smoking – Medical Lessons

Another Take on Not Smoking, the Law and Tolerance

August 3, 2012September 12, 2012 Elaine Schattner, MD

This vignette offers a 1930s perspective on what some call social health – that an individual’s behavior might be influenced by neighbors’ and coworkers’ attitudes.

Posted in Communication, Magazine, Public Health, Shorts, Women's HealthTagged addiction, behavior, F. Scott Fitzgerald, New Yorker, peer pressure, short story, smoking, social medicine2 Comments

President Obama Talks About Smoking and Tobacco

November 17, 2011November 20, 2011 Elaine Schattner, MD

Today’s ML comes straight from the Oval Office. President Obama talks about smoking, and how hard it is to stop, and what can be done to reduce the use and long-term health consequences of tobacco. What I like about this Presidential health advisory: He credits the ACS, which is sponsoring a smokeout today. He’s clear about […]

Posted in cancer causes, Communication, Public Health, VideoTagged American Cancer Society, cigarettes, Great American Smokeout, President Obama, Public Health, smoking, tobaccoLeave a Comment

Doctors Enjoy Smoking Camels, in an Old Cigarette Ad

February 4, 2011May 28, 2012 Elaine Schattner, MD

A new Twitter follow led me to LongartsZwolle, a blog by a pulmonologist in the Netherlands. A February 1 post needs no translation: More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette The clip is said, on YouTube, to be a 1949 commercial for Camel cigarettes. I tried to find more on this, first by clicking […]

Posted in Communication, Public Health, Social Media, VideoTagged Camel cigarettes, doctors smoke Camels, doctors smoking Camels, doctors' lives, R.J. Reynolds, smoking, tobacco, TV ads, YouTubeLeave a Comment

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President Obama Talks About Smoking and Tobacco

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