Charyn Diane Sutton, Warrior, Writer, Anti-Tobacco Advocate born 1947, died 2004

Charyn Diane Sutton was a founding member of the Uptown Coalition for Tobacco Control. As media coordinator for the community-based effort that prevented the introduction of "Uptown," a cigarette brand designed specifically for African Americans.

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Breathe Free GRIO

Pathways to Freedom

Contributing author to the 1998 Surgeon General's Report that looked at smoking and racial/ethnic minorities.


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The Philadelphia Inquirer (First African American female reporter)
The Philadelphia Bulletin (First African American female reporter)
The Detroit Free Press


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Director of marketing communications for the National Office of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America.

Director of Public and Community Information for the Office of Employment and Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Information Coordinator for the 1980 Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

Press Secretary for the Attorney General of Pennsylvania;

Communications Director for Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania;

Communications Director for Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OICs) of America.

President and CEO of The Oynx Group.


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AttackingTobacco Through a Meal-Time Treat: A Boycott of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Gains Support. C Sutton and K Mulvey, Christian Social Action (UnitedMethodist Church), November/December 1999. {http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/9/1/1]
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