The ostrich policy

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Ostrich policyIn September 2007, over 500 public health experts addressed a petition to tennis star Roger Federer, drawing his attention to the fact that his name and image were tarnished in the promotion of the Davidoff cigarette, a deadly product with a very heavy toll among the most vulnerable populations of the world. The petitioners asked him to reconsider his participation at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors and cut his ties with Davidoff. The full text of the petition is shown below, together with the list of signatories.

Copies of the petition were sent to the organizers of the tournament and to the city authorities of Basel. Federer and all other recipients have opted to ignore the petition altogether. An acknowledgement was not even received. Clearly, they have chosen to deal with the matter by adopting the ostrich policy.

 

The undersigned, through

Globalink
62 route de Frontenex
1207 Geneva, Switzerland		  
  Mr. Roger Federer
Postfach
4103 Bottmingen
Switzerland

Petition started on 24 September 2007

Dear Roger,


Roger Federer's participation at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors


We note that one of the next tournaments in your 2007 tour schedule is the Davidoff Swiss Indoors. As you most likely know, Davidoff is a cigarette trademark which is owned, since 2006, by the multinational corporation Imperial Tobacco. Their Annual Report provides information on the importance of this brand in the marketing strategy of the corporation: “Our key premium international cigarette brand Davidoff has a strong foothold in Asia and a growing presence in a number of markets worldwide.” The report further indicates that "Davidoff is growing across [the Rest of the World] region with line extensions in the Middle East, Asia and Eastern Europe and launches into Africa.”


You have perhaps been told that Davidoff is also used as the brand name for non tobacco products, such as perfumes and luxury items, and probably this is the argument provided as justification by the sponsors of the Swiss Indoors. However, this is a typical instance of the well known device of trademark diversification used as a marketing technique by the tobacco industry to bypass legislation on advertising. This is very well said in a previously confidential tobacco industry report: “In the dark market environment Davidoff has invested in TMDs [trademark diversification], Direct Mailing and BTL [‘below the line’ marketing]. Successful Davidoff TMDs such as Cool Water and Goodlife fragrances as well as Davidoff Coffee were developed to create alibi advertising opportunities for the brand. These have made ATL [‘above the line’] market communication possible even in dark markets such as Germany and Taiwan." (see http://bat.library.ucsf.edu/... ). The title sponsorhip of the Swiss Indoors by Imperial Tobacco (or one of its affiliates) belongs to this dark marketing strategy.


Given the above facts, not only is it shameful for Switzerland and the city of Basel to host the last ATP tennis tournament in the world which takes place under the banner of a cigarette brand, but it is also sad that a gigantic tennis star like you, perhaps the best player of all times, should endorse such a devious stratagem by your presence and image, which appears on all the posters of the tournament right under the Davidoff brand. This is especially deplorable when considering that you have millions of young fans, who admire you and have a cult for everything you do and like. To just give an example, Imperial Tobacco promotes the Davidoff cigarette brand in Russia and the ex-soviet countries, where your popularity is enormous among teenagers. How many will start the deadly habit because you, their idol, helped promote the Davidoff cigarette brand, spreading the message that smoking is cool.


Tobacco smoking currently kills 5 million people each year, and this figure is likely to double by 2030, with the majority of death occurring in the developing world. Every year, more than 20 millions teenagers start smoking, each one of them losing instantly five years of life expectancy. This huge public health problem does not just happen by itself. It has a well known cause: the tobacco industry. By associating your name with Davidoff, you become a part of the problem and this will inevitably tarnish your image. Given the values associated with your sport and the spirit of your splendid performances, a tennis star like you would be truly expected to be part of the solution and provide a model that help children stay away from tobacco.


It is not too late for you to act: you can either cancel your participation at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors or ask that the Swiss Indoors cut all their ties with Davidoff and the tobacco industry. By taking such action, you will make an important contribution to help the children of the world, who are “tomorrow’s future”, to remain free of tobacco addiction.


With my best regards,


Signed by:

