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| A JAMA Media Briefing on Tobacco |
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2001/06/01 - | Chicago Hilton and Towers | | 720 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago | | 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | | Tuesday, August 8, 2000 | | | 12:30 – 12:45 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks | | | Randolph D. Smoak, Jr., M.D., President, AMA Board of Trustees, Chicago
Moderator: Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H., Editor, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Chicago | | | 12:45 – 1:15 p.m.
Playing With Fire? U.S. College Students' Use of Cigarettes, Cigars, Pipes, and Smokeless Tobacco | | | | Nancy Rigotti, M.D., Director, Tobacco Research and Treatment Center, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston | | | 1:15 – 1:45 p.m.
Changes in Youth Cigarette Use and Intentions Following Implementation of a Tobacco Control Program | | | | Ursula Bauer, Ph.D., Chronic Disease Epidemiologist, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Fla. | | | 1:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Break for Interviews | | | 2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Confounding In The Courtroom: Smoking Versus Other Risk Factors Of Smokers As The Cause Of Smoking-Attributable Deaths | | | | Michael Thun, M.D., M.S., Vice President, Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta | | | 2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Health Risks Associated with Cigar Smoking | | | | Frank Baker, Ph.D., Vice President for Behavioral Research, Director of the Behavioral Research Center, American Cancer Society, Atlanta | | | | 3:00 p.m. - Program Ends | | | | For Additional Information or to Register, Call Jim Michalski at 312/464-5785. | |
Joann Schellenbach
National Director Media Relations
American Cancer Society
212-382-2169
jschelle@cancer.org
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