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| Vol. 10, nos. 1 & 2 | On Delivery of Legal Assistance to Older Persons |
December 1999 |
The Center for Social Gerontology (TCSG), in December, announced thecreation of a new National Center for Tobacco-Free Older Persons (NCTFOP). The NCTFOP will be dedicated to redressing and mitigating the physical andemotional harm to older persons caused by the actions of the tobacco industry. The NCTFOP will serve as a national advocate and source of information on tobacco and older persons issues, as well as a center for conducting research, education, and training to increase public awareness of the effects of tobacco on older persons and to reduce smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke by older persons.
Since the mid-1990's, TCSG has been in the forefront in the U.S. in focusing on issues of tobacco and older persons. TCSG's activities have now become so substantial and have resulted in the involvement of so many other groups that TCSG has created the new NCTFOP. The NCTFOP will serve as a central unit to coordinate all TCSG's tobacco-related programs and activities and as a national focal point for information, research and advocacy on tobacco and older persons issues.
The NCTFOP is committed to serving as a leader, a catalyst and a resource for national, state and local efforts to redress the harm suffered by older persons as a result of the actions of the tobacco industry. The NCTFOP will shortly create a National Coalition for Tobacco-Free Older Persons consisting of national, state and local aging groups to address these issues. For more information, go to TCSG's Tobacco and the Elderly page, or contact TCSG's Jim Bergman at 734 665-1126 or jbergman@tcsg.org
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