"Tobacco, Culture, and Public Policy"

An International Seminar

Iowa City, Iowa, June 11-12th 2000
Overview

This seminar is planned to discuss tobacco consumption trends in China, Hungary, Iceland, and the U.S.; and to exchange national perspectives on common themes of State control of tobacco, new trends in marketing among the young and women, and cross-cultural meanings of smoking. Similarities and differences of these trends occurring throughout the world are an additional priority. Sessions are arranged as a working seminar preliminary to the Iowa City conference on "Tobacco and Oral Disease: Strategies for Dental Professional Interventions."

The sessions will be held in the South Private Dining Room, Burge Hall, University of Iowa.

Sponsors include the University of Iowa International Programs, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, and Obermann Center, University of Iowa.
Program
Sunday June 11th
Session 1: Comparative Trends; Issues in Data Acquisition [1]
1:00-1:15 Welcome - Dr. Stephen G. Wieting
1:15-2:30 Patterns of Tobacco Consumption over three decades, age and gender:
  USA, China, Hungary and Iceland - Dr. Stephen G. Wieting
2:30-2:45 Break
Session 2: The National Context ŠState Control and Regulation [2]
2:45-3:35 US Food and Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation ŠSusanna Squier
4:00 Adjourn
7:00 Informal Dinner
Monday June 12th
Session 3: State Control and Regulation [3] [4]
10:00-11:30 States Master Settlement Agreement (1998) - Dr. Christopher Squier
   China - Dr. Judy Polumbaum and Dr. Wen Min Luan
  Hungary - Dr. Zeno Gintner and Dr. Jolán Bánóczy
  Iceland - Dr. Stephen G. Wieting and Dr. Sigurdur Rúnar Sæmundsson
11:30-12:30 Lunch
Session 4: Globalization of Tobacco Products and the Origin of New Markets [5] [6]
12:30-2:00 Cigarettes and Image: Advertisements, Television, and Cinema - Dr. Christopher Squier, Dr. Sigurdur Rúnar Sæmundsson
  The metaphors of sport and freedom - Dr. Judy Polumbaum, Ms. Michelle McQuistan
2:00-2:15 Break
2:15-3:00 Planning for Future Collaborations/ Exchange of Information
Discussion Materials (Distributed in Advance Either in Whole or Summary Form)

[1] Consumption Data from 1965-1995; Distributed by University of Iowa Hosts

[2] Summary of U.S. Supreme Court Case, Law Week, March 2000

[3] Summary of Michael Ory, Assuming the Risk

[4]Summary of Mike A. Males, Smoked: Why Joe Camel is Still Smiling

[5] Summary of Richard Klein, Cigarettes are Sublime

[6] John L. Crompton, Sponsorship of Sport by Tobacco and Alcohol Companies

Participants

Dr. Jolán Bánóczy, Professor, Semmelweis University, Budapest, and President, Hungarian Dental Association

Dr. Zeno Gintner, Semmelweis University and the Hungarian League against Cancer, Budapest, Hungary

Dr. John Lowe, Chair, Department of Community and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa.

Dr. Wen Min Luan, Deputy Director, The Beijing Hospital, Beijing, China

Ms. Michelle McQuistan, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa

Dr. Judy Polumbaum, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa

Dr Paul Pomrehn, Associate Professor, Department of Community and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa

Dr. Sigurdur Rúnar Sæmundsson, Reykjavík, Iceland

Dr. Christopher Squier, Associate Dear for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa

Ms. Susanna Squier, Boult Hall, University of California at Berkeley.

Dr. Stephen G. Wieting, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Iowa

Ms. Haiyan Zhang, College of Business, University of Iowa

(Selected others.)