Neil E. Collishaw Research Director Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada 1226A Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y 3A1 Telephones: 1 613 233 4878, 1 613 297 3590 Fax: 1 613 233 7797 email: ncollishaw@smoke-free.ca

Mr. Collishaw brings over three decades of experience in public health work, including twenty-two years of work on tobacco control, to his duties as Research Director, Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada. As the lead tobacco control expert with the World Health Organization Tobacco or Health Programme from 1991 to 1999, he was active in supporting WHO Member States in their efforts to implement comprehensive tobacco control programmes, and in initiating action to create a Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. He is a co-author of WHO publications entitled Tobacco or Health: First Global Status Report and Guidelines for Controlling and Monitoring the Tobacco Epidemic. He is also a co-author of An Introduction to International Trade Agreements and their Impact on Public Measures to Reduce Tobacco Use. Prior to joining WHO in 1991, Mr. Collishaw worked since 1974 in the Canadian Department of National Health and Welfare. From 1981 to 1991 his efforts were focused on helping the Canadian government to improve Canada's tobacco control policies. His duties at Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada include policy advocacy and policy research in favour of tobacco control. International tobacco control, legislative and litigation issues, and research on tobacco industry documents are among Mr. Collishaw’s areas of current interest and activity. Mr. Collishaw is the author of several scientific publications on tobacco and health, as well as other public health topics. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Sociology.