All my aplogies for the hissing sound on my side
It is due to a misplacement of my headset.
Thank you for your patience and understanding
Visit the excellent site of Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada to see the best warnings to date.
Georgina is the author of You are the target and the class curriculum Project Moving Target Vancouver, British Columbia
Thank you Georgina for accepting our rendez-vous.
May I ask you to introduce yourself?
Georgina Lovell: My casual interest in tobacco industry fraud became
more structured following Workers Compensation Board hearings in
British Columbia where I presented a five-page brief in support of
proposed smoke-free workplaces.
Louise is
Coordinator for "Le defi j'arrete, j'y gagne", Quit and Win in Québec Province
Public Health Department of Montréal-Center
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Thank you Louise for accepting our rendez-vous.
May I ask you to introduce yourself ?
Louise Labrie: My name is Louise Labrie, I am a health promotion
specialist with the public health department of Montréal-Center. I have
been active in tobacco control for 15 years. It is a real passion. I
have been involved with the making of several anti-tobacco media
campaigns for the Québec Province Health Department.
Fernand is
Head of the department of social and preventive medicine Faculté de médecine, Université Laval
Québec, Québec, Canada
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Fernand Turcotte: I am a medical specialist in preventive medicine
and public health. I have been trained at the Université de Montréal,
and Harvard University. I have joined the medical faculty of Université
Laval in 1971, teaching preventive medicine, occupational health and
public health. I am actively involved in tobacco control since 1979,
when I became head of the department of social and preventive medicine.
I hope you did not lose any loved ones in the tragedy in New
York and Washington DC. In this context it is difficult to keep the
focus on tobacco control but we are trying. Our heart goes to all who
suffer.
Thank you Cynthia for accepting our rendez-vous.
May I ask you to introduce yourself ?
Cynthia Callard: I have worked on tobacco issues intermittently
since the mid 1980s - the past six years with Physicians for a
Smoke-Free Canada (PSC). PSC was established in 1985 by an energetic
group of Canadian physicians who wanted to ensure there was a constant
and watchful eye on public policy issues concerning tobacco use.
Richard Pollay is
Curator of the History of Advertising Archives
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Thank you Rick for accepting our rendez-vous. May I ask you to introduce yourself?
I grew up in New England in the 1950s and naively
smoked Marlboros for 15 years, throughout my college and graduate
school years and when first teaching, even smoking in the classroom in
1966-1970. I teach in a business school (UBC, Vancouver), sharing my
training in marketing, consumer behavior and advertising.
Thank you Heather for accepting our rendez-vous.
May I ask you to introduce yourself?
I was born and raised in Saskatchewan in western
Canada and did undergraduate studies in Saskatoon before moving to New
York City to pursue a masters degree in psychology. I moved to Ottawa
in 1990 to work for a member of parliament.
I started working in tobacco control in 1992 when I answered a
newspaper ad calling for an "advocate" for the Canadian Council on
Tobacco Control.
Thank you Neil for accepting our rendez-vous.
May I ask you to introduce yourself?
During the 1970s, I worked on Long Range Health
Planning in the Canadian Health Department. We analyzed all the public
health problems that Canada faced. No matter how we did the
calculations, tobacco always came up as the most serious public health
problem in the country.
Heidi and Louis are co-directing the Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control.
Thank you Heidi and Louis for accepting our rendez-vous. May I ask you to introduce yourselves?
Heidi Rathjen: I was a student in civil engineering at Montreal's Ecole
Polytechnique when, on December 6, 1989, a man entered the building and
opened fire with a paramilitary weapon, ending the lives of 14 of my
fellow female students. I chose to devote myself to the cause of
firearms control and, with Wendy Cukier, founded the Coalition for Gun
Control.
Thank you Stan for accepting our "rendez-vous ". May I ask you to introduce yourself?
I am the editor of Tobacco News Online, a daily digest of news dealing
with all tobacco- and smoking-related issues and questions. The primary
focus is on Canadian news, as the majority of my readers are in this
country.
David Hammond
is with the Department of Health Studies of the University of Waterloo
in Ontario. He is the co-author of a research paper published in
Tobacco Control Journal about the Effectiveness of cigarette warning labels in informing smokers about the risks of smoking.
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