| Name | Eric Lindblom |
| About | Eric Lindblom is Director for Policy Research and General Counsel for The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund. As the Director for Policy Research, Mr. Lindblom analyzes public policy proposals relating to tobacco use and harms, in light of available data and research, to identify the most constructive possibilities and, where necessary, to reveal shortcomings and develop more effective alternatives. He focuses primarily on economic and legal issues, such as those relating to the Master Settlement Agreement, and on the many aspects of tobacco taxation, including smuggling and tax evasion. Besides writing hundreds of Campaign factsheets, Mr. Lindblom is the author of False Friends: The U.S. Cigarette Companies’ Betrayal of American Tobacco Farmers. He has also written or co-authored various other Tobacco-Free Kids reports and white papers, and frequently drafts model tobacco control legislation or actual legislative text. As General Counsel, Mr. Lindblom works on the wide range of legal issues encountered by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and its sister organization the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund. The Campaign is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which may engage in only a limited amount of direct and grassroots lobbying and may not engage in any activities to support or oppose candidates for elected office. The Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, which may engage in unlimited grassroots and direct lobbying and in a limited amount of activity relating to supporting or opposing candidates for elected office. Mr. Lindblom also represents the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, and the broader public health community, on the Tobacco, Peanuts, Cotton and Crop Seeds Agriculture Trade Advisory Committee, which reports to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Trade Representative. Prior to coming to Tobacco-Free Kids in 1998, Mr. Lindblom had been a public policy analyst and writer for more than ten years, with positions in the federal government, on political campaigns, and with nonprofit organizations. He had also worked as a lawyer, both in a private firm and for a nonprofit advocacy organization, and had been a state-level lobbyist, as well as a legislative assistant to a member of Congress. Mr. Lindblom has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University. |