This rendez-vous took place during the 2002 national tobacco control
conference in San Francisco. I want to thank the press service of the
conference and the San Francisco Tobacco Free project that made it
possible.
Guillermo isCoordinator of the Educational programs for the League against Cancer in Colombia
Bogota, Colombia
Thank you Guillermo for accepting our rendez-vous.
May I ask you to introduce yourself?
Guillermo Martinez Gallon: I have been involved in tobacco control
for 7 years. I am in charge of teaching the volunteers and the young
people about tobacco issues and cancer prevention. We develop education
campaigns and materials for the schools. They are implemented by our
volunteers in 44 cities and small towns.
Judith is Director of the Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control
Hong Kong
Thank you Judith for accepting our rendez-vous. May I ask you to introduce yourself?
Judith Mackay: My name is Judith Longstaff Mackay. I have lived in
Hong Kong since 1967, initially working as a hospital physician, then
since 1984 concentrating on tobacco control. I am currently the
Director of the Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control, and Senior Policy
Advisor to World Health Organisation on tobacco issues.
This rendez-vous took place during the 2002 national tobacco control
conference
in San Francisco. I want to thank the press service of the conference
and the San Francisco Tobacco Free project that made it possible.
Angale is a Health Educator with the Society Against Cancer in Ecuador Portoviejo, Province of Manabi, Ecuador
Thank you Angela for accepting our rendez-vous. May I ask you to introduce yourself?
Angela Pinoargote: I have been a teacher for 32 years and a health educator for 15 years.
I work mostly with kids in schools in the Province of Manabi. We
have just started a new campaign on the theme "Instead of smoking, feel
yourself at life".
This rendez-vous took place during the 2002 national tobacco control
conference
in San Francisco. I want to thank the press service of the conference
and the San Francisco Tobacco Free project that made it possible.
Phillip Karugaba is Spokeperson for TEAN, The Environmental Action Network
Kampala, Uganda
Thank you Phillip for accepting our rendez-vous. May I ask you to introduce yourself?
Phillip Karugaba: I am the spokeperson for TEAN, The Environmental
Action Network, a public interest group that was created in 2000 in
Kampala. I am an attorney with an independent practice and a law
professor at Makerere University in Kampala.
This rendez-vous took place during the 2002 national tobacco control conference
in San Francisco. I want to thank the press service of the conference that made it possible.
Mike Moore is Attorney General for the state of Mississipi Jackson, Mississipi
Thank you Mike for accepting our rendez-vous. May I ask you to introduce yourself?
Mike Moore: I have spent 25 years in the public service, 15 years as
Attorney General for the state of Mississipi. I was always concerned
with the problems related with alcool and illegal drugs. When I came to
realize tobacco was the number one cause of death in our country I felt
compelled to do something about it and I still do.
about tobacco control in Nigeria
Eze is Attorney at law, Executive Director of PADDING, People against drug dependence and ignorance
Lagos, Nigeria
This rendez-vous took place during the 2002 national tobacco control
conference
in San Francisco. I want to thank the press service of the conference
and the San Francisco Tobacco Free project that made it possible.
Thank you Eze for accepting our rendez-vous.
May I ask you to introduce yourself?
Eze Eluchie: I am an attorney at law in Lagos, Nigeria. My
involvement with tobacco control started after my office had been
burglarized for the third time. On the last occurrence one of the
burglars was arrested while reselling my typewriter for a very small
amount of money: he was a drug addict and that started my interest into
the questions of substance abuse.
Rendez-vous with Eric Helmuth, Editorial Director of Join Together
Online Boston University School of Public Health Boston, Massachusetts
Thank you Eric for accepting our rendez-vous.
May I ask you to introduce yourself?
Eric Helmuth: It's a pleasure to talk about our work with your
readers. I was originally trained in Counseling Psychology (M.A.,
University of Akron, 1990) and worked for several years in the field of
community mental health, which led to increasing involvement with
addictions issues and eventually to work in local community organizing
and advocacy around these issues. That in turn brought me to my current
work at Join Together.
Barbara is Coordinator for the Navajo County Tobacco Education and Prevention Program
Producer and host of the weekly radio talk show: Tobacco Talk, Show Low , Arizona, USA
Thank you Barbara for accepting our rendez-vous.
May I ask you to introduce yourself ?
Barbara Bruce: Thank you, Philippe, for inviting me to be a part of
Rendez-vous. Allow me to introduce myself with a bit of background
information that illustrates the circuitous route I traveled to get to
my current destination. As a resident of The White Mountains of
Arizona, a beautiful place to "get away from the heat," I work for two
different entities. I am the Program Coordinator for the Navajo County
Tobacco Education and Prevention Program.
about Clean Indoor Air: Advances in California, 1990-1999
Elizabeth is Clinical Professor of Biostatistics
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California, USA
Thank you Elizabeth for accepting our rendez-vous.
May I ask you to introduce yourself ?
Elizabeth Gilpin: I have worked as a statistician in medical
research since 1974, and in other areas before then. My interest in
tobacco control dates from my participation in the baseline California
Tobacco Survey (CTS) in 1990.
About the first results of the DANDY 1 study (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths)
Joseph is a Family physician and Professor of family medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Thank you Joseph for accepting our rendez-vous.
May I ask you to introduce yourself ?
Joseph DiFranza: Many in the tobacco control field are already
familiar with my earlier research. I have 70 publications on tobacco
over the past 20 years. I did some of the important work regarding Joe
Camel. I have been conducting research on youth access for 15 years.
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