Speakers: Prof. Stanton Glantz

Prof. Stanton Arnold Glantz

Topic: Smoke Free Movies, a nationwide campaign.

Stanton Arnold Glantz, Ph.D. is a University of California San Francisco Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), American Legacy Foundation Distinguished Professor of Tobacco Control, and Director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education http://tobacco.ucsf.edu. Professor Glantz is author of several books including "The Cigarette Papers" and “Tobacco War”.

Professor Glantz has conducted extensive research on the effects of secondhand smoke, particularly on the heart, tobacco industry efforts to prevent tobacco control, and the effects of smoking in the movies, on adolescents and young adults. He originated and leads the global campaign for Smoke Free Movies.

Professor Stanton A. Glantz has been a leading researcher and activist in the nonsmokers' rights movement since 1978. He served for 10 years as an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and is a member of the California State Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants.

Professor Glantz helped write and produce the films "Secondhand Smoke," which concerns the health effects of involuntary smoking, and "120,000 Lives," which presents the evidence to support the argument that smoking in the movies recruits adolescent smokers and practical solutions for reducing this effect.