Conde Nast Promotes Cancer Research ... and Cancer: A Guest Commentary and Open Letter by Alan Blum, MD

"Glamour. This is one of the many publications whose chief function is to publish ads for cosmetics, clothes, and other items for young women.  The tobacco industry, having almost reached the saturation point of male smoking, is out to get a majority of women.Glamourhired Dr. Henry C. Link to write an article (Jan ' 46) saying that smoking cigarets is one of the most important of all bad habits. "--George Seldes,In Fact, July 28, 1947Nearly 70 years later,Glamouris still ignoring the dangers of smoking and running cigarette ads.  And nowGlamour is published by Conde Nast, which also publishes influential magazines likeTheNew Yorker, Wired,and Vanity Fair.Tonight Stand Up To Cancer holds its fifth fundraising telethon for cancer research.  Its slogan is " This is where the end of cancer begins. "  But several of SU2C ' s Publishing Partners still accept advertising for the leading cause of cancer, cigarettes.  BecauseThe New Yorkerprides itself on exposing the hypocrisy of public figures and trusted institutions, it is only fair to ask its editor how the magazine can ignore the hypocrisy of its publisher, whose slogan could well be " This is where cancer begins. "An open letter to David Remnick: Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2016 3:39 PMSubject: In the spirit of Thomas Whiteside...David RemnickEditor,The New YorkerDear Mr. Remnick,Since as a longstanding subscriber toThe New YorkerI receive a weekly email from you, I hope yo...
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