Ashtrays in ivory towers: Two centuries of tobacco’s ties to academia - The Cancer Letter

Ashtrays in ivory towers: Two centuries of tobacco’s ties to academia - The Cancer Letter

In a new online exhibit, the Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society at the University of Alabama explores past and present relationships between cigarette manufacturers and universities. Alan Blum, CSTS director and exhibit curator writes: Although more than 2,500 colleges and universities in the United States alone have become smoke-free campuses over the past 20 years (including nearly 2,200 that claim to have adopted entirely tobacco-fr…