He's THE person who says that there is NO HARM TO BUSINESSES from smoking bans!  In fact, he claims it's Big Tobacco who says the Hospitality Industry is hurting.

 

He actually put in WRITING what Tobacco Control did to Ohio, how they bullied the Legislature into not enacting their own ban by threatening them with "it's an election year..we can make it hard on you..whose side are you on?  Doctors and the ACS or Big Tobacco?"  How about being on the side of those who put everything on the line to open a business in this state?  Read his historic take on Ohio's Smoking Ban.

 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grants to Glantz' University of California San Francisco

 

 

University of California, San Francisco Grants from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Grant #	Amount	Description	Grantee	Contact Person	Dates
018869	$649,341	Study of Barriers to Primary Care in California	University of California, San Francisco	Andrew B. Bindman, M.D.	March 1992 - April 1995
022907	$31,000	Study of Barriers to Primary Care in California	University of California, San Francisco	Andrew B. Bindman, M.D.	October 1993 - March 1994
039593	$346,908	Developing Physical Activity Programs for Older Adults	University of California, San Francisco	Lisa Cirill	April 2001 - August 2005
039938	$273,574	Exploring the Clinical Scholars Programs status to determine whether to make changes for the program s future	University of California, San Francisco	none listed	September 2000 - March 2002	UCSF General Grants =	$1,300,823
044596	$116,916	California Researchers Develop Interactive Program for Waiting-Room Patients About Smoking and Alcohol Use	University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry	Barbara Gerbert, Ph.D.	January 2002 - January 2003
no grant number listed	$1,345,320	Ten Dental Schools Receive Funds to Improve Access to Dental Care, Enroll More Underrepresented Minority/LowIncome Students	University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry	Dr. William F. Bird	no dates listed	UCSF School of Dentistry Grants =	$1,462,236
no grant number listed	$655,693	Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Hablamos Juntos program	University of California, San Francisco, Center for Medical Education and Research	none listed
048409	$464,956	Improving Patient Provider Communication for Latinos	University of California, San Francisco, Center for Medical Education and Research	none listed	October 2005 - June 2006	UCSF Center for Medical Education & Research Grants =	$1,120,649
048862	$8,300,000	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows	University of California, San Francisco, Center for the Health Professions	none listed	starting Jun 1, 2005 ending May 31, 2010
047427	$6,420,000	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows	University of California, San Francisco, Center for the Health Professions	none listed	starting May 15, 2003 ending May 31, 2009	UCSF Center for the Health Professions Grants =	$14,720,000
039940	$357,251	Sponsored: 2001 Conference on the Future of Primary Care Chronicled in Book and Journal Supplement	University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy Studies	Jonathan Showstack, Ph.D.	September 2000 - December 2003
031009	$627,152	Children's Health Insurance: Analysis of Trends and Initiatives	University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy Studies	Paul W. Newacheck, Dr.P.H.	July 1997 to June 2000
026838	$324,994	Evaluation of Old Disease, New Challenge: Tuberculosis in the 1990s	University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy Studies	Principal Investigator:        Judith Justice, Ph.D.	August 1995 - July 1997
031676	$127,659	Evaluation of Old Disease, New Challenge: Tuberculosis in the 1990s	University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy Studies	Principal Investigator:        Judith Justice, Ph.D.	April 1997 - March 1998
032131	$99,907	Assessing the Feasibility of Pay-for-Quality Demonstration Projects	University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy Studies	R. Adams Dudley, M.D., M.B.A.	August 2001 to October 2002
033501	$324,401	Study of Institutional Liability in Large Capitated Physician Organizations	University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy Studies	Robert H. Miller, Ph.D.	January 1998 to October 1999
033189	$48,000	Activities to address the issue of special needs children in California Managed Care Plans	University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy Studies	Elizabeth J. Jameson, J.D.	November 1997 to December 1999
052712	$275,000	Research on improving health care performance measurement and reporting	University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy Studies	no contact listed	March 2005 to February 2010	UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies Grants =	$2,184,364
029739,  030663,  033466,  036824,  042556	$1,277,253	Strengthening the Patient-Provider Relationship in a Changing Health Care Environment	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine	Bernard Lo, M.D.	September 1996 to December 2002
034317	$44,449	Nicotine-Replacement Therapy Needs More Study as an Aid to Helping Pregnant Smokers Quit	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine	Delia Dempsey, M.D.	August 1998 - February 1999
024783	$280,517	Source of Research Funding Influences Studies on Health Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine	Lisa A. Bero, Ph.D.	November 1994 to September 1997
031899	$74,120	Study of Financial Barriers to Prenatal Care in Diverse Ethnic Groups	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine	Paula Braveman, M.D., M.P.H.	January 1994 to December 1995
021319, 022372, 024150, 027228, 029431	$1,467,464	Old Disease, New Challenge: Tuberculosis in the 1990s	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine	Program Director: Philip C.          Hopewell, M.D.	Dates: April 1993 to March 1998 ID#s: 021319, 022372, 024150, 027228, 029431
021315	$100,265	Mathematical Modeling of Tuberculosis	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine	Project Director:         Philip C. Hopewell, M.D.	October 1993 - December 1993
024344	$205,094	Should TB Patients Who Don't Take Their Medicine be Detained?	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine	Project Director: Bernard Lo, M.D	March 1995 - October 1997
035842	$176,368	Conference on the Hospitalist and Provider-Patient Relationships	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine	Robert M. Wachter, M.D.	January 1999 to May 2001
039166	$500,000	Creating a Tobacco Document Archive	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine	Stanton A. Glantz	November 2000 - February 2002
044070	$678,819	"Tobacco Scam" Campaign Counters Claims About the Adverse Effects of Clean Air Laws on Restaurants and Bars	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine	Stanton A. Glantz	December 2001 - July 2005
052810	$399,000	"Tobacco Scam" Campaign Counters Claims About the Adverse Effects of Clean Air Laws on Restaurants and Bars	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine	Stanton A. Glantz	August 2005 - November 2007
047139	$10,000,000	Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Smoking Cessation Leadership Center	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine	Steven Schroeder (see page 5 of RWJF's "Assault on Smoking" for $10,000,000 amount	Feb 1, 2003 ending Jan 31, 2011
038253	$95,754	Redesigning the patient-provider relationship	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine	Thomas S. Bodenheimer, M.D., M.P.H.	January 2000 - June 2002	UCSF School of Medicine Grants =	$15,299,103
044223	$145,874	Study Found That New Programs to Keep Seniors Active Benefit From Partnering With Existing Organizations	University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing	Anita L. Stewart, Ph.D.	February 2002 - January 2004	UCSF School of Nursing Grants =	$145,874
	$36,233,049		Tobacco-related grants to date = $12,019,701				$36,233,049

