Sunday, Nov. 8 - 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Dr. Joel L. Nitzkin, a member of the American Association of Public Health Physicians, will host a special session during the Health Administration business meeting on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2:00 p.m. (Location TBD).  He will be presenting on a policy analysis of the recently-signed-into-law FDA tobacco bill.  In contrast to the summary of the bill circulated for support, Nitzkin believes this bill promises to be a public health disaster of enormous magnitude.  It presents a classic example of how public policy should not be developed, and the traps we are likely to fall into if we adopt the habit of going along with the most fashionable trend without doing an independent "due diligence" analysis of a proposed piece of legislation.  This session will be an eye-opening presentation with lively audience participation and direct implications for state and local health department programming and community health.  To see more about the (AAPHP) analysis of this bill, go to the "Tobacco Issues" page at www.aaphp.org .