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Protecting Children from Secondhand Smoke in Cars

Protecting children from secondhand smoke in cars was the theme of two presentations during the 13th world conference. LISTEN

Sessions during the World Conference July 13 and July 14

Children's exposure in cars (Harvard School of Public Health)

A campaign from Health Canada. A bill is pending in California (after Louisiana and Arkansas passed regulations) and in South Autralia.

GLOBALinkradio young reporters at the World Conference

They were 8, from China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India,
Nigeria, Colombia and the USA.
Thank you to all of them for their efforts and let us hope they keep podcasting about tobacco control. LISTEN (3 min)

No Thanks, Mr Bin Laden

Ruben Israel about GLOBALink

Ruben speaks about GLOBALink from its creation in 1993 with 50 members to 2006 with 5500 members.
LISTEN (11 min)

Bertie Ahern, Irish Prime Minister's message to the conference

This is the audio recording of the video message sent to the Conference by Bertie Ahern the Prime Minister of Ireland.
LISTEN (4 min)

PS: You can also see the video on the webcast (scroll down to find the right file).

Richard Peto about Richard Doll

In this short segment Richard Peto speaks about Richard Doll's concept of statistics and epidemiology. He also presents the newly released CD about Deaths from Smoking that we have mentioned earlier.
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A tribute to Richard Doll

This is a recording of the video tribute to Richard Doll that was showed during the plenary session.
LISTEN (7 min)

PS: You can also see it (for one year) but there is not a direct link. Click here and scroll down to select the adequate file.

Amartya Sen: The World of Smoking Guns

Amartya Sen delivers the keynote address at the plenary session: a reflexion on smoking and tobacco control.
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Mary Assunta: Building capacity for a tobacco-free world: civil society response

Mary Assunta's intervention during the first plenary session. She underlines the inadequate level of funding for tobacco control and the goals of the Framework Convention Alliance.
LISTEN (13 min)

Catherine Le Galès-Camus

Catherine Le Galès-Camus is WHO's Assistant Director General. She speaks about the FCTC.
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