Mr. Zaki Abdollah Ministry of Health, Melaka, Malaysia
Dr. Gamal Abdul Hamid Al-Amal Oncology Unit, Aden, Yemen
Pr. Theo Abelin University of Berne, Spiegel, Switzerland
Mr. Bassam AbiSaab Globalink, Canada
Mrs. Dawn Acker SOUTHLAND District Health Board, New Zealand
Mr. Kouman Koffi Adjouman Abotrey, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Mr. Shaari Ahmad Junid Malaysia Council for Tobacco Control, Malaysia
Dr. Kurt Aigner Austrian Council on Tobacco or Health, Austria
Mr. Jawad Al-Lawati Ministry of Health, Oman, Oman
Mr. Alaers Brussels, Belgium
Mr. Hugh Aldersey-Williams United Kingdom
Mr. Issah Ali Action for Integrated Development, Accra, Ghana
Ms. Eileen Allen Mother of a 14 year old boy, England, United Kingdom
Ms. Tasha Allen AADAC, Canada
Ms. Kathryn Alley Islington Primary Care Trust, London, United Kingdom
Dr. Garth Alperstein Sydney South West Area Health Service, Australia
Ms. Lilli Amberin Pharmacy against Tobacco, Linköping, Sweden
Ms. Anahit Development Principles NGO, Yerevan, Armenia
Dr. Diana Andreasyan National Institute of Health, Yerevan, Armenia
Dr. Juan Alonso López Andreu Hospital Universitario La Fe, Spain
Mrs. L. Andrew Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, Australia
Mr. Ani MIG TV, Armenia
Dr. Franklin Apfel World Health Communication Associates, Compton Bishop, United Kingdom
Dr. Carles Ariza Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Ms. Deborah Arnott Action on Smoking and health, United Kingdom
Mr. Gérard Audureau Les droits des non-fumeurs, France
Dr. Javier Ayesta University of Cantabria, Spain
Sra. Maria Azagra Instituto de Salud Publica de Navarra, Spain
Dr. Enrique Mascarós Balaguer SVMFYC, Valencia, Spain
Dr. Jürg Barben Pulmonology - Children's Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Mr. Carmen Barco CEDRO, Lima, Peru
Prof. Pierre Bartsch Fondation contre les Affections Respiratoires, Brussels, Belgium
Ms. Linda Bates ASH Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dr. Markus Battaglia ISPM, University of Bern, Switzerland
Mrs. Deborah Baudin Vivre-sans-fumer, Switzerland
Dr. Alexander Bazarchyan National Institute of Health, Yerevan, Armenia
Ms. Emmanuelle Beguinot Comité National Contre le Tabagisme, France
Dr. Chinara Bekbasarova Public Assosiation for Tobacco Control, Bishkek, Kyrguzstan
Mr. Albert J. Benson SAFE Smokefree Air For Everyone, Mission Viejo, CA, USA
Mr. Mohamed Benzarti Professor pulmonology-allergology, Sousse, Tunisia
Dr. Simona Berariu ASP Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania
Dr. C. Berends Netherlands Asthma Foundation, Holland
Mrs. Yvonne Bergmark Bröske Swedish Nurses Against Tobacco, Sweden
Mr. Ricardo Nieto Bernat Aldama, Valencia, Spain
Dr. Marie Annick Bertho Cabinet medical, Dieppe, France
Dr. Douglas William Bettcher World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Henri Bettelheim European Union of Nonsmokers, France
Dr. Eduardo Bianco Research Centre of the Tobacco Epidemic in Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
Mr. Werner Bill European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
Dr. Chantal Billiet Médecin tabacologue libéral, France
Mr. Hudson Birden University of Sydney, Australia
Mrs. Claude Birkui Paris Sans Tabac, Vaucresson, France
Mrs. Joelene Bizzintino Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Australia
Mr. John Bloom USA
Dr. Göran Boëthius Doctors Against Tobacco, Sweden
Mr. Stefan Bogdan Romania
Mr. Yann Boggio ADSAN, Switzerland
Mr. Bolourian France
Dr. Anne Borgne Réseau hôpital sans tabac France, Paris, France
Mr. Gene Borio tobacco.org, New York, NY, USA
Mr. Chris Bostic Washington, DC, USA
Mr. Philippe Boucher Globalink radio www.glkradio.org, Geneva, Switzerland
Mr. Marcel Boulanger Conseil québécois sur le tabac et la santé, Montréal, Canada
Ms. Emily Brennan The Cancer Council, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Ms. Patricia Brennan University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Dr. David Bristol Saint Lucia Cancer Society, Castries, Saint Lucia
Mr. Robert Broughton New Westminster Tennis Club, New Westminster, Canada
Ms. Sharon Brown University of California - Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Mr. Katha Bunditanukul Thai Pharmacy Network for Tobacco Control, Bangkok, Thailand
Dr. Chiv Bunthy Cambodian Health Committee, CHC, Cambodia
Dr. Luigi Burlini ETH, Italy
Ms. Barbara Busca ARIS, Geneva, Switzerland
Mr. Francisco V. Cabo The Mozambique Public Health Association (AMOSAPU), Maputo, Mozambique
Dr. Tomaz Caks University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mrs. Marinette Calabro NOMAD SST, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Ms. Melissa Cameron Australia
