Dr. Judith Mackay has been selected along for TIME 100 most influential people

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Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to share the following great news with all GLOBALinkers. Dr. Judith Mackay has been selected along with Queen Elizabeth II, Hillary Clinton, Hu Jintao, Pope Benedict XVI, Michael Bloomberg, Angela Merkel, the two young founders of YouTube, George Clooney, Roger Federer and others as one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People, “whose power, talent or moral examples are transforming the world”. I believe all devoted tobacco control colleagues in some respect share this great honor with Judith. I have deep admiration for the vision Judith has provided, the leadership she has shown and the effort she has devoted to tobacco control. As the introduction in Time Magazine notes, " Mackay, 63, a British-born doctor who has lived in Hong Kong for the past 40 years for the past 40 years, began to arm others, particularly those in Asia, where smoking rates are still high, with information about the health risks of tobacco use”. I count myself among many others in Asia who have been armed and inspired by Judith in the battle again tobacco use on the continent. This honor not only appropriately reflects the personal contribution Judith has made but also leaves no doubt that global tobacco control has finally come to be seen as a mainstream campaign against a notorious business, and that tobacco use is a major public health threat facing humanity. Please join me in congratulating Dr. Mackay on this outstanding achievement and for her inspiration to the entire tobacco control community. Wayne HeadUICC GLOBALink Related articles about Dr. Judith Mackay’s Time 100 honourThe TIME 100, Judith Mackay by Jeffrey Wigand http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1615754_1615884,00.htmlAnti-smoking activist MacKay - Brunei Timeshttp://www.bruneitimes.com.bn/details.php?shape_ID=29109