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GPTC
WISH LIST
Used Cameras
There are
a number of groups involved in GPTC that would like to regularly document
and expose outrageous tobacco marketing and promotions in their country
-- but lack access to cameras. Just got a new camera, and have your old
one lying around? If you have a good quality used camera (35 mm) that
you would be willing to donate to a tobacco control group overseas, please
contact us. We will make sure that all donated cameras go to groups that
will put them to good use! Please forward this appeal to your colleagues,
listservs, and anyone else who might be able to help out.
Used Laptop Computers
There are
many tobacco control advocates abroad, particularly in Africa, who could
benefit tremendously from used computers. Laptops are much easier to ship
overseas than are larger computers -- from both a financial and a logistical
perspective. Unfortunately, there are far fewer used laptops available
for donation than there are larger computers. If you have a laptop that
works fine and that you would be willing to part with, please contact
Essential Action!
French-Speaking U.S. Groups
There are
a number francophone African groups that have been waiting patiently for
appropriate U.S. partners. As none of the groups are proficient in English,
we need to identify partners that are at least minimally proficient in
French. If you know of anyone working in the field of tobacco control
who has some French skills and might enjoy collaborating with a tobacco
control group in Africa, please let us know! Complete French fluency is
not required. Many individuals who feel "rusty" using a second
language, have found on-line translators useful aids. Please forward this
request to your listserves, and send us the names/contact info of any
people you know who might be interested.
Photos of Tobacco Advertising
Here
are some photos that Amy Rand of Reality Check - Tompkins County (USA
- NY) took in the Czech Republic and Germany in 2002. We encourage other
GPTC groups to document tobacco marketing and promotions while traveling
abroad!
An
example of brandstretching: a Marlboro Store in Prague
Selling
Lucky Strike's heritage: "I choose an American Original"
(Prague)
West:
"The Power Brand" (Prague)
Germany:
When all else fails, try selling cigarettes with the slogan, "As
fresh as your underware"
Essential
Action
Global Partnerships for Tobacco Control
P.O. Box 19405 ~ Washington,
DC 20036
Tel: +1 202-387-8030 ~ Fax: +1 202-234-5176
Email: tobacco@essential.org
www.essentialaction.org/tobacco
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