of the industry. He is the winner of the Surgeon General's
Medal for Public Health. He has collected the majority of items in the
DOC archive. He is an expert in counter-advertising. DOC (Doctors
Ought to Care) is located at 5615 Kirby Drive, Suite 440, Houston,
Texas 77005. This is a group of physicians, health care workers,
teachers and others who work on diseases caused by advertising,
particularly tobacco.
The DOC archive is probably the single largest collection of tobacco
advertising, paraphernalia, and documents in the world. DOC
specializes in counter-advertising and education.(Williams & Bailey -
Possible Witnesses and Consultants) Dr. Blum served as associate
professor of family medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
"Dr. Blum is a super-hero to many doctors and educators. He is a
constant champion of the need for open transparency in the
sometimes unwholesome connections between tobacco industry
research funding and undue pressure on recipients of that funding to
sacrifice objectivity. He has long been "a thorn in the side" of big
tobacco."
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