#1367
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 07:47:09 -0800
From: Jill Kendra Gross <jillkgross@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Parrish Nurses contact info. needed
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Dear HEDIR members,
I am searching for contact information on the Parrish
Nurses Association (not for sure if that is the
association's correct name) headquartered in Chicago,
IL.
Any information would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Jill K. Gross Arvanitis
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#1368
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 09:10:42 -0700
From: "Randolfi, Ernie" <Randolfi@MSUBILLINGS.EDU>
Subject: FW: PM to change name
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Sorry for any cross postings.
E. Randolfi
Ernesto (Ernie) A. Randolfi, Ph.D.
Montana State University - Billings
1500 N. 30th Street
Billings, MT 59101
Telephone: 406-657-2123 Fax: 657-2399
Website: http://www.OptimalHealthConcepts.com
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> From: Uithof, Deanna
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 1:55 PM
> To: Tobacco List (E-mail)
> Subject: FW: PM to change name
>
>
> Philip Morris to Change Name
>
>
> In preparing to change its name to Altria (see article below),
> Philip Morris has registered some interesting Internet domain
> names, including:
>
> altria-kills.com
> altria-kills.net
> altria-kills.org
> altria-stinks.com
> altria-stinks.net
> altria-stinks.org
> altria-sucks.com
> altria-sucks.net
> altria-sucks.org
>
> Thanks to Ahron Leichtman for this information.
> - - - -
>
> Philip Morris to Change Name to Altria
>
> by JOHN SCHWARTZ
> New York Times, 2001-11-16KEY QUOTES:
>
> [T]here certainly was and is no intent to convey altruism
>
> Philip Morris, the owner of one of the world's best-known
> corporate names, plans to change that name next year to
> the Altria Group, company executives said yesterday.
>
> The new name, which is subject to approval by shareholders at the
> company's annual meeting next April, is drawn from the Latin word
> "altus," meaning "high," and is supposed to suggest high
> performance, said Steven C. Parrish, the company's senior vice
> president for corporate affairs, in an interview at the company's
> headquarters in New York.
>
> The two tobacco companies under the Philip Morris umbrella, Philip
> Morris U.S.A. and Philip Morris International, will keep their names
> as will the food company Kraft Foods and the Miller Brewing Company,
> which are also owned by the consumer products conglomerate. But
> Philip Morris has not yet decided whether to change its stock
> symbol, the iconic MO.
>
> "Call for Altria" doesn't have the ring of the company's "Call for
> Philip Morrrrrr- isssss!" slogan from radio's golden age. But that
> might be the point. The company has taken this action, its
> executives say, to reduce the drag on the company's reputation that
> association with the world's most famous cigarette maker has
> caused.
>
> "When people say `Philip Morris,' people don't know which company
> you're talking about," Mr. Parrish said. "We're more than a tobacco
> company, obviously, but there are a lot of people who don't
> understand that."
>
> "They are running away from tobacco," countered David A. Kessler,
> former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and now
> the dean of the medical school at Yale University.
>
> Martin Feldman, a tobacco analyst for Salomon Smith Barney, said,
> "It marks the end of an era for the tobacco industry in the United
> States, " adding that the move was "of greater importance than
> Microsoft or G.E. changing their names." Mr. Feldman said that
> connection with tobacco has long depressed Philip Morris's stock
> price, even during the highflying days of the stock market bubble.
> The new name is, he said, a way of delivering on promises to become
> a better corporate citizen that Philip Morris made in its 1998
> settlement with state attorneys general over health care costs
> related to tobacco use. "This is a highly symbolic gesture of its
> commitment to that promise," he said.
>
> A longtime opponent of the tobacco industry, however, said a new
> name would not change the fact that Philip Morris's Marlboro
> cigarettes are by far the favorite brand of underage smokers. "It's
> sort of like the line from the Dragnet TV show, `This story is true,
> but the names have been changed to protect the innocent,' " said
> Matthew L. Myers, president of the National Center for Tobacco-
> Free Kids. "In this case it's `The story is true, but the names have
> been changed to protect the guilty.' " In the end, he said, "this is
> quintessential Philip Morris practice.
