Foundation Presents New Research on Smoking In The Movies at WCTOH

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The American Legacy Foundation® will present new research related to the depiction of smoking in the movies during the 13th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, which will be held from July 8-15, 2006 at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. The foundation partnered with Dr. Jim Sargent of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center to conduct innovative research regarding the prevalence of smoking in movies and its effect on youth smoking. A press conference is scheduled for Wednesday, July 13 to unveil the results to colleagues in tobacco control and the public. In addition, the foundation will participate in a panel discussion with researchers who focus on smoking in the movies, including Dr. Stan Glantz from the Smoke-free Movies Project at the University of California at San Francisco. The World Conference theme, "Building Capacity for a Tobacco-Free World," acknowledges the vast need for a variety of skills necessary to ensure success against tobacco and will feature the latest research on the science of the health effects of tobacco, addiction, cessation, public policy, secondhand smoke, and smokeless tobacco.

For more information, please visit the conference Web site at:
http://www.2006conferences.org/t-index.php