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Thursday, February 21, 2013TOBACCO

Gallaher Collection Now Online

The Legacy Tobacco Documents Library posted tens of thousands of new documents today including an important new collection of over 12,000 Gallaher documents.

From 2005 until 2008, Gallaher, a UK-based tobacco company which was later bought by Japan Tobacco International (JTI), spent three years in a bitter legal battle against its former Middle Eastern distributor. More than 20,000 internal documents were disclosed in the course of the litigation between Gallaher and the Cypriot company, Tlais Enterprises. This new collection is a subset of those documents. During the trial, Gallaher was accused of "complicity in facilitating worldwide smuggling, sanction-busting in Iraq, and the dumping of sub-standard cigarettes in Africa and Afghanistan," according to the British press.

Pertinent articles about Gallaher's activities can be found in The Sunday Times (UK)-
Court case smokes out Gallaher
Tobacco giant accused of Hezbollah deal

Access the entire collection of 12,875 Gallaher documents

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In addition to the Gallaher Collection, LTDL has also added the following:
Wednesday, February 13, 2013TOBACCO

Tea Party's Ties to Tobacco Industry

Tea Party’s Ties to Tobacco Industry Date Back to 1980s: Nonprofit Tea Party Groups Promote Pro-Tobacco Agenda

A new study, which appeared Feb. 8, 2013 in the journal Tobacco Control, uses the tobacco industry documents available at the UCSF Legacy Tobacco Documents Library to trace a decades-long chain of personal, corporate and financial relationships between tobacco companies, tobacco industry lobbying and public relations firms and nonprofit organizations associated with the Tea Party.
More at:
http://tobacco.ucsf.edu/tea-party%E2%80%99s-ties-tobacco-industry-date-back-1980s-nonprofit-tea-party-groups-promote-pro-tobacco-age
Wednesday, February 06, 2013TOBACCO

It’s About a Billion Lives: Celebrating Tobacco Research and Education at UCSF

Please join us - 
Friday, February 8, 2013, 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM 
Cole Hall
513 Parnassus Ave., University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143



The symposium will also be webcast at http://lecture.ucsf.edu/special-events/billion-lives/

Tobacco Control:  Progress Made and Challenges Ahead
Cheryl Healton, DrPH
President, American Legacy Foundation

Quarterbacking Behind the Scenes:
The Tobacco Industry’s Role in Shaping the Tea Party
Amanda Fallin, PhD, RN
Postdoctoral Fellow

Even Brief Secondhand Smoke Exposure Disrupts Arterial Function
Matthew Springer, PhD               
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology

Nicotine Dependence and Carcinogen Exposure Among Black and White Smokers
Gideon St. Helen, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

More Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Among Children Exposed to Secondhand Smoke
Wendy Max, PhD
Co-Director, Institute for Health & Aging
Professor of Health Economics

Closing Remarks
Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH
Chancellor, University of California, San Francisco


The symposium will also include a poster session displaying the breadth of tobacco research at UCSF. 

The public and entire UCSF Community are welcome.

For information, contact Jennifer Lau at 415-502-6341
or Jennifer.Lau@ucsf.edu

UCSF’s Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
Acts as a focal point for tobacco research, education,
Cessation, and training at the University of California.

For more information, please visit: tobacco.ucsf.edu
Thursday, January 31, 2013TOBACCO

Document Additions, Enhancements and Search Tools

New and enhanced documents were added to the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library today including:

New Search Resource -
Tobacco Industry Project Names:  Available on our Help page under Search Tools and Glossaries.
The tobacco industry attached a variety of creative names and codes to their internal industry initiatives and projects and we have added a page on LTDL that contains a comprehensive listing of project names compiled by Prof. Robert Proctor.  This is an amazing resource for all researchers delving into the documents!
Thursday, January 03, 2013TOBACCO

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Tobacco Control Research

Applications are due January 23, 2013, for fellowships beginning July 1, 2013.

The full application and detailed information are available at the Center for Tobacco Control Research website: http://tobacco.ucsf.edu/fellowship

The purpose of the fellowship is to attract individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds in medical, biological, social, behavioral, and policy sciences to develop a new generation of academic leaders in tobacco control. Upon completion of training, fellows will be well positioned to be active participants in crucial policy debates about the future development and implementation of tobacco control interventions.

The fellowship supports two years of postdoctoral training in tobacco related research. Postdoctoral fellows participate in diverse training including both didactic coursework and individualized mentoring to build a personalized research program.  Fellows have come from an array of disciplines, including medicine, public health, nursing, economics, political science, law, sociology, psychology, and cell biology.  Prior tobacco research experience is relevant, but not necessary for acceptance.  Postdoctoral trainees will receive an annual salary commensurate with their experience, approximately $39,264 - $49,884 following the standard NIH stipend scale. Academic Background Required: Doctorate/Equivalent Degree

The CTCRE offers individual mentorship with UCSF faculty along with courses in tobacco specific topics, health policy, cancer control and prevention, grant and scientific writing skills, career development, interdisciplinary research, and biostatistics.  This program is funded by an R25T training grant from the NIH/National Cancer Institute.  UCSF is a global leader in tobacco science, a World Health Organization collaborating center, and home of the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library.
Friday, December 21, 2012TOBACCO

New Articles Posted to the Tobacco Docs Bibliography

The UCSF Tobacco Documents Bibliography was just updated with 11 new papers and reports written using the tobacco documents as a primary source.  Read up on research detailing tobacco control in LGBT communities, plain packaging and health warning labels, and tobacco company tactics in South Korea to name a few.


Thursday, October 25, 2012TOBACCO

Updated documents added to LTDL

New documents were added or updated today - 
  • 48,264 Philip Morris documents were updated with new metadata.  This is part of an ongoing project to add names, organizations and brands to the 3 fields "person mentioned," "organization mentioned." and "tobacco brands" that were left blank by the companies PM, RJR and Lorillard.  We hope the enhanced indexing will aid in better search and retrieval of these documents.