Franklin Pierce Adams (November 15, 1881, Chicago, Illinois – March 23, 1960, New York City, New York) was an American columnist, well known by his initials F.P.A., and wit, best known for his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower", and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's Information Please. A prolific writer of light verse, he was a member of the Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s and 1930s.
INTERNATIONAL NO SMOKING DAY is one of world health awareness days organized by World Health organization. World health awareness days also include World Mental Health Day, World AIDS Day and World Blood Donor Day.
I think these are very significant days for humanity. Subjects of these days are very important problems and it would be good if everyone notice these human healthy problems at least in these particular days.
In addition to ASCO's new policy statement, tobacco control world leaders spoke about other noted studies surrounding the tobacco problem.
Sir Richard Peto, of the Clinical Trials Service Unit at Oxford University, will provide global perspective on the diseases and mortality attributable to tobacco use. Peto's extensive studies project an international health crisis as the tobacco industry intensifies its marketing efforts overseas, especially in developing countries where smoking has increased exponentially and the national health care infrastructures will not be able to handle the influx of tobacco-related disease.
Nigel Gray, MD, of the European Institute of Oncology, has performed significant research that demonstrates the highly toxic contents of cigarettes. His research shows that cigarettes contain numerous carcinogens other than nicotine, such as arsenic, mercury, and lead, which cause numerous cancers in addition to lung cancer. Dr. Gray has also found that cigarettes in the U.S. contain more nitrosamines than the same brand of cigarettes in Europe, demonstrating that the tobacco industry is capable of regulating ingredient levels when legally mandated, as required in many European countries.(Nitrosamines are a class of compounds that contain a -nh2 and a -no radical. Many members of this group have carcinogenic and mutagenic properties.)
Dileep Bal, MD, of the California Department of Health Services, will provide an overview of U.S. anti-tobacco efforts with relation to the States' Tobacco Settlements. Dr. Bal has achieved notable success in the state of California through an extensive reduction plan that included increased excise taxes that provided direct funding to cessation programs—the statewide adult smoking rate had fallen from 24 percent to 16.5 percent from 1996 until 2000. Given the success of this program in California, Dr. Bal will provide recommendations for a national plan to reduce tobacco use and improve cessation success.
Richard D. Hurt, MD, Director of the Nicotine Dependence Center at the Mayo Clinic, will present his recent study of a controversial relationship between the Phillip Morris Companies and its health care insurer CIGNA. The study reveals that from 1996 to 1998, Phillip Morris reviewed the quarterly Well-Being newsletter CIGNA sent to Phillip Morris's and its subsidiaries' thousands of employees. All mention of the health dangers of tobacco were deleted from the newsletters.
John R. Seffrin, PhD, CEO of the American Cancer Society and President of the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), will share the details of the recently finalized Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Treaty from the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr. Seffrin will also provide detailed perspective on the latest U.S. cancer statistics, and the U.S. health care and economic costs of tobacco.
Rev. Jesse Brown, President of the Coalition for World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), will highlight WNTD efforts in the U.S.WNTD, a WHO event, is the only global event that calls attention to the impact of tobacco on public health. The 2003 theme for WNTD is "Fashion and Films," which focuses on the impact that the continued glamorization of tobacco use within the fashion and entertainment industries has on youth starting to smoke and continued smoking among adults.
ISadie Hawkins Day is a rare holiday in that it originated from a cartoon. It began in the 1930's with Al Capp's "Lil Abner Cartoon. In the cartoon, the mayor of Dogpatch was desperately trying to marry off his ugly daughter. Having no luck, he created Sadie Hawkin's Day, a day where a race is held and all the single men are given a short head start, but, if a woman catches her man, he had to marry her.
Sadie Hawkins Day races and events grew in popularity during the course of All Capp's long running cartoon. After the cartoon was discontinued (after running 40 years!) the holiday began to decline in popularity although it is still celebrated widely on college campuses.
There is much debate on what actual day in November is Sadie Hawkins Day. Here are the possible dates:
November 1st: According to The Charleston Gazzette, The Charleston Gazzette sponsored the first Sadie Hawkins Day on November 1st, 1938
November 9th and 13th: Although widely celebrated on the 13th according to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the first Sadie Hawkins Day took place on November 9th, 1938 and states that it is usually celebrated on the Saturday nearest the 9th of November.
November 15th: Sadie Hawkins Day made its debut in Al Capps Li'l Abner Comic strip in 1937. It was not Al Capp's intention to have the event occur annually or to have a specific date.