Dr. Magnolia Cardona School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Mrs. Carmen Casaulta Med. Kinderklinik, Bern, Switzerland
Mr. Edgar Castillo ADRA Armenia, Mexico City, Mexico
Dr. Janine K. Cataldo UCSF, USA
Mr. Shaun Cavanagh Orphan, New Zealand
Ms. Susan Cavanagh Framework Convention Alliance, Bonid, Australia
Ms. Magda Cedzynska Cancer Center, Warsaw, Poland
Mr. Monica Celio CIPRET-Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
Pr. Simon Chapman Australia
Dr. Naowarut Charoenca Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Ms. Naowarut Charoenca Mahidol University, Faculty of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand
Ms. Josephine Chau Australia
Mr. Yong Check Yoon Clearinghouse for Tobacco Control, George Town, Malaysia
Mr. Chédel Switzerland
Dr. Ted Chen APACT, New Orleans, LA, USA
Ms. Leonie Chinet Lausanne, Switzerland
Ms. Carol Chisholm Chisholm Informatique, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Mr. Dominique Chomard Association F.R.A.C.T.A.L, Dijon, France
Mr. Brunier Christian Député PS, Geneva, Switzerland
Mr. Jean-Pierre Cicchelero Centre de libération tabagique, Belgium
Prof. Rufus Clarke School of Public Health, Australia
Mr. Vicent Climent Spain
Ms. Valerie Coghlan ASH Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Ms. Nadia Collot Caméra Santé, Paris, france
Mr. Harold Colomes International Union Against Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland
Mrs. Cristina Concepción de la Rosa Asociación Española contra el Cáncer, La Orotava, Spain
Dr. David F. Copeland Montreal General Hospital, CSACI (fellow), AAAAI (member), ACAAI (fellow), NSRA, PSC, etc., Montréal, Canada
Dr. Rodrigo Cordoba-Garcia CNPT - Comite Nacional Prevencion Tabaquismo, Madrid, Spain
Mrs. Liza Cornejo MediaKom, Philippines
Pr. Jacques Cornuz CIPRET-Vaud, Lausanne, Switzerland
Mrs. Christine Corti Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Ms. Sarah Cowen Hunt, TX, USA
Ms. Alison Cox FCA, London, United Kingdom
Ms. Norma Cronin Irish Cancer Society, Dublin, Ireland
Dr. Nick Cross University of Sydney, Australia
Ms. Katherine Cullerton Camden Council, United Kingdom
Mr. Gilberto Cutrupi Total Tactics, Italy
Dr. Hoang Dang Huy Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Dr. Keyvan Davani Austrian Council on Smoking and Health, Vienna, Austria
Pr. Richard Daynard Public Health Advocacy Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Ms. Joy de Beyer South Africa
Ms. Susie M. de Larosière ONG LIFE (membre de l'IMPACT), Cameroun
Mrs. Cinzia de Marco Tobacco Control Unit of National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy
Mr. Gyan de Mel Australia
Mr. Raf de Ryck RookVrij VZW, Belgium
Mr. Yorick Delaunay Atelier D, Lausanne, Switzerland
Mr. Michael DeRosenroll Canadian Cancer Society, Canada
Ms. Beverley Desborough NHS Stop Smoking Service, United Kingdom
Mr. Baba Gallé Diallo Mouvement anti tabac du Sénégal, Dakar, Senegal
Dr. Oury Fatoumata Diallo IMPACT www.cpeact.org, Guinea-Conakry
Ms. Ariane Diethelm Lucinges, France
Mr. Pascal A. Diethelm OxyRomandie, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. M. Dinesh Amrita Institute of Medical scienes and Research Centre, India
Ms. Therese H. Doan University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Ms. Anne Morrow Donley Virginia Group to Alleviate Smoking in Public, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Dr. Ulysses Dorotheo FCTC Alliance, Philippines, Manila, Philippines
Dr. Bruce L. Douglas University of Innouis at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Mr. Cliff Douglas University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Ms. Ursula Drechsler Lungenliga St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Dr. Carolyn Dresler USA
Prof. Gérard Dubois Medical School Amiens, Amiens, France
Dr. Karen Duderstadt UCSF School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA, USA
Ms. Sheila Duffy ASH Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Ms. Susan Dumbrell Northern Sydney Area Health Promotion, Australia
Mr. Dawn M. Dunn USA
Dr. Urs-Peter Ebnöther Gemeinschaftspraxis Rössligasse, Bülach, Switzerland
Mr. David Edwards Quit South Australia, Adelaide South, Australia
Pr. Matthias Egger ISPM, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Ms. Cecile Eigenmann University of Sydney, Australia
Mrs. Susanna Eklund Pharmacy Against Tobacco, Sweden
Mrs. Verena El Fehri Swiss Association for Smoking Prevention, Bern, Switzerland
Mr. Patrick Erard Député Les Verts, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Mr. Marius Eremia Aer Pur Romania, RNSP, Romania
Mr. Jean-Francois Etter University of Geneva, Switzerland
Ms. Rachel Eyre New Zealand
Mr. Vincent Falcy CIPRET-Vaud, Lausanne, Switzerland
Mr. Gus Ferguson Blooming Health, Brighton, United Kingdom
Mr. Vicent Ferris Valencia, Spain
