The Conference Blog - Basel

Introducing blogger Jonathan Foulds

Jonathan Foulds, Ph.D. is a professor at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey – School of Public Health, and is the Director of the Tobacco Dependence Program at UMDNJ-School of Public Health.

Introducing podcaster Janet Reece

I work as Smoke Free Birmingham Programme Manager co-funded by the Department of Health and local health care trusts. 
I have been involved in tobacco control in England since 2005 and together with colleagues worked to achieve a comprehensive Smoke Free Law.  The new law was introduced this summer. 
The Smoke Free Birmingham Coalition is concerned that smoking has become a disease of the most disadvantaged and continues its activity to target key policies, plans and funding to reduce tobacco use and smoking prevalence especially in the most deprived parts of the city.

Introducing Blogger Wendy Tse Yared

As the Director for the Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL),  one of this 4th ECToH’s organisers, I look forward to contributing online here.  For those of you not familiar with us, ECL is an alliance of national and local cancer leagues across Europe, which connects the efforts of cancer leagues throughout Europe and works toward influencing EU and pan-European policies.  Tobacco control is one of ECL’s main and long-standing priority areas.

My interest in tobacco control started umpteenth years ago with my doctoral research at Hopkins exploring how websites were being used for tobacco control.  One of my current non-day jobs is researching on how the web can improve as a tobacco control tool for youth, and developing web-based educational content for children and youth.

Since ECL is a permanent co-organiser of European ToH conferences, we would welcome advice from seasoned conference attendees and feedback from those attending this ECToH on how future conferences might be improved to further your work.