Submitted by Anne Rucchetto

London, Ontario
Deadline August 9, 2012

The South West Local Health Integration Network  (LHIN), is one of 14 local organizations that have been created in Ontario to plan, coordinate and fund local health services, including hospitals, community care access centres (CCACs), long-term care homes, community health centres (CHCs), community support service agencies, and mental health and addictions agencies. The office of the South West LHIN is located in London, Ontario.

Contents

I Background
II The Tobacco Industry as Disease Vector
III The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and Article 5.3 Guidelines
IV Theme of World No Tobacco Day 2012 Is Tobacco Industry Interference
V Evidence of Tobacco Industry Interference in Canada and Violations of Article 5.3 Guidelines
VI Conclusions and Recommendations
VII References
VIII Key Resources for Further Investigation

I Introduction

II The Canadian Situation

III Conclusion



- By Simon Komo, a Bloc-Notes contributor



[Translator's Note: All quotations in this text are unofficial translations from the French originals.]



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Johns Hopkins University
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Fax: (410) 614-9055

 From the website: "Founded in October, 2000 with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Center for Law and the Public's Health is a primary, national resource on public health law, ethics, and policy for public health practitioners, lawyers, legislators, judges, academics, policy-makers, and others."

Law Centre, University of Alberta
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 From the website: "The Health Law Institute was founded in 1977 by Madam Justice Ellen Picard (Alberta Court of Appeal) who was a Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Alberta with a passionate interest in health law. The Institute began as a resource centre.

I Introduction

II Public Health Interventions

III Public Health Laws

IV Public Protest

V Conclusion

VI References



-- Nola M. Ries, Project Manager/Research Associate, Health Law Institute, University of Alberta, nries@law.ualberta.ca



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Type of Resource: Book
Source: Medicine and law, 19(4), 737-751
Author: Kaiser, A., Strike, C., & Ferris, L. E. (2000)