Dr. Josep Ferrís i Tortajada Pediatric Environmental Speciality Unit, Valencia, Spain
Mr. Régine Finck Geneva, Switzerland
Mr. Burke Fishburn USA
Pr. Jean-William Fitting University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Ms. Gail Foreman Central Alberta Tobacco Reduction Action Coalition, Canada
Mr. Michael Forrest European Network for Smoking Prevention, Belgium
Ms. Janice Forsythe Cypress Consulting, Ottawa, Canada
Dr. Susan Fowler Metuchen, NJ, USA
Mr. Fracheboud Switzerland
Ms. Chris Franks Australia
Ms. Becky Freeman University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Mr. Kouadio Fromoh Stop Tabac, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Ms. Liz Furguson Framework Convention Alliance, Washington D.C., USA
Mr. Gache Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, Switzerland
Mr. Joseba Zabala Galan Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain
Dr. Júlia Garcia i Castell Hospital Sagunt, Valencia, Spian
Mr. Sandy Garcon Framework Convention Alliance, Washington D.C., USA
Dr. David Garne University of Sydney, Australia
Dr. Coral Gartner Australia
Mr. Louis Gauvin Coalition québécoise pour le contrôle du tabac, Montréal, Canada
Mrs. Gaëlle Genolet Switzerland
Dr. Ricardo Genova Santos University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Ms. Seda Ghumashian Club of journalists Selen NGO, Vanadzor, Armenia
Mr. Murray Gibson MANTRA (Manitoba Tobacco Reduction Alliance), Canada
Dr. Anna Gilmore University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
Dr. Gary Giovino SUNY at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions, USA
Dr. Beaytiz Goja Facultad de Medicina, Uruguay
Dr. Phil Gold McGill University, Canada
Mrs. Semira Gonseth Policlinique Médicale Universitaire de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Mr. Francisco González-Robatto Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, Madrid, Spain
Ms. Leslie Gordon SMDHU, Barrie, Canada
Ms. Daniela Gorincioi Groups.yahoo.com/group/anti-fumat, Republic of Moldova
Mr. Adama Gorou Publiciterre Afrique, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Mrs. Laura Graen Campaign Rauchzeichen! / Blue 21 e.V., Halle, Germany
Ms. Eloise Gray International Volunteer, Armenia
Mrs. Grizeau-Clemens World Heart Federation, Switzerland
Mr. Francis Grogna European Network for Smoking Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Raffael Guggenheim Triemlispital, Zurich, Switzerland
Dr. Hasantha Gunasekera University of Sydney, Australia
Mr. Olcott Gunasekera Sri Lanka National Federation on Smoking and Health, Sri Lanka
Dr. Prakash C. Gupta Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai, India
Mr. Kakha Gvinianidze National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
Ms. Haddad Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Noran Naqiah Hairi University Malaya, Malaysia
Mr. Gabor Halmos Private, Switzerland
Dr. Stephen Hamann Tobacco Control Research and Knowledge Managgement Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Ms. Hamerlijnck Asthma Foundation, Holland
Dr. Reiner Hanewinkel Institute for Therapy and Health Research, Kiel, Germany
Dr. Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed IIUM, MCTC, MPS, Malaysia
Mrs. Ann Hansen AMA Alliance, USA
Dr. Stanton Harley Gateway Health, Launceston, Australia
Mr. Todd Harper VicHealth, Australia
Dr. Mary Ellen Harrod University of Sydney, Australia
Mr. Khurram Hashmi Coalition for Tobacco Control in Pakistan, Pakistan
Dr. Catherine Hawke University of Sydney, Australia
Mr. Andrew Hayes Smokefree London, London, United Kingdom
Ms. Pamela J. Haylock USA
Ms. Marita Hefler University of Sydney, Australia
Ms. Margit Heintz Lungenliga beider Basel, Liestal, Switzerland
Mr. Wolf Hempel Nichtraucher-Initiative Wiesbaden, Germany
Ms. Ute Herrmann Zuri Smokefree, Zürich, Switzerland
Mr. Andreas Hilbert Germany
Mr. Nogami Hiroshi Smokefree for Kids in Japan, Osaka, Japan
Prof. Albert Hirsch Vice-président, Ligue nationale contre le cancer, Paris, France
Mr. Jean-Pierre Hoengenaert Domus Medica ( WVVH ), Belgium
Dr. Claire Hooker Centre for Values, Ethics and Law, University of Sydney, Australia
Mr. Paul Hooper Tobacco Control Centre, England, United Kingdom
Mr. Eugen Hoppe-Schultze Netzwerk Tabakkontrolle Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Dr. Thomas Houston OhioHealth, Columbus, OH, USA
Dr. Fenton Howell ASH Ireland, Ireland
Ms. Yibee Huang Taiwan International Medical Alliance, Taipei, Taiwan
Ms. Christine Hughes Dietitian, Australia
Mr. Jean-Paul Humair University Hospitals of Geneva, Grand-Lancy, Switzerland
Ms. Sylvia Huntington Australian Health Policy Institute, Australia
Dr. Agha Muhammed Ajmal Hussain The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Ms. Marijke Huydts UEN, Holland
