Learning Objectives: Avail themselves of the ANR Foundation's Tobacco Industry Tracking Database, now available to them at no charge on the internet. Explain the many uses of the database in uncovering tobacco industry interference with their projects or in their communities. Demonstrate capability in using the database to conduct searches; understanding boolean search methods and having experienced hands on use of the database.
Abstract: We are quite proud to announce that The ANR Foundation's Tobacco Industry Tracking Database© is now available on the web, and can be accessed at no charge. A unique and powerful resource for researchers, public health professionals, lawyers and journalists, the ANR Foundation?s Tobacco Industry Tracking Database© is a collection of information on the activities of the tobacco industry and its allies. ANR Foundation information specialists index and abstract a wide range of documents to help guide your research, uncover the players, connect the dots, and clear the smokescreen clouding the big picture. A variety of documents are included in the Tobacco Industry Tracking Database© including: reports, surveys, research studies, correspondence, mainstream newspaper articles, journal and trade magazine articles, political advertising, press releases, tobacco industry direct mail and promotional packets, and internal tobacco industry documents obtained through lawsuits such as the Minnesota Attorney General?s suit. Tobacco Industry Tracking Database© materials allow the user to research tobacco industry involvement in clean indoor air campaigns, advertising and promotional activities, marketing tobacco to youth, and much, much more.
This easy-to-search database may be accessed at www.no-smoke.org/tidatabase.html
In the session, we will offer demonstrations of how to use the database and let participants try their hand at connecting the dots!
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