rendezvous

Martin Raw

Monday, March 6  2000

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

I am a freelance consultant and honorary senior lecturer in public health, and I came into the tobacco control field through a psychology background.

Rendez-vous 53 with Ann McNeill

Friday, January 14, 2000

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

I currently work part-time as a research adviser at the Health Education Authority (HEA - which will no longer exist after March 31st this year, see below) working mainly on smoking, but also do some work on other addictions. In addition, I am Chair of the WHO Partnership Project to reduce tobacco dependence and a member of the European branch of the SRNT (the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco) Prior to the HEA I was at the Institute of Psychiatry within Professor Michael Russell's unit and worked predominantly on the development of dependence in young smokers.

David Pollock

Saturday, December 10  1999

David is the author of "Denial and Delay--The political history of smoking and health, 1951-1964 , Scientists, Government and Industry as seen in the papers at the Public Records Office (in Great Britain)". Thank you for taking the time to be with us and may I ask you to introduce yourself?

Yes - first: thank you for the invitation! I came into tobacco control at the age of 48, when I was made redundant after a 25-year career in the coal industry and applied for the post of director of Action on Smoking and Health (UK) and was appointed.

I was Director from 1991 to 1994 and I remain a member of the ASH advisory council.