Tobacco Control aims to study the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide; tobacco’s effects on population health, the economy, the environment, and society; efforts to prevent and control the global tobacco epidemic through population-level education and policy changes; the ethical dimensions of tobacco control policies; and the activities of the tobacco industry and its allies. * The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expr...
Latest episodes
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14 min
JUUL and other stealth vaporisers: hiding the habit from parents and teachers
In this podcast Becky Freeman, new media editor for Tobacco Control journal, talks to Robert K. Jackler, MD, from Stanford Research into the Impact of Tobacco Advertising at Stanfo…
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16 min
Japan Tobacco’s corruption of science and health policy via the Smoking Research Foundation
In this episode Becky Freeman talks to Kaori Iida about her research on how the tobacco industry created a research foundation in Japan that has successfully stalled tobacco contro…
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7 min
Criminal liability for the tobacco industry and its executives
In this episode, Becky Freeman talks to Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy of ASH > Action on Smoking and Health about the tobacco industry and the possibility of pursuing charges of criminal lia…
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5 min
Future of tobacco packaging
Becky Freeman talks to long-time tobacco control leader Rob Cunningham of the Canadian Cancer Society about the evolution of pack warnings and plain packaging of tobacco products.…
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20 min
The Brussels Declaration and tobacco industry interests in science policy
A declaration of interests “should be a new norm in all parties involved in policy-making”. In this episode, Becky Freeman discusses the role of the tobacco industry in the Brussel…
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9 min
The motives behind dual use of electronic and smoked cigarettes
Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) arguably pose fewer health risks than smoking, yet many smokers adopt them without fully relinquishing smoking. In this podcast, Tobacco…
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10 min
Premature deaths could be averted in the United States by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes
In this episode, Becky Freeman talks to Dave Levy from Georgetown University Medical Centre about a recent paper entitled "Potential deaths averted in the United States by replacin…
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16 min
Tobacco companies’ use of retailer incentives after a ban on point-of-sale tobacco displays
In this podcast Becky Freeman, new media editor for Tobacco Control journal, talks to Martine Stead, Deputy Director at the Institute for Social Marketing in the Faculty of Health…
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8 min
Achieving a ‘tobacco-free’ UK within two decades: the public health and economic benefits
In this episode Becky Freeman talks to Daniel Hunt (Department of Prevention, Cancer Research UK) and Laura Webber (Department of Public Health Modelling, UK Health Forum) about th…
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9 min
E-cigarette Use as a Predictor of Cigarette Smoking
In this episode Becky Freeman talks to Richard Miech about his recently published paper "E-cigarette Use as a Predictor of Cigarette Smoking: Results from a One-Year Follow up of a…
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10 min
The global economic cost of smoking-attributable diseases
In this episode Becky Freeman talks to Mark Goodchild about his recent paper "The global economic cost of smoking-attributable diseases". Read the full article here: http://tobacco…
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9 min
Die Another Day, James Bond’s Smoking over Six Decades
In this episode Becky Freeman talks to Nick Wilson about his recent cover page paper entitled "Die Another Day, James Bond’s Smoking over Six Decade"
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12 min
Misperceptions of harm among Natural American Spirit smokers
In this episode Becky Freeman talks to Jennifer Pearson about the article recently published in Tobacco Control "Misperceptions of harm among Natural American Spirit smokers: resul…
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12 min
Menthol cigarette bans: Tobacco giants respond with different green labels and soft words in Canada
In this podcast, Becky Freeman speaks with Jennifer Brown and Joanna Cohen, from the Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Maryland…
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9 min
Banning tobacco sales near schools in China. The law that never got off the drawing board
In this episode Becky Freeman talks to Amy Ferketich and Ling Wang about their recently published paper "Are Retailers Compliant with Zoning Regulations that Ban Tobacco Sales near…
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13 min
Flavour capsules in the filter: trends in use and brand perceptions among smokers
In this podcast Becky Freeman talks to James Thrasher about his recent paper "Cigarette brands with flavour capsules in the filter: trends in use and brand perceptions among smoker…
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9 min
Public support for raising the age of sale for tobacco to 21 in the United States
In this podcast Becky Freeman talks to Dr Robert McMillen about his paper in in Tobacco Control entitled "Public support for raising the age of sale for tobacco to 21 in the United…
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8 min
E-cigarette use and cigarette smoking onset among high school students in Hawaii
In this podcast Becky Freeman talks to Dr Thomas Willis about his recent paper in Tobacco Control journal entitled "Longitudinal study of e-cigarette use and cigarette smoking onse…
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34 min
Continuing Challenges to Tobacco Control in China: Findings from the ITC China Project
This podcast debates the findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) China Project. Simon Chapman, Professor School of Public Health University of Sydney, interviews Prof…
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6 min
Evaluation of the Austalian plain packaging policy
In December 2012 Australia became the first jurisdiction to mandate plain (or standardised) packaging for tobacco products. Many governments have been looking on with interest, anx…