The Tobacco Control Research Group and Issam Fares Institute invite you to a lecture and open discussion. <\/p>\n
Speakers<\/p>\n
Greg Connolly teaches and conducts research on tobacco and health issues at the Harvard School of Public Health. He has published over 70 scientific articles on tobacco product design, marketing and tobacco control interventions. He is a graduate of Holy Cross College, Tufts Dental School, and the Harvard School of Public Health. He was director of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Tobacco Control Program for ten years; during his tenure cigarette consumption fell by 50% in Massachusetts, three times the U.S. average. He was the second American to be awarded the Surgeon General’s Medallion by Dr. C. Everett Koop for his leadership passing the federal Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act. He has served as an adviser to the World Health Organization. He is credited with ending the US use of trade threats against Thailand for its refusal to accept foreign cigarettes and was made the Commander of the Third Class by the King of Thailand for his work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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