Mr. Vassilis Iacovides The Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society, Cyprus
Mrs. Dunja Ibrahim Switzerland
Mr. Alan Inglis The Cancer Council Queensland, Australia
Mr. Cristina Isar National Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
Mr. Ruben Israel Consultant, Vésenaz, Switzerland
Dr. Silvia Jakimczuk Hospital Argerich, Argentina
Mr. Dietrich Jakob Germany
Ms. Sadykova Jamilya National Coalition for Smokefree Kazakstan, Almaty, Kazakstan
Dr. Susan Janson University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Mr. Mathias Jansson Swedish national institute of public health, Ostersund, Sweden
Dr. Michel Jean Capitole Stop Tabac, Toulouse, France
Ms. Dawn Jenkin United Kingdom
Mr. N. Joerns pro-rauchfrei.de, Germany
Ms. Carol Johns Texas Woman's University, Dallas, TX, USA
Ms. Paula Johns ACTbr - Alliance for the Control of Tobacco Use, Brazil
Ms. Lucinda Jones Oncology Nursing Society, San Diego, CA, USA
Mr. Pau Juanes i Gil Spain
Ms. Misenga Kabemba Mimi African Development Assistance Consul, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Ms. Lutgard Kokulinda Kagaruki Tanzania Tobacco Control Forum, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Mr. Dass Kandunni Malaysian Association of Environmental Health, Melaka, Malaysia
Mr. Wayne Kao International Union Against Cancer - Globalink, Switzerland
Dr. Atul Kapur University of Ottawa, Canada
Dr. Elena Kavcova Martin Faculty Hospital, Comenius University, Slovakia
Mr. Jean-Paul Ketterer La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Mr. Sahin Khaniyev European Medical Students' Association, Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Youssef Chami Khazraji Association LALLA SALMA de lutte contre le cancer, Rabat, Morocco
Mr. Jürgen Kiwitt pro-rauchfrei, Germany
Mr. Karl Klingler LungenZentrum Hirslanden, Zürich, Switzerland
Ms. Jocelyne Koepke Canadian Council for Tobacco Control, Canada
Mr. Horst Kottenhagen Nichtraucherbund Berlin, Germany
Mr. Ernst-Günther Krause Nichtraucher-Initiative Deutschland e.V., Unterschleißheim, Germany
Mr. Martin Krogh Australia
Dr. Srmena Krstev Institute of Occupational Health of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr. Christoph Kuenzle Ostschweizer Kinderspital, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Dr. Nipapun Kungskulniti Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Mrs. Sarah Kupferschmid University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Ms. Marie-Claude Lamarre International Union for Health Promotion and Education, France
Mr. Mark Lambert Secretariat Of the Pacific Community, New Caledonia
Mrs. Marta Lanfranchi Ministerio de Salud, Cordoba, Argentina
Dr. Katerina Langrova Czech Coalition against Tobacco, Czech Republic
Mrs. Marcelle Lareau CSSSQN, Canada
Ms. Karen Lawrence Scarlett Heights Entrepreneurial Academy, Etobicoke, Canada
Mrs. Véronique Le Clezio ViSa, Mauritius
Dr. Jacques Le Houezec CNCT, France
Dr. Béatrice Le Maître AIRTBN, France
Mr. Eric Le Page Conseil canadien pour le contrôle du tabac, Canada
Dr. Anna Le Souef France
Ms. Kate Le Souef Perth, Australia
Prof. Peter Le Souef School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Australia
Dr. Julie Leask National Centre for Immunisation Research, Sydney, Australia
Mrs. Lecoquierre RHAFU réseau havrais d'aide aux fumeurs, Le Havre, France
Mrs. Maria Giselly de A. Leinenbach Germany
Mr. Laurent Leiser OxyRomandie, Lausanne, Switzerland
Mr. Sergio Lerda-Olberg Retired Mathematics Teacher, Rome, Italy
Mrs. Inger Lethagen Pharmacy against Tobacco, Sweden
Dr. Letourmy CHU TOULOUSE, Toulouse, France
Pr. Fabio Levi Faculty of Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Pr. Mark Levin Wm. S. Richardson School of Law, Honolulu, HI, USA
Dr. Song Lih Huang Taiwan International Medical Alliance, Taiwan
Ms. Bev Lloyd Australia
Ms. Jo Locker Smokefree London, London, United Kingdom
Dr. Robert Loddenkemper Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin e.V., Berlin, Germany
Ms. Jessica Lonardi Office of Dr.D.F.Copeland, Canada
Dr. Sarah Lord The University of Sydney, Australia
Mr. Diego Lugon Spain
Mr. Marie-Louise Luther AStma- och Allergiförbundet, Sweden
Mr. Sverre B. Lutnaes Norwegian Cancer Society, Oslo, Norway
Ms. Christine A. Lüling Universitäts-Kinderkliniken Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Ms. Nancy Macdonald Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Judith Mackay Director, Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control, Hong Kong, China
Ms. Nejma Macklai-Sommer World Health Organization, Pakistan
Mr. Innocent Magloire Club Espoir Jeunesse, Gabon
Mr. Syed Mahbulul Alam WBB Trust, Bangladesh
