Twenty-Five Years of Activism
1977-2002
1988
“Bill of Wrongs”
DOC hand-out at House Calls in Houston and elsewhere around the U.S. mocking Philip Morris’ sponsorship of a national tour of a copy of Bill of Rights from The National Archives.
1988
“Artists As Ashtrays”
Poster by Oakland artist Doug Minkler (with text by Alan Blum, MD) ridiculing art museums and artists that kowtow to Marlboro cigarettes manufacturer Philip Morris for its sponsorship of art exhibitions.
1988
“Tireless crusader fights smoking dragon”
Article by Corinne Duerkop
Purple & Gold, Chi Psi Fraternity
1988.
“Let Them Eat Smoke”
Article by Connie Oswald Stofko
SUNY Buffalo Reporter
April 21, 1988.
“Cigarette foe enlists other doctors in fight”
Article by Jo Griffiths
The Patriot News
1988.
“Anti-smoking physician group to start charging dues”
Article by Dianne S. Lund
American Medical News,
February 12, 1988
“In 1988, several goals were accomplished, some set more than ten years ago when DOC was founded…”
Letter from Alan Blum, MD to DOC members
1988.
Letter nominating DOC for the Institute of Medicine’s and National Academy of Sciences’ Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievements in Health and Education
Paul Fischer, MD
June 24, 1988
“Group flays promotion on smoking”
Article in The Augusta Chronicle/Augusta Herald
1988
“A group of 40 concerned physicians and medical students made a housecall on a very sick patient–the Marlboro man”
Press release by MCG DOC about its House Call on the Marlboro Country Music Festival in Augusta, Georgia
April 9, 1988.
“In a dramatic effort to raise the alarm about the growing influence of tobacco companies on athletes and sports competitions…”
Press release by DOC urging support for its sponsorship of Mariah SailSport, which entered a boat with a no-smoking logo on its sail in a professional sailing event sponsored by RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company’s Salem cigarettes
May 15, 1988.
“Anti-smoking leader says ban’s too late”
Article quoting Alan Blum, MD on a proposed ban by the Food and Drug Administration of tobacco sponsorship of sports
USA Today
1988
“DOC Takes on a Goliath–Smoking Industry”
Article in the New Hampshire Sunday News
October 16, 1988
4th Emphysema Slims Tennis Tournament
“Athletes, artists join forces at Emphysema Slims Tourney”
Article in Student Pulse
April 4, 1988
4th Annual Emphysema Slims Celebrity Tournament
Flyer
MCG DOC
March 26, 1988
“DOC taking tobacco image to court”
Article about DOC’s Emphysema Slims Tennis Tournament in Student Pulse
March 14, 1988
US Boomerang Team
“Throw Tobacco Out of Sports!”
DOC give-away cardboard boomerang
1988
Member of DOC-sponsored World Boomerang Championship team
Photograph
1988
