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ERIC Number: ED311333
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1987-Feb-4
Pages: 39
Abstractor: N/A
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Not Far Enough: Women vs. Smoking. A Workshop for Women's Group and Women's Health Leaders.
National Institutes of Health (DHHS), Bethesda, MD.
Highlights from a series of papers on the role of smoking in women's disease and death, women's smoking behavior, and the role of the tobacco industry are included in this document. Conference participants included public health and women's organizations. Brief summaries of the papers introduce the document. An outline of network strategies including intraorganizational initiatives in the areas of health, public advocacy, and the Not Far Enough Network itself are presented. These papers are included: (1) "Not Far Enough" (Helene Brown); (2) "Mixed Messages for Women A Social History of Cigarette Smoking and Advertising" (Virginia L. Ernster); (3) "Tobacco, Women, and Health" (Sally Faith Dorfman); (4) "Which Women Smoke and Why?" (Ellen R. Gritz); (5) "Tobacco Industry Funding of Women's Organizations" (Andrea M. Berman); (6) "Money Up In Smoke" (Victoria Leonard); and (7) "Women vs. Smoking: The Symbolic Conflict" (Michael Pertschuk). A bibliography and list of resources are included. (ABL)
Publication Type: Reports - General
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: National Institutes of Health (DHHS), Bethesda, MD.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Note: The workshop was convened by the Advocacy Institute in cooperation with the National Cancer Institute and the Harvard University Institute for the Study of Smoking Behavior and Policy.