Kevin Schroth

@kevinrjschroth.bsky.social

Public health law professor, tobacco control researcher, husband, dad, and coach

I spend a lot of my free time sending cigar-related Instagram posts back and forth with Ollie, and we published a paper from it! @otg2014.bsky.social with @kevinrjschroth.bsky.social @crisdelnevo.bsky.social & Andrea Villanti @ru-ints.bsky.social

Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies (INTS)@ru-ints.bsky.social · last yr.

Assistant Professor @otg2014.bsky.social and her colleagues penned a new letter to the editor of Nicotine & Tobacco Research on how a WNBA star's cigar brand collaboration, amid growing interest in women's basketball, may increase the appeal & sales of cigars. ➡️ academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...

That makes 5 of 18 Big Ten senates who've adopted MADCs: Rutgers Nebraska Indiana Michigan State Michigan And also UMass-Amherst. CUNY's Hunter College votes on Wednesday. Add YOUR faculty senate to the list, and DM me if I can help you with connections, advice, or anything! Share widely!!

Sam Bagenstos@sbagen.bsky.social · 2y ago

Just announced: University of Michigan Faculty Senate resoundingly votes to support Big Ten academic mutual defense compact. 92.8% of over 3,000 votes.

Motion 1: Resolution to Establish a Mutual Defense Compact for the Universities of the Big Ten Academic Alliance in Defense of Academic Freedom, Institutional Integrity, and the Research Enterprise
 
Option   	Votes
Yes	2761 (92.8%)
No	214 (7.2%)

If there were a Dow Jones measuring federal public health, it would show we’re in dire straits. But since there’s not, and it doesn’t affect bank accounts in real time, it fades as new outrages take center stage. But the situation is still dire and will get worse quietly until the next crisis.

This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.

Excerpt from Rutgers University Senate resolution calling for a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. The excerpt reads:

"BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement;"

DO IT tobaccoreporter.com/2025/03/03/p... the egregiousness of White Owl & Game makes PMI's so called 'smoke free' mission a farce. In 2024 PMI sold $540+million in US C-stores - that’s 800 million cigars- 55% were heavily flavored w/names like Iced Donut, Tropical Twist, White Russian & Rocky Road

PMI Looking to Sell Off Cigar Biz - Tobacco Reporter

Philip Morris is reportedly exploring the $1 billion sale of its cigar business in the U.S. as it shifts toward smoke-free products.

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This is how it's done. A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge. This is how to guard the rule of law.

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