Mr. Garfield Mahood Non-Smokers' Rights Association, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Damodaran Makkuni National Health Service, Essex, United Kingdom
Mr. O. Malaika ATLAT, IMPACT member, Togo
Dr. Ruth Malone University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Mr. Pascal Didier Mandiamy Mouvement Anti-Tabac du Sénégal (MAT-SENEGAL), Dakar, Senegal
Pr. Giacomo Mangiaracina Italian Cancer League, Rome, Italy
Mr. Eric Manneschmidt Network Studying Smokefree, Frankfurt, Germany
Mrs. Monica Marc Smoking Cessation Center Timisoara, Roumania, Timisoara, Roumania
Mr. Dolores Marin Tuya Catalonia, Spain
Mrs. Virginia Marinoni Switzerland
Mr. Kyriakos Martakis IFMSA, Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr. Roberto Masironi European Medical Ass. Smoking or Health, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Manuela Maspoli Conconi Cancer registry, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Ms. Luciana Massi School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Mr. Iqbal Masud Dhaka Ahsania Mission, Bangladesh
Ms. Susie Mbouangouore LIFE, Cameroon
Mr. G. Mc Elwee Ulster Cancer Foundation, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Mr. Maria Mc Garry The University of Sydney, Ireland
Mr. Gregory McCay Vancouver, Canada
Ms. Jeanie McKenzie Secretariat of the Pacific Community, New Caledonia
Pr. Ann McNeill University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Mrs. Anne McSoriley Public Health South, New Zealand
Ms. Deborah Meert McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Dr. Mohamed Mehrez Mostafa Ministry of Health & Population, Cairo, Egypt
Mr. Ashot Melyan Center for Strategic Analysis, Yerevan, Armenia
Dr. Adriana B. Menéndez Sindicato Médico del Uruguay, Uruguay
Mr. Dieter Mennekes Dieter Mennekes Umweltstiftung, Kirchhundem, Germany
Mr. Stéphane Metraux St-Légier, Switzerland
Dr. Joseph Meyer VIVANT-Ostbelgien, political party, Belgium
Mr. Stan Meyer Greensboro, NC, USA
Mrs. Pauline Milani Lausanne, Switzerland
Ms. Cornelia Mircea University of Medecine and Pharmacy Iasi, Romania
Mr. Bejon Misra Consumer VOICE, New Delhi, India
Mr. R. Moody South London & Maudsley NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Mr. David Moran Switzerland
Dr. Flaminio Mormile Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Dr. Joyce Morris USA
Mr. David Morrisey Australia
Mrs. Isabel Mortara Director, International Union Against Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland
Mr. Folorunsho Moshood EDUCARE TRUST, Ibadan, Nigeria
Ms. Tina Moukhaiber ACOSH, Australia
Dr. Narine Movsisyan American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Dr. Hannelore Muller Faratutun, Romania
Mr. Ben Murray ASH Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dr. Patrick Musavuli IMPACT, Democratic Republic of Congo
Mr. Möller University Childrens Hospital Zuerich, Switzerland
Dr. Ana Navas-Acien Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Mrs. Bernadette Nelissen Holland
Mr. Daniel Nelson The Cancer Council Australian Capital Territory, Fairbairn, Australia
Dr. Manfred Neuberger www.aerzteinitiative.at, Austria
Mrs. Cheryl Newmark Nightingales, USA
Mrs. Mimi Nichter University of Arizona, USA
Ms. Jacqueline Nicolet Switzerland
Ms. Maria Nilsson Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Mr. Dmitry Nosov Russian Cancer Research Center, Moscow, Russian Federation
Mr. Nusslé Lausanne, Switzerland
Ms. Helen O'Malley Office of Tobacco Control, Ireland
Dr. Ahmed Ogwell FCA Africa, Kenya
Mrs. Hannah Osborne Baume La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Dr. Helmut Oswald Pediatrician, Switzerland
Mr. Dominique Oudy Carouge, Switzerland
Mr. Pierre-François Pahud Lausanne, Switzerland
Mr. Miisav Pajevic Non-smokers Educational Center – RP, Kragujevac, Serbia
Dr. Andreaas Paky Pulmonary Medicine Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Ms. Melissa Palermo Australia
Dr. Sushma Palmer Center for Communications, Health & the Environment, Washington, DC, USA
Mr. Pascaud Limoges, France
Mrs. Myriam Pasche CIPRET-Vaud, Switzerland
Ms. Donna Pasiechnik Canadian Cancer Society, Regina, Sask, Canada
Dr. Janine Paynter ASH NZ, New Zealand
Ms. Christine Pearce Australia
Dr. David Peiris The George Institute for International Health, Australia
Mr. Djordje Pendic Non-smokers Educational Center – RP, Kragujevac, Serbia
Mrs. Perewoski Médecin du Travail, La Possession, La Réunion
Mr. Jean Claude Perriaed Campulung, Romania
Ms. Anne Berit Petersen Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
Dr. Petrosyan American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Mr. Nick Petrunoff Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, Australia
Mrs. Jacque Petterson SmokingHurts.com, LLC, Helotes, TX, USA
Ms. Aurora Pijuan FCAP, Philippines
