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The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health

Building capacity for a tobacco-free world

July 12-15, 2006, Washington, DC, USA



Thursday, July 13, 2006: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Meeting Room 13 (Renaissance Hotel)
Using Education, Media, and Polling to Advance Tobacco Control
Moderator:Ami L. Hurd (USA)
1:30 PMEducation as a Tool for Reducing the Scourge of Tobacco Use Amongst Women in Developing Countries: the Nigerian Case Study
Ngozi C. Osuji (Nigeria)
1:45 PMAnalysis of Policies Addressing Tobacco Industry Research Funding
Ami L. Hurd (USA), Mark Parascandola (USA)
2:00 PMMaking the Hard Decisions Easier – Using Mass-media to Pave the Way for Policy Development and Legislation
Kari Huseby (Norway)
2:15 PMHow to keep tobacco in the news on a low budget – the mechanisms, costs and benefits of generating ‘unpaid' media coverage
Anne Jones (Australia)
2:30 PMPolling - a Strategic Tool
Nichole M. Veatch (USA)
2:45 PMThe Role of the NGO in the Promotion of International Tobacco Control – National and Regional Case Studies
Elizabeth T.H. Fontham (USA)

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