MEDIA ADVISORY Schedule and Panelists for the Summit on the 50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Tobacco Report Former surgeons general and tobacco-free youth advocates to participate and push for greater awareness and action during February 11 New Orleans summit NEW ORLEANS (February 7, 2014)—In a rare, combined appearance, former U.S. Surgeons General, the current Acting Surgeon General and anti-tobacco youth leaders will push for greater awareness and action during the Summit on the 50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Tobacco Report on February 11, 2014, hosted by Xavier University of Louisiana and the Louisiana Cancer Research Center. The Summit takes place at Xavier University Convocation Center in New Orleans from 9:00 am CST to 5:00 pm CST. It is open to the public and will be live-streamed at TobaccoSummit.com. Morning Session: 9:00 am - 11:45 am CST 8:00 am Doors Open - Public and Media Check-in 9:00 am Opening Ceremony Welcome - Dr. Norman C. Francis, President, Xavier University of Louisiana Greetings - Co-Host, State and Local Officials 9:30 am Panel 1: Conversations with U.S. Surgeons General - Reviewing the impact of the 1964 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health, reflecting on efforts of surgeons generals since the groundbreaking report and discussing where do we go from here to have a tobacco-free generation. Panelists: Dr. Antonio Novello, 14th Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Joycelyn Elders, 15th Surgeon General of the United States Dr. David Satcher, 16th Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Regina Benjamin, 18th U.S. Surgeon General of the United States RADM Boris D. Lushniak, Acting Surgeon General (2013 - present) Dr. Audrey F. Manley, Acting Surgeon General (1995 - 1997) Page 1 of 3 MEDIA ADVISORY Moderator: Georges C. Benjamin, MD, Executive Director, American Public Health Association (APHA) 10:30 am Panel 2: Next Tobacco-Free Generation - Young anti-tobacco leaders have a conversation about what they are doing to reach a tobacco-free generation with examples of campaign that work and new public service announcements directed to young people. Panelists: Moderator: Ritney Castine, Associate Director, Youth Advocacy for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Ryan Washington, age 18, Washington, DC Deshanda Smarr, age 16, Atlanta, GA LeAnn Bennett, age 17, Simpson, LA Isaac McFarland, age 16, Shreveport, LA Darrien Skinner, age 18, Austin, TX 12:00 pm Lunch Afternoon Session: 1:00 - 5:00 pm CST 1:00 pm Panel 3: Sons of Our Father - The sons of Dr. Luther Terry an Dr. Alton Ochsner, two pioneers against smoking and the hazards of tobacco use, reflect on the life and legacy of their fathers. Sons Dr. Michael D. Terry Dr. John Ochsner 1:30 pm Panel 4: Litigation, Legislation or Regulation - What impact on public health has litigation, legislation and regulations had and will have. Panelists: Sharon Y. Eubanks, Lead Counsel in United States v. Philip Morris Georges C. Benjamin, MD, Executive Director, APHA Valerie Yerger, N.D., Associate Professor of Health Policy, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) 2:30 pm Panel 5: Media and the Tobacco-Free Generation - A discussion on media's role and its influence on young people in the past, present and future. Panelists: Moderator: Dr. Mona Khanna, Emmy award-winning medical journalist Alyssa Paulsen, student, Applied Health Science and Communications, Wheaton College Carol Pearson, health reporter, Voice of America Dr. Michele Nealon-Woods, National President of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Page 2 of 3 MEDIA ADVISORY 3:30 pm Panel 6: Marketing and New Products - Defy students from Lake Charles, Louisiana, will perform a skit centered around how tobacco is marketed to youth and what they plan to do about it. Panelists Moderator: LaVonda Mickens-Braham, Ph.D., Faculty, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy Defy Students, Lake Charles, LA 4:00 pm Panel 7: What's Working - An overview of efforts that have succeeded in increasing awareness about tobacco's harm to individual health and why prevention works. Panelists Moderator: Dr. Lyndon Haviland, global health consultant; formerly with the UN Secretary-General's Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health Joe Rosier, Jr., President and CEO, The Rapides Foundation Dr. Patrick Quinlan, CEO and Board Member, the Ochsner Clinic Foundation Dr. Terry Pechacek, Deputy Director for Research Translation, CDC Office on Smoking and Health 4:45 pm Closing Remarks # # # Please visit TobaccoSummit.com for additional information. Attention Media: Page 3 of 3 .