Ms. Annika E. Poppe Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Ms. Andrea Portenier California, USA
Mr. Errol E. Povah Airspace Action on Smoking & Health, Delta, Canada
Ms. Kim A. Powell NROS, Missoula, MT, USA
Ms. Marie-Paule Prost Fondation Luxembourgeoise Contre le Cancer, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Dr. Elizabeth Proude University of Sydney, Australia
Mr. Prümel-Philippsen Bundesvereinigung Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung, Bonn, Germany
Mr. Quantin CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Mr. Peter Rachow Karlsruhe, Germany
Mr. Cornel Radu AER PUR / RNSP, Romania
Ms. Sylvianne Ratte Institut national du cancer (France), France
Dr. Matti Rautalahti Cancer Society of Finland, Helsinki, Finland
Ms. Camille Raynes-Greenow university of Sydney, Australia
Mrs. J. Reece smoke free birmingham, United Kingdom
Dr. Vaughan Rees Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Mr. V. Regunathan Volunteers Against Smoking and Tobacco, India
Mr. Enrico Riboni Chézard, Switzerland
Dr. Jean-Charles Rielle CIPRET-Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
Ms. Megan Rising Corporate Accountability International, USA
Mr. Diana Rivera Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, Colombia
Dr. Reina Roa Coalisión Panameña contra el Tabaquismo, Panama
Dr. Laura Roballo Uruguayan Society of Cardiology, Montevideo, Uruguay
Ms. Cynthia Robinson Health Education Council, West Sacramento, CA, USA
Dr. Monica Robotin The Cancer Council NSW, Australia
Mr. Konstantinos Roditis European Medical Students' Association, Greece
Dr. Allen L. Roland Self Employed, USA
Mr. Frederic Rolin La Marque Blanche, Paris, France
Mr. Steve Ronsman Green Bay, WI, USA
Ms. Taku Ronsman Green Bay, WI, USA
Dr. Rob Roseby Alice Springs Hospital, Australia
Ms. Louise Ross LCPCT, Leicester, United Kingdom
Mr. Bjarne Rosted International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Norway
Dr. Patrick Roua Réseau santé ADDICA, France
Dr. Vicente Ruiz García CI+DEC, Murcia, Spain
Mrs. Christa Rustler DNRfK Germany, Germany
Dr. Alexandra Röllin Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin Bern, Switzerland
Dr. Norma Sabtu Melaka State Health Department, Malaysia
Mrs. Laura Salgado APALTA, Honduras
Mr. Patrick Salmon CMU, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Yussuf Saloojee National Council Against Smoking, South Africa
Ms. Corina Samaniego Asociación Argentina de Tabacología, Argentina
Dr. Mario R. Sammut B'Kara Health Cantre, Malta
Mr. Damian Sanchez Pehsu Murcia, Spain
Dr. Luminita Sanda World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Mr. Stafford Sanders Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Australia, Australia
Ms. Amanda Sandford Action on Smoking and Health, United Kingdom
Dr. Tore Sanner Tobacco Free Norway, Norway
Mrs. Camelia Savu Autoritate de Sanatate Publica, Romania
Dr. Nick Schneider University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Dr. Thomas Schulz Germany
Ms. Susanne Schunk Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
Mr. Christian Schwendimann Zuri Smokefree, Zürich, Switzerland
Mr. Ansgar Schäfer Germany
Mr. Howard Scoggins Seventh day Adventist Church, Hagerstown, MD, USA
Dr. Ernesto Sebrie Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA
Ms. Tamsyn Seimon Bellevue, Switzerland
Mr. Volker Sellmeier Aktion rauchfreie Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Mr. Erol Sezer Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
Ms. Jacki Short University of Sydney, Australia
Mr. Hom L. Shrestha Non-Smokers' Rights Association of Nepal (NOSMORAN), Kathmandu, Nepal
Dr. Safa Shukry Al-Amal Oncology Unit, Aden, Yemen
Dr. David Shulan Delmar, NY, USA
Ms. Annie Singkouson ASH, Washington, DC, USA
Mrs. Lena Sjöberg Dentistry Against Tobacco, Stockholm, Sweden
Mr. Jim Skoog Duluth, MN, USA
Dr. Karen Slama International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Mr. Jeff Smith Parent, Australia
Mr. Mary Smyth Ireland
Ms. Siobháin Smyth Irish Cancer Society, Ireland
Ms. Leslie Snoke Sacramento, CA, USA
Dr. Harold Sokol Pulmonary and Critical Care Services, Albany, NY, USA
Ms. Isabel Somsert IMPACT www.cpeact.org, Afrique, Afrique
Ms. Judy Sopenski Guilford, VT, USA
Mrs. Marina Soto Ministerio de Salud, Chile
Mr. Greg Soulos The Cancer Council NSW, Australia
Ms. Carol Southard Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
Mr. Naresha Soysa Self, Australia
Mr. Ranjith Soysa Australia
Mrs. Babel Rachel Stauffer Vivre sans fumer Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Ms. Susan Stewart The Cancer Council Western Australia, West Perth, Australia
Pr. Stephen Stick Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia
Ms. Jackie Stoddard SAIC serving National Cancer Institute, USA
