E-cigarettes, Advertising, and Youth: A Public Health Priority

E-cigarettes, Advertising, and Youth: A Public Health Priority

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

2:00–3:00 pm (EST)

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Join us for the next Vital Signs Town Hall Teleconference! CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support hosts a monthly teleconference about the topic of the latest CDC Vital Signs report. This provides a forum for our nation's health officials to broaden the conversation, build momentum, and carry out evidence-based, effective programs within the public health areas covered by Vital Signs.

 

Visit http://www.cdc.gov/stltpublichealth/townhall/2016/01/vitalsigns.html to access presentation slides and additional Vital Signs Town Hall Teleconference information.

 

Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from these nationally recognized leaders in tobacco control and prevention:

 

Robin Koval, CEO and president of Truth Initiative

 

Truth Initiative is the national public health organization dedicated to achieving a culture where all youth and young adults reject tobacco. A leader in the world of advertising and marketing, and a New York Times best-selling author, Koval joined the organization in 2013. She re-launched its award-winning and lifesaving truth® youth tobacco prevention campaign and refocused its world-class research and activism programs to speak, seek and spread the truth about tobacco.

 

A sought-after expert on advertising, media, youth culture and tobacco control, Koval regularly appears on television, contributes commentary to print and online outlets and speaks at conferences and colloquia for business, government and media audiences.

 

Jeanne Finberg, Deputy Attorney General , Office of the Attorney General of California.

 

Jeanne Finberg is an experienced litigator in the newly formed Children’s Bureau of Justice housed in the Civil Rights Section, Public Rights Division of the California Attorney General’s Office, where she works on issues affecting children and teens. Before joining the Children’s Bureau, Jeanne served for ten years in the Tobacco Litigation and Enforcement Section where she specialized in the enforcement of the public health aspects of the Master Settlement Agreement, state and federal tobacco and consumer laws. She enforced laws protecting youth and litigated cases dealing with advertising issues and against several major tobacco manufacturers.  For example, she sued R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for using cartoons in its advertising and negotiated an agreement with Santa Fe Natural American Spirit Tobacco requiring them to provide disclaimers on their advertising of their organic tobacco that organic tobacco does NOT mean that it is safer than regular tobacco.

 

Jeanne has been monitoring the sales and advertising of electronic cigarettes since they were first introduced in the U.S. in 2009. Since then she has been involved in the regulation, oversight, policy work and litigation involving electronic cigarettes and related products.

 

 

Tushar Singh, PhD - Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer in the Office on Smoking and Health

 

Dr. Singh is an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer in the Office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta. His work includes research on marijuana and tobacco among youth and adults. In addition to this, as part of his work as an EIS Officer, Dr. Singh supports national and international CDC emergency response to investigate and assist with disease outbreaks and epidemics, such as Ebola, E. coli, and meningitis.

Before joining the CDC, Dr. Singh managed a collaborative project between the University of Pittsburgh and SHARE-India to assess the prevalence and risk factors for disability and chronic disease among older Indians. Prior to that, he worked as a medical officer in different hospitals in India.