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WKU To Host Smoke-Free Communities Conference

April 09, 2007

Bowling Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University’s College of Health and Human Services and the Barren River District Health Department will host a Smoke-Free Communities Conference from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 24 at the Downing University Center, room 226.

Presentations include the following:

“Scientific Findings on Secondhand Smoke and Health” by Dr. Richard Wilson, chair of the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Louisville.
“Local Health Issues,” a physicians panel of Dr. Randall Hansbrough, Dr. Rick Voakes, Dr. Melissa Walton-Shirley, Dr. Beth Bryant and Dr. Janice Bunch.
“Economic and Legal Issues” by Ellen Hahn, the Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy; and Mike Scanlon, owner of Applebees.
“Experience of Going Smoke-Free” by Mike Scanlon, vice mayor of Lexington; David Welch, former mayor of Ashland; and William I. May, mayor of Frankfort.

WKU President Gary Ransdell and Dr. John Bonaguro, dean of the College of Health and Human Services, also will make remarks during the conference.

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For information, contact Cecilia Watkins at (270) 745-4796.

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