Pertschuk, Michael
(FTC Commissioner (c. 1984))Michael Pertschuk is former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission in 1984. (E. Whelan 1984). "There never has been a health hazard so perfectly proven as smoking, and it is a measure of the [CTR's] success that it is able to create the illusion of controversy in what is so elegantly a closed scientific case" (WSJ 2/11/93). The Advocacy Institute is an antismoking group (WSJ 3/30/94). Lawyers for the American Tobacco Company filed a subpoena circa 3/94 for access to the membership list of a computer network used by the Advocacy Institute. AI sought to quash the subpoena (WSJ 3/30/94). The Advocacy Institute is run by Michael Pertschuk. The telephone number is (202) 659-8475 (P. Reynolds 6/13/94). The Advocacy Institute is located at 1707 L Street, N.W., Suite 400, Washington, D.C., 20036. (Castano Expert List)