>
> "Instead of changing its business practices, Philip Morris has
> chosen a public relations campaign to divert attention away from
> what it does."
>
> Such remarks are predictable, warned the company's chief executive,
> Geoffrey C. Bible, in a message sent out to employees yesterday:
> "For sure, you can expect there will be some criticism of this
> proposed change. But I feel very confident that for the entire
> corporate enterprise, this is the right thing to do, and it is the
> time to do it."
>
> The company hired an image consulting firm, Landor Associates,
> which developed a long list of possible names and helped the
> company winnow it. Names on the short list included "Consumarc"
> and "Marcade," both of which carried connotations of the consumer
> marketplace and brand names, Mr. Parrish said.
>
> The corporate practice of adopting vague, faux-Latinate names can
> help companies shed their image problems, said Michael Thibodeau,
> creative director of the New York office of FutureBrand, a
> consulting firm based in New York and London.
>
> Mr. Thibodeau, author of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," a book about
> cigarette marketing, said that Philip Morris had been wounded in the
> tobacco wars, and had to erect a "fire wall" between its cigarettes
> and its food and beverage products.
>
> "You don't want any carcinogenic associated with your macaroni
> and cheese," he said.
>
> Mr. Thibodeau said the name suggested altruism, which is a central
> message that Philip Morris has tried to convey through donations to
> the arts and an aggressive advertising campaign that stresses such
> corporate good works as assisting battered women.
>
> Mr. Parrish said, however, that "there certainly was and is no
> intent to convey altruism" through the new name, because, even
> though "it is very much a part of the company and the culture,
> we're very sensitive, in part because of some of the criticism we've
> gotten for speaking about it."
>
> Dr. Kessler, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner,
> suggested that the name change could indicate that Philip Morris
> was planning to spin off the lucrative tobacco business altogether.
> "It signals a broader potential change in corporate strategy," he said,
> "that tobacco is no longer king."
>
> Mr. Parrish disagreed. "That is not why we're doing this - I can
> assure you of that," he said. "We are not lessening our commitment
> to the business. Philip Morris means tobacco."
>
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#1369
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 11:46:58 -0500
From: Leslie Zukowsky <lzukowsky@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: <No subject given>
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Looking for any/all/everything on facilitating a support group for folks
that have gone through a smoking cessation program -finished the program-
quit - and now desire not to relapse. Are there any support groups out there
for these folks? who is running them? how are they working? Is there a
faciltator's guide?
Thanks!
Leslie Cohen Zukowsky, CHES
lzukowsky@hotmail.com
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#1370
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 10:27:53 -0700
From: Judy Hancock <judy.hancock@UALBERTA.CA>
Subject: Re: Relationship Response
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You may also want to check out our FREE interactive software program: "It's
Your Call: Making Sexual Decisions", which you can download from
http://www.ualberta.ca/healthinfo
There is a section on relationships, one on communication, and several
others that are applicable.
- Judy
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Judy Hancock
Health Education Coordinator
University of Alberta Health Centre
2-200 Students' Union Building
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J7
judy.hancock@ualberta.ca
http://www.ualberta.ca/healthinfo
Phone: 780-492-2612 ext 2301
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#1371
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 18:12:51 -0600
From: Nancy Parsons <nancy_parsons@CCMAIL.WIU.EDU>
Subject: No subject given
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Greetings:
Our department currently requires all MS candidates to take a comprehensive
examination. Students must also choose to complete a thesis (4 credits) or
professional portfolio (1 credit).
I'm interested in discovering what capstone experiences are required at other
institutions. Please email me and respond regarding the use of a comprehensive
exam, thesis, portfolio, or some other project/paper. I would also like to know
the number of credit hours devoted to each item.
Thank you for your help.
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Nancy Parsons, Ph.D., MPH, CHES
Professor
Western Illinois University
Community Health and Health Services Management
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