Directors Corner
A Resolute Commitment to Health Equity
Happy New Year! We hope you had a relaxing holiday. We are deeply saddened by the…
Achieving equity through championing tobacco cessation – SCLC’s mission 20 years later
I became a primary care physician to take care of people long term. I became a public health researcher to change the narrative of health for our disproportionately impacted populations, firmly…
Dr. Schroeder's Final Director’s Corner
When we started the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center in Jan. 2003, I never thought I would stay so long as its director. This is my final Director’s Corner column, because in January, 2022, the talented tobacco control expert Pamela Ling, MD, Professor of Medicine at UCSF…
Special Announcement: Change of Plans at SCLC
In July, we had announced that Nancy Rigotti would be taking over as director of SCLC beginning January, 2022. Alas, that will not happen. The reasons are stated below by Dr. Rigotti:
“I am sorry to tell…
Collateral Damage: COVID-19 Stalls Progress on Smoking Cessation
A hidden but potentially disastrous consequence of the COVID-19 epidemic is its effect on smoking. Although the 2020 data on smoking prevalence have yet to be released, there is disturbing evidence that the impressive recent declines in adult and youth smoking may have…
Moving Forward In Spite Of It All
Like everyone else, the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at UCSF has had to adapt to new ways of doing our work. Working remotely has brought its set of challenges, and we were concerned that the press of attending to the Covid-19 epidemic would sideline smoking cessation…
Smoking, Covid-19, and Racism —Three Intersecting Epidemics
These are strange and disturbing times, as each of us confronts fundamental issues about health and our society. The three epidemics vary in how long they have been with us, how they cause harm, and how they could be remediated. The harms from smoking date back over one…
