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Kass Professor of the History of Medicine Allan M. Brandt appeared on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show Wednesday night, attempting to shed light on the growing dishonesty within the cigarette industry in a spirited—and very lighthearted—conversation with host Jon Stewart...
...Brandt said that the influence of cigarette companies was deeply rooted in a number of spheres of society, including “agriculture, business, popular culture, gender and sexuality.” He discusses the topics in greater detail in his recent book, “The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America...
...Brandt attempted to highlight one of his biggest problems with the behavior of cigarette companies—the industry’s targeting of children in its advertisements...
...Other names mentioned as possible candidates for the position include Professor of the History of Science Allan M. Brandt, Government Department Chair Nancy L. Rosenblum ’69, Stanfield Professor of International Peace Jeffry A. Frieden, and Associate Dean for Computer Science and Engineering Michael D. Smith...
...Professor of the History of Science Allan M. Brandt, who also holds an appointment at Harvard Medical School; computer scientist Barbara J. Grosz, dean of science at the Radcliffe Institute, which Faust currently heads; Government Department Chair Nancy L. Rosenblum ’69, who was considered to serve as dean of FAS last spring; and Sociology Department Chair Robert J. Sampson are also mentioned as possible candidates for the post, the sources said...