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Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 17:16:33 -0400
From: Ayesha Khan <[log in to unmask]>
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We will offer two courses this summer on Tobacco Control which may be of
interest to your subscribers, and I would like permission to post it on the
CANCHID list mailing list.

Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Announces:

A One Week Session on Tobacco Control
 June 18-22, 2001

Instructors: Jonathan Samet, Marion Ceraso and Allyn Taylor


Tobacco Control: National and International Approaches
(M - F, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon)

Topics include:
The Health and Economic Burden of Tobacco Use
Globalization of the Epidemic
A Review of Lung Cancer
Interpreting the Evidence on Tobacco and Health
The Tobacco Industry
The Role of Litigation in Tobacco Control
Tobacco Control Strategies
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Invited Lecturers include: Jack Henningfield (Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine),
Lawrence Kleinberg (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) Michele Bloch (National
Cancer Institute), Robert  Weissman (Essential Action).


The WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control:
Advancing Global Public Health
 (M - F, 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

Topics include:
The Treaty Negotiation Process
Review of the Chair’s Draft of a Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Advertising and Free Speech Issues and the FCTC
Compensation and Liability Issues and the FCTC
Tobacco Trade and the FCTC
Smuggling and the FCTC
Mobilizing NGOs and Civil Society

Invited Lecturers include: Ruth Roemer (University of California at Los Angeles
School of Public Health), Paul Szasz (New York University Law School), Judy
Wilkenfeld (National Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids), Sean Murphy (George
Washington University National Law Center, Ayda Yurekli (The World Bank),
Douglas Bettcher (World Health Organization), Luk Joossens  (International
Union Against Cancer)

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