The ultimate 'insider'' comes to Delhi

September 06, 2013 22:17

Dr Jeffrey Wigand -- whose personal and public struggle against Big Tobacco was immortalised in the Hollywood blockbuster "The Insider' -- will arrive in New Delhi this week to speak to policy makers, civil society and journalists about public health and the tobacco industry.

He is the key speaker at a seminar on September 9 on public health and journalism. Called Media's pH Value, this is a media-led public health discussion and the event marks the end of a three-week web-based conversation on aspects of tobacco control ranging from the disease burden to deceitful marketing tactics.

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