Luther Terry Award
The American Cancer Society is the proud sponsor of the Luther L. Terry Awards for Exemplary Leadership in Tobacco Control, created to honor outstanding individual and organizational achievement sin the field of tobacco control and prevention throughout the world. It is with great pleasure that the Society will continue the Luther L. Terry Awards at the 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health, to be held in Washington, D.C, Awards were originally presented in 2000 in Chicago at the 11th WCTOH and were continued in 2003 in Helsinki at the 12th WCTOH.
These awards are designed to recognize the unsung heroes in tobacco control who rarely receive recognition, but who are daily making progress in the global fight against tobacco. Named for the late US Surgeon General whose groundbreaking work established the foundation of public health scrutiny of the dangers of tobacco use, the awards honor outstanding leadership and accomplishment, are synonymous with excellence, and signify that the recipients are among the very best in the world at what they do. Awards will be presented in five categories - Outstanding Individual Leadership, Outstanding Organization, Outstanding Research Contribution, Exemplary Leadership by a Government Ministry, and Distinguished Career Award. The award ceremony will take place in a formal setting, during the 13th WCTOH on July 14, 2006, and is open to the public.
As Surgeon General, Luther L. Terry was charged by President John F. Kennedy to create a special Surgeon General's Committee on Smoking and Health. That committee's report, released in 1964 under Dr. Terry's leadership, unleashed a tide of political, medical and corporate controversy regarding the health effects of tobacco use. During his tenure as Surgeon General, Dr. Terry fearlessly worked to eliminate television cigarette advertising, place health warnings on cigarette packs, restrict the sale and distribution of cigarettes to minors, and warn the nation of the deadly health consequences of smoking.
Through the Luther L. Terry Awards, the American Cancer Society will recognize those individuals and organizations that carry on Dr. Terry's legacy. Please help us in this effort by nominating deserving recipients. Click on http://www.cancer.org/docroot/AA/AA_9_Luther_Terry_Awards.asp?sitearea=AA&level=1 for the nomination form.
Nominations will be accepted November 1, 2005 through February 1, 2006. The preferred method of nomination is through the website.
All participants and registered guests in the 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health are invited to be guests of the Society and to participate in this inspirational ceremony and the reception that follows.
Past Recipients of the Luther L Terry Award for Excellence on Tobacco Control
2000, in Chicago:
Outstanding Organization
Non-Smokers Rights Association (Canada)
Outstanding Individual Leadership (shared award)
Judith Mackay (Hong Kong)
Prakit Vateesatokit (Thailand)
Exemplary Leadership by a Government Ministry
South Africa Ministry of Health
Distinguished Career Award (shared)
Kjell Bjartveit (Norway)
Nigel Gray (Australia)
2003, in Helsinki:
Outstanding Organization
GLOBALink (UICC)
Outstanding Individual Leadership (shared award)
Mary Assunta Kolandai (Malaysia)
Simon Chapman (Australia)
Exemplary Leadership by a Government Ministry
The Brazil Ministry of Health
Outstanding Research Contribution (shared award)
Kenneth Warner (US)
Prakash Chandra Gupta (India)
Special Recognition Award for Leadership on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
Gro Harlem Brundtland (WHO)
Distinguished Career Award (shared)
Sir Richard Doll (UK)
Michael Pertschuk (US)
