Glantz, Anti-Tobacco Champion, Changed the World

By Jeff Miller

A gadfly with giant wings, UCSF’s Stan Glantz, PhD, knows how to cause a stir. For decades, Glantz, a UCSF professor of medicine, has used an insinuating style, relentless advocacy and scientific evidence to champion — often effectively — increasingly stringent tobacco controls around the world. Indeed, it is a tribute to Glantz’s reputation that when the famous Brown & Williamson Tobacco Papers were leaked in 1994, he — and UCSF — were the recipients. Glantz’s subsequent publishing of these 4,000 pages of internal industry documents in a book called The Cigarette Papers earned him the undying enmity of tobacco companies and iconic status among health advocates and public policymakers. From the dangers of secondhand smoke and the lifesaving impact of indoor air laws to the social consequences of smoking in the movies and the development of anti-smoking curricula, Glantz — now American Legacy Foundation Distinguished Professor in Tobacco Control in the Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education at UCSF — continues to challenge, prod and pursue with books, articles and public appearances. The following network of story and biographical links demonstrates why, when it comes to measuring the positive impact on the health of millions, Glantz’s work will remain one of UCSF’s historical high points. * American Legacy Foundation Honors Glantz with Distinguished Professorship * UCSF’s Stanton Glantz Earns Lifetime Achievement Award * Selected Articles on Lack of Economic Impacts Caused by Anti-Tobacco Ordinances * UC Study Uncovers Tobacco Industry Efforts to Undermine Secondhand Smoke Link to Cardiovascular Disease * New Tobacco Industry Strategy Is to Appear Anti-Tobacco, Study by UCSF Health Policy Researchers Concludes * PBS Frontline Interview * NPR Examines Research on Why Kids Start Smoking * Smoking in the Movies (Interview Transcript) * Lawmakers Urge Smoking-Related Film Rating * Wikipedia Profile of Stanton Glanz * School of Medicine Faculty Profile of Stanton Glantz * UCSF Anti-Smoking LISTSERV