2003-2004 Topic: Global Health Issues - Minnesota Perspectives

A Global Commitment to Tobacco Use Reduction

This event was held on April 2, 2004.

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Guest Speakers

At the University of Minnesota, Harry Lando, PhD, is a Professor in the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, the Outreach Community Director for the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Reseaerch Center and a member of the Cancer Center. He is immediate past-president of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. He is focusing his expertise and new research efforts on the global tobacco use epidemic.

Edward Ehlinger, MD, MSPH, Director and Chief Medical Officer, Boynton Health Service, University of Minnesota, and Adjunct Associate Professor in Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.

D. Douglas Blanke, JD, Director, Tobacco Law Center, William Mitchell College of Law.

Ivana Croghan, PhD, Coordinator, Nicotine Dependence Center, Research Program; and Member, Cancer Center Research, Prevention, Detection and Control, Mayo Clinic, Rochester.

Norbert Hirschhorn, MD, international health consultant and advocate.

Skip Humphrey, Senior Fellow, University of Minnesota School of Public Health; Senior Vice President, Tunheim Partners (Bloomington, MN); Volunteer President, AARP Minnesota; and former Minnesota Attorney General.

Cheryl Perry, PhD, Professor, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

Handouts

• Highlights of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), April 2003
• Research Reports and Publications Based on Tobacco Industry Documents, 1995-2004
• The Tobacco Law Center and International Tobacco Control