Surgeon General Pick to Divest Family Tobacco, Tech Holdings (1)

President Donald Trump nominated Casey Means four months ago for US surgeon general, a post that still remains open. Now Means, a Stanford University-trained physician and wellness influencer who focuses on functional medicine, is disclosing “steps that I will take to avoid any actual or apparent conflict of interest.”

In an ethics agreement posted Sept. 13, she said she would divest family holdings that include shares in technology companies and Philip Morris International Inc. and Altria Group Inc., two of the world’s largest tobacco companies. The other companies include Baidu Inc., a leading Chinese technology company, and Chevron ...