Smoking and the New York State Journal of Medicine: a brief introduction

Authors

  • Alan Blum Center for the Study of Tobacco & Society, College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, USA

Abstract

2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the publication by the New York State Journal of Medicine of the second of two theme issues on the world tobacco pandemic, the first comprehensive examination of the subject ever published by a medical journal. Aiming to challenge the medical profession to become actively involved in fighting smoking, the issues went beyond a discussion of the well known health consequences of tobacco to a consideration of the social, political, economic, agricultural, religious, and legal aspects of this growing problem.

Author Biography

Alan Blum, Center for the Study of Tobacco & Society, College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, USA

BA Physical Anthropology MA Social Medicine PhD Sociocultural Anthropology Full time professor. Research area: Health and society, Graduate Program in Physical Anthropology, National School of Anthropology and History. Member of the Promoting Group of ALAMES in Mexico.

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Published

2010-06-22

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2010)

Section

Classics in Social Medicine

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