Those of you who are particularly concerned about the fight against tobacco
may be interested to know about INGCAT, the international non governmental
coalition against tobacco. A number of national and international NGOs, in a
desire to react to the international aspect of the fight against the
manipulation and deception that incite people to begin to use tobacco, and
to help low-income countries to protect themselves from these practices,
have decided to join together to try to influence international response to
opening of new markets and promotion tactics for a product that the
manufacturers themselves know to be toxic and dependence -producing for its
users. The INGCAT currently counts 11 member oganisations.
For more information, please contact
Karen Slama, Ph.D., INGCAT, 68 boulevard Saint-Michel, 75006 Paris, France ;
tel :33-1-44 32 03 70 ; fax : 33-1-43 29 90 87 ; email : [log in to unmask]

Marie-Claude Lamarre




At 04:12 05/03/1997 -0500, you wrote:
>URGENT - URGENT - URGENT - URGENT - URGENT - URGENT - URGENT - URGENT
>    CANADIAN GOVERNMENT WAIVERING ON SUPPORT FOR ANTI-TOBACCO BILL
>This message is directed at the Canadian Members of CLICK4HP. If you are
>from outside Canada you still may wish to call and say that Canada will
>look good in the eyes of the world it it passes the anti-tobacco bill and
>will be shamed in the eyes of the world if it doesn't pass the bill. (that
>is my humble opinion - Sam Lanfranco
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>Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 17:44:00 -0500
>From: JForsythe <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: HELP! Urgent!
>
>Dear Colleagues and Friends of Tobacco Control,
>
>We are in trouble with Bill C-71, the Tobacco Act.  Please call the Prime
>Minister's office by noon on Wednesday to express your support for the
>Bill. The phone number is 613-992-4211.  This shouldn't take any more than
>two minutes of your time.  If you can mobilize others to call, please do
>so. Every call counts!
>
>All they are doing now is tallying the numbers for and against the Bill.
>You may be asked which province you are from.  If you're from Quebec, even
>better!  That's where we're having the most trouble with the Bill.
>
>Those of you from Quebec should also call Quebec Liberal MPs and Members
>of the Bloc Quebcois.  The message for the Liberals is to hang tough and
>do the right thing by passing the Bill.  The message for the Bloc is
>"shame on you for putting sports and cultural events ahead of Quebec
>lives".
>
>Call Krista Kealey at 613-567-3050 ext. 328 if you have any questions.  Or
>send me a return e-mail.
>
>Thanks for your help!
>
>Janice Forsythe
>Executive Director
>Canadian Council on Smoking and Health
>
>


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Marie-Claude Lamarre
Executive Director
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International Union for Health Promotion and Education
2 rue Auguste Comte, 92170 Vanves - France
Tel : 00 33 1 46 45 00 59 ; Fax : 00 33 1 46 45 00 45
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