rendezvous

Eric LeGresley about smuggling in Africa

Rendez-vous 174 - October 14 2008

May I ask you to introduce yourself by telling us a little about your personal background (education, professional experience) and when, how and why you got involved in tobacco control?

Eric LeGresley: I'm a Canadian lawyer who has been working in tobacco control for well over a decade. I first became involved in tobacco control while a law student in the 1980s, and returned to the issue after completing an LL.M. in public international law.  In the mid-1990s, I was legal counsel for the Non-Smokers' Rights Association in Canada, and later I joined the WHO when TFI was being set up.  For most of the past decade I've been a consultant to law firms, international organisations, NGOs and governments, with smuggling-related matters being the single largest component of my work.

Luk Joossens

Rendez-vous 159  -  November 19, 2006

Our previous rendezvous with Luk took place in february 2002 and was mostly focused on smuggling.
I would like first to congratulate him for being one of the winners of the 2006 Luther Terry Awards and for having been nominated as strategic leader in the tobacco control field for the International Union Against Cancer.

Luk Joossens

Rendez-vous 129
Tuesday, February 19 2002

Thank you Luk for accepting our rendez-vous. May I ask you to introduce yourself ?

Luk Joossens: My name is Luk Joossens. I am a sociologist and for almost 25 years I have been involved in tobacco control in Belgium and 15 years in European and global tobacco control. I started in 1977 by doing research on the effectiveness of anti-tobacco campaigns and made visits to the Netherlands, UK and France.