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BTL:Anti-Smoking Activists Continue Campaign To Curb The Power Of Big Tobacco |
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by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
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21 Jun 2003
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Interview with Stanton Glantz, professor of medicine at the University of California, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus |
Anti-Smoking Activists Continue Campaign to Curb the Power of Big Tobacco
Interview with Stanton Glantz, professor of medicine at the University of California, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
Tobacco use causes 400,000 deaths per year in the U.S. Worldwide, deaths attributable to smoking, now stand at 5 million a year. While tobacco companies are aggressively pursuing markets overseas, opponents are stepping up their fight against smoking, with several high-profile campaigns.
Although last month, a Florida appeals court reversed a multi-billion dollar settlement against big tobacco on behalf of that state's smokers, the plaintiffs are expected to appeal the decision.
Meanwhile, other class action suits are going forward, including one charging tobacco companies with false advertising for their claim that low-tar cigarettes are not as harmful as regular cigarettes.
In the international battle against tobacco use, the Bush administration recently reversed its previous opposition to passage of a landmark global anti-smoking treaty sponsored by the World Health Organization. However, the U.S. has not yet signed the accord, which has so far been endorsed by 28 nations.
Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Stanton Glantz, professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. Glantz, an authority on the health impacts of tobacco, discusses ongoing campaigns to curb smoking, including his own project which attacks the glamorization of tobacco in Hollywood movies.
For more information, call Stanton Glantz's office at the University of California at (415) 476-4683 or visit their research center's website at www.smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu
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