ERIC Number: ED424527
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: 63
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ISBN: ISBN-0-16-056057-8
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Public Forum on Youth and Tobacco: Breaking the Cycle. Hearing on Examining Proposals To Deter Youth From Using Tobacco Products before the Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session (October 27, 1997).
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
This publication contains the testimony from a hearing on growth and tobacco use. Statements include: (1) Opening Statement of Senator Bill Frist; (2) Statements of a panel of teens, Brandi Battle, Washington, DC; Kellie Jolly, Tennessee; Nickita Bradley, Maryland; and Josh, Virginia; followed by discussion; (3) Discussion and prepared statements of Scott J. Leischow, Ph.D., Director, Nicotine Dependence Program, Arizona Prevention Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; Richard D. Hurt, M.D., Director, Nicotine Dependence Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Michael C. Fiore, M.D., M.P.H., Panel Chair Smoking Prevention and Cessation, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, and Director and Associate Professor, center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin; and Tim McAfee, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Center for Health Promotion, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound-Kaiser, Seattle, Washington; (4) Prepared Statement of Senator Mike Enzi; (5) Discussion and prepared statements of Paul Schwab, Deputy Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland; and Joseph R. DiFranza, M.D., University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. (EMK)
Descriptors: Community Problems, Community Programs, Health Education, Hearings, Prevention, Program Development, Program Implementation, Smoking, Substance Abuse, Tobacco, Youth Problems
U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburg, PA 15250-7954.
Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
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