[C-U Smokefree] Janet Williams

[Jw1440 at aol.com]

Thank you Scott for the opportunity to share.  

I am the director of media advocacy and public affairs for the American 
Medical Association Reducing Underage Drinking initiative.  I provide technical 
assistance to 12 state coalitions on alcohol policy and media and coordinate 
national media and federal initiatives on the issue of underage drinking.  Prior 
to joining the AMA, I was director of tobacco prevention and control for the 
Cook County Department of Public Health.  I was recruited for this position 
because I was one of the chief staff lobbyists on the tobacco settlement 
allocation.  I established the County's first tobacco control unit and developed an 
award winning media and community outreach campaign on secondhand smoke and its 
health risks.  For 13 years I was deputy executive director of public affairs 
for the American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago and currently serve 
on its board of directors and chair its policy committee.  I chair the policy 
committee of the Illinois Coalition Against Tobacco. I am recognized locally 
and nationally as an expert on media advocacy for which I earned my masters 
degree from Depaul University.  I have presented at workshops sponsored by the 
Centers for Disease Control, the American Lung Association and several state 
health departments.  I appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show with Stan Glantz.  
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