Dr. Colin McCord, Who Helped Impose a Smoking Ban, Dies at 94
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 7, 2023
Dr. Colin McCord, a surgeon credited with saving countless lives by championing a draconian ban on smoking in New York City and limits on trans fats in processed foods, galvanizing improved health care for Black men in Harlem, and improving maternal and child health globally, died on March 11 at his home in Oxford, England. He was 94.
His son, Andy, said the cause was congestive heart failure.
Dr. McCord, who was known as Coke, 
