We will offer a course this summer on Tobacco Control which may be of interest to your office. Further information and registration procedures can be obtained by contacting  Ayesha Khan, Department of Epidemiology,  Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205. Phone: 410/955-7158; fax: 410/955-0863. email: akhan@jhsph.edu
Information on this course and others being offered can be obtained by going to the web site address listed below.

Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

19th Annual
Graduate Summer Institute
of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
June 18 - July 6, 2001
http://www.jhsph.edu/summerepi

Announces:

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

Instructors: Marion Ceraso, Jonathan Samet 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
Cigarette Smuggling

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), Luk Joossens (International Union Against Cancer).