September 19, 2008
Third Annual Montana Tobacco Policy
Summit is September 24
| WHO: | Suzaynn Schick, PhD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of California - San Francisco |
| Patricia Nez Henderson, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Vice President for the Black Hills Center for American Indian Health | |
| Bronson Frick, Associate Director of Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights | |
| John McLellan, lead singer of Montana’s Clintons band | |
Terrie Price, former casino card dealer and smokefree casino advocate |
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| WHAT: | New science illuminating the immediate cardiovascular damage caused by exposure to secondhand smoke and its important implications for the full implementation of Montana’s Clean Indoor Air Act. |
| WHERE: | Carroll College – Helena, MT |
| WHEN: | 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, September 24, 2008 |
| WHY: | Every Montanan has the right to breathe clean, smokefree air, especially at work. Exposure to secondhand smoke is a public health problem. There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. The majority of Montanans (80%) support smokefree public places, including workplaces like bars, restaurants and casinos. |
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS:
- Richard Sargent, MD, Tobacco Prevention Advisory Board
- Joan Miles, Director, Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services
- Janna Kowalski, Health Educator, Tobacco Free Larimer County, Colorado
- Clare Lemke, Tobacco Use Prevention Specialist, Park County
Page last updated: 09/19/2008
