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Tobacco Consortium

Our vision is that all child healthcare clinicians will be active participants in the elimination of tobacco and secondhand smoke exposure of children. With the establishment of the Richmond Center at the AAP, child health clinicians will be provided with the education, training, and tools needed to effectively intervene to protect children from the harmful effects of tobacco/secondhand smoke.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) received a grant from the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) in 2006 to plan and establish a Center of Excellence dedicated to the elimination of children’s exposure to tobacco and secondhand smoke. The Richmond Center was established to help institutionalize pediatric tobacco control activities at the AAP and was named in honor of Julius B. Richmond, MD, Chair of the FAMRI Medical Advisory Board, John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy Emeritus at Harvard Medical School, and former Surgeon General of the United States. Dr. Richmond, a pediatrician and founding director of the Head Start Program, is also known for developing and implementing quantitative goals for public health, first published in 1970 as Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.


Julius B. Richmond, MD

Richmond Center of
Excellence Brochure
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