 

He recently put out this paper bemoaning his being compared to a Nazi.

 

 The American Journal of Public Health published a Landman and Glantz paper in its Spring, 2009 edition in which this paper continues to perpetrate the fallacy that it's Big Tobacco who is claiming smoking bans economically harm the hospitality industry.  It is the HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY who is complaining that the bans are harming them.

 

According to a co-author of a previous paper with Glantz, the LA Times reported: "Glantz was on a backpacking trip and unavailable for comment. But his co-author Smith said that their study had been peer-reviewed, as had the earlier one. She stressed that “it’s based on sales tax figures–the best known source of objective information on the effects of smoking restrictions on restaurant revenues.” (bold added)

 

You do not need to be a scientist to know that there are other economic indicators than just sales taxes.  Anyone knows when a business starts to lose money, the first thing they do, before layoffs, is raise prices which raises sales taxes.  So I set off to look into Ohio and we found that since the beginning of the ban January 1, 2007, Ohio's liquor permit holders lost money from day one.  The first year, 313 "drinking places" closed (ceased paying sales taxes).  I have documented thoroughly these losses and their sources.

 

On January 23, 2009, I submitted a letter electronically to the AJPH with thorough documentation identifying all my sources.  My letter, and documentation, were apparently rejected on February 10, 2009 by AJPH which states it neither needs to state why nor do they need to notify the author.  On March 3, 2009, I submitted a letter to the editor  for publication which was rejected March 4, 2009 citing "The potential to advance public health research, policy, proactive, and education is our foremost consideration".  Translation: we don't want the truth-we have an agenda.

 

On April 16, 2009, I submitted comments to PLoS Medicine to be published regarding funding bias and the fact Stanton Glantz does not disclose competing interests.

 

When I am notified of the outcome of my letter, I will update the readers.

 

 

PLoS Medicine (Public Library of Science) posted my comments regarding Professor Glantz's refusal to supply his competing interests.  Click on "Competing Interests of Glantz Must be Declared" to read them.  My comments (along with proof) were posted April 29, 2009.  IF Glantz rebutts, I'll let you know.  But what can he say?  The proof is there.

 

As a side note, PLoS Medicine editorial staff were a pleasure to work with.