Smoking alters brain, whistle-blower finds  

Source: Stockton (CA) Record
Date: 2010-03-10
Author: Roger Phillips  Record Staff Writer

STOCKTON - Victor DeNoble has traveled the land the past 15 years
accompanied by a frozen monkey brain, a frozen human brain, a
true-life tale of corporate espionage, a stand-up comedian\\\'s
timing and a million reasons not to smoke.

But no preaching.

"I\\\'m not here to tell people what to do," DeNoble told about 200
students at Chavez High School on Tuesday afternoon.

The message, though, was easily discernible. And, coming as it
did from a former behavioral scientist for Philip Morris, it was
profound.

It\\\'s a message the 60-year-old DeNoble is bringing to Stockton
for the first time this week, with additional visits scheduled
for today at Plaza Robles and New Vision high schools, and at
Venture Academy on Thursday.