Dr. Otto Stoyka Kiev Health Center, Kiev, Ukraine
Mr. Jonathan Strauss Switzerland
Dr. Ulrich Strunk Forum Rauchfrei, Germany
Ms. Gina Stuart Northern Sydney Central Coast health, Australia
Dr. Somasundaram Subramanian N. N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Federation
Ms. Denise Sullivan The Cancer Council Western Australia, Australia
Mr. Veeramohan Supramaniam Malaysian Association of Environmental Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ms. Linda Sveningson Roger Maris Cancer Center, Fargo, ND, USA
Mr. Edward Sweda Public Health Advocacy Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Ms. Melissa Sweet Sweet Communication, Australia
Mr. Stelios G. Sycallides Cyprus National Coalition for Smoking Prevention, Cyprus
Mr. Artashes Tadevosyan Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
Mrs. Ingrid Talu Teachers against Tobacco Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
Dr. Özgür Tamcan University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Ms. Donna L. Tassos Nightingales Nurses, USA
Pr. Revaz Tataradze CINDI Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
Ms. Victoria Tataru Center of Information, Education and Social Analysis, Republic of Moldova
Mr. Mounirou Tchacondoh APER, Togo
Mr. Thomas Léro Tchassao IMPACT, Québec, Canada
Mr. Peter Thelen Tiburtius Pr. of Berlin Universities (Berlin - Germany), Berlin, Germany
Mrs. Do Thi Phi Community Development Services ( CDS), Vietnam
Mr. Mamadou Thioune Mouvement Anti-Tabac du Sénégal (MAT-SENEGAL), Dakar, Senegal
Ms. Verena Thompson United Kingdom
Dr. C.U. Thresia Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute, India
Ms. Judith Tillson Antelope, CA, USA
Ms. Melodie Tilson Non-Smokers' Rights Association, Canada
Ms. Valerie Tootell Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, Eastwood, Australia
Dr. Siranda Torvaldsen School of Public Health, Australia
Pr. Liliana Tsoneva-Pentcheva Association Women Against Tobacco-Bulgaria, Bulgaria
Ms. Jackie Tumwine Health & Environmental Rights Organisation (HERO-UGANDA), Kampala, Uganda
Pr. Fernand Turcotte Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Mr. Archie Turnbull European Respiratory Society, United Kingdom
Mr. Peter Ucko National Council Against Smoking, Johannesburg, South Africa
Mrs. Estibaliz Alonso Undabeitia AECC (Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer), Spain
Ms. Caroline Ustvedt Norway
Dr. S. Vaidyanathan Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India., India
Dr. Idoumou Imad Nane Vall IMPACT - Mauritanie, Mauritanie
Dr. Mohamed Idoumou Med Vall IMPACT, Mauritanie
Mr. Araceli Valverde Goverment of Catalonia, Spain
Mr. Paul Van Loon Lung Association of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Mr. Eric Varidel Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Hubert S. Varonier CIPRET-Valais, Crans-Montana, Switzerland
Dr. Sarita Verma University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Mrs. Ginger Vesper Germany
Ms. Gemma Vestal World Health Organization, California, USA
Dr. Rosalie Viney Australia
Ms. Mary Virden KU HealthPartners, Inc/Silver City Health Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
Ms. Corinne Wahl CIPRET-Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
Mrs. Mona Wahlgren Nurses Against Tobacco, Sweden
Dr. James D. Walker Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, Canada
Dr. Raoul Walsh University of Newcastle, Australia
Ms. Barbara Walter Mother and nurse, Greenbrae, CA, USA
Dr. Nathaniel Wander University of California, San Francisco, USA
Mrs. Simone Wassilevski-Seiler Switzerland
Mr. Danny Wee Malaysian Association Of Environmental Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mr. Markus Weissert Neuropediatrics Childrens Hospital, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Mr. Djibril Wélé Mouvement Antitabac du Sénégal (MAT-SENEGAL), Dakar, Senegal
Ms. Joanne Wellman-Benson California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
Ms. Marcia Wertz San Francisco, CA, USA
Ms. Sinead Whelan Office of Tobacco Control, Ireland
Pr. Friedrich Wiebel German Medical Action Group Smoking or Health, Munich, Germany
Mr. Stefan Wigger Dutch Cancer Society, Holland
Mrs. Ywonne Wiklund County Council of Västerbotten, Umeå, Sweden
Dr. Heather Wipfli Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA/Switzerland, USA/Switzerland
Mr. Ralph Wipfli Switzerland
Dr. Gabriela Wirth Barben Ophthalmologist, Switzerland
Mr. Sarper Yilmaz Sivas, Turkey
Ms. Lian Yiow The Cancer Council NSW, Australia
Dr. Nancy York University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Mr. Walter Young Private, Ireland
Ms. Stavroula Zandes The Cancer Council Victoria, Australia
Mr. Donald Zeigler American Medical Association, Chicago, IL, USA