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Blum, Alan Mayer M.D.

(Doctors Ought to Care (DOC) Founder, Plaintiff Expert)

Founder of Doctors Ought to Care (DOC).Former editor of the N.Y. State Journal of Medicine, there is evidence that Kent micronite filter, introduced in the 1950s, contained asbestos. The Asbestos and Smoking Act synergistically to promote lung cancer proved that people exposed to both are about ten times more likely to develop lung cancer than people who smoke but are not exposed to asbestos (L. White, Merchants 1988). Alan Blum M.D. wrote a letter to NYT regarding Eastman Kodak Company/Eastman Chemical Company's involvement with the tobacco industry (A. Blum/NYT 8/6/94). Blum wrote an article in 3/93 Tobacco Control showing connections between health-related corporations and the tobacco industry (A. Blum/NYT 8/6/94). Alan is the world's expert on tobacco. He has a broad range of knowledge of the tobacco industry and especially of the advertising of the industry. He is the winner of the Surgeon General's Medal for Public Health. He has collected the majority of items in the DOC archive. He is an expert in counter-advertising. DOC (Doctors Ought to Care) is located at 5615 Kirby Drive, Suite 440, Houston, Texas 77005. This is a group of physicians, health care workers, teachers and others who work on diseases caused by advertising, particularly tobacco. The DOC archive is probably the single largest collection of tobacco advertising, paraphernalia, and documents in the world. They specialize in counter-advertising and education. (Williams & Bailey - Possible Witnesses and Consultants) Dr. A. Blum served as associate professor of family medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, 5510 Greenbriar, Houston, Texas 77005. Phone (713) 798-7748. (TTL Medical Expert Recommendations, 1/14/97)


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   Blum, Alan Mayer M.D.
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