Franklin Pierce Adams (November 15, 1881, Chicago, Illinois – March 23, 1960, New York City, New York) was an American columnist, well known by his initials F.P.A., and wit, best known for his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower", and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's Information Please. A prolific writer of light verse, he was a member of the Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s and 1930s.
ReplyDeleteINTERNATIONAL NO SMOKING DAY is one of world health awareness days organized by World Health organization. World health awareness days also include World Mental Health Day, World AIDS Day and World Blood Donor Day.
ReplyDeleteI think these are very significant days for humanity. Subjects of these days are very important problems and it would be good if everyone notice these human healthy problems at least in these particular days.
World Leaders Against Tobacco
ReplyDeleteIn addition to ASCO's new policy statement, tobacco control world leaders spoke about other noted studies surrounding the tobacco problem.
Sir Richard Peto, of the Clinical Trials Service Unit at Oxford University, will provide global perspective on the diseases and mortality attributable to tobacco use. Peto's extensive studies project an international health crisis as the tobacco industry intensifies its marketing efforts overseas, especially in developing countries where smoking has increased exponentially and the national health care infrastructures will not be able to handle the influx of tobacco-related disease.
Nigel Gray, MD, of the European Institute of Oncology, has performed significant research that demonstrates the highly toxic contents of cigarettes. His research shows that cigarettes contain numerous carcinogens other than nicotine, such as arsenic, mercury, and lead, which cause numerous cancers in addition to lung cancer. Dr. Gray has also found that cigarettes in the U.S. contain more nitrosamines than the same brand of cigarettes in Europe, demonstrating that the tobacco industry is capable of regulating ingredient levels when legally mandated, as required in many European countries.(Nitrosamines are a class of compounds that contain a -nh2 and a -no radical. Many members of this group have carcinogenic and mutagenic properties.)
Dileep Bal, MD, of the California Department of Health Services, will provide an overview of U.S. anti-tobacco efforts with relation to the States' Tobacco Settlements. Dr. Bal has achieved notable success in the state of California through an extensive reduction plan that included increased excise taxes that provided direct funding to cessation programs—the statewide adult smoking rate had fallen from 24 percent to 16.5 percent from 1996 until 2000. Given the success of this program in California, Dr. Bal will provide recommendations for a national plan to reduce tobacco use and improve cessation success.
Richard D. Hurt, MD, Director of the Nicotine Dependence Center at the Mayo Clinic, will present his recent study of a controversial relationship between the Phillip Morris Companies and its health care insurer CIGNA. The study reveals that from 1996 to 1998, Phillip Morris reviewed the quarterly Well-Being newsletter CIGNA sent to Phillip Morris's and its subsidiaries' thousands of employees. All mention of the health dangers of tobacco were deleted from the newsletters.
John R. Seffrin, PhD, CEO of the American Cancer Society and President of the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), will share the details of the recently finalized Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Treaty from the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr. Seffrin will also provide detailed perspective on the latest U.S. cancer statistics, and the U.S. health care and economic costs of tobacco.
Rev. Jesse Brown, President of the Coalition for World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), will highlight WNTD efforts in the U.S.WNTD, a WHO event, is the only global event that calls attention to the impact of tobacco on public health. The 2003 theme for WNTD is "Fashion and Films," which focuses on the impact that the continued glamorization of tobacco use within the fashion and entertainment industries has on youth starting to smoke and continued smoking among adults.
Sadie Hawkins Day
ReplyDeleteISadie Hawkins Day is a rare holiday in that it originated from a cartoon. It began in the 1930's with Al Capp's "Lil Abner Cartoon. In the cartoon, the mayor of Dogpatch was desperately trying to marry off his ugly daughter. Having no luck, he created Sadie Hawkin's Day, a day where a race is held and all the single men are given a short head start, but, if a woman catches her man, he had to marry her.
Sadie Hawkins Day races and events grew in popularity during the course of All Capp's long running cartoon. After the cartoon was discontinued (after running 40 years!) the holiday began to decline in popularity although it is still celebrated widely on college campuses.
There is much debate on what actual day in November is Sadie Hawkins Day. Here are the possible dates:
November 1st: According to The Charleston Gazzette, The Charleston Gazzette sponsored the first Sadie Hawkins Day on November 1st, 1938
November 9th and 13th: Although widely celebrated on the 13th according to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the first Sadie Hawkins Day took place on November 9th, 1938 and states that it is usually celebrated on the Saturday nearest the 9th of November.
November 15th: Sadie Hawkins Day made its debut in Al Capps Li'l Abner Comic strip in 1937. It was not Al Capp's intention to have the event occur annually or to have a specific date.