Tobacco Control Podcast

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   1. 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 Stanford University. They discuss his recently published paper "JUUL and Other Stealth Vaporizers: Hiding the Habit from Parents and Teachers".Read the full article on the Tobacco Control website:https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2018/09/15/tobaccocontrol-2018-054455

   Oct 31,2018 14:08
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   2. 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 control and smokefree laws.Read the article here: https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/27/e1/e3.

   Aug 30,2018 15:53
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   3. 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 liability.To read more: Criminal Liability for the Tobacco Industry and its Executives (link to file: https://ash.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ASH-Criminal-Liability.pdf)

   Jul 25,2018 06:47
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   4. 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.To read more about pack health warnings and plain packaging please see the 2015 Tobacco Control special Issue: http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/24/e1

   Jul 23,2018 05:19
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   5. 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 Brussels Declaration with Jim McCambridge.In the second part, she explores tips for spotting tobacco industry involvement in science policy with Lisa Bero.Related papers: - The Brussels Declaration: A vehicle for the advancement of tobacco and alcohol industry interests at the science/policy interface? -http://tobaccocontrol.

   Jun 06,2018 20:03
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   6. 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 Control Assisytant Editor Becky Freeman talks with Lindsay Robertson (Cancer Society Social and Behavioural Research Unit, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand) about the reasons behind ‘dual use’ and its public health implications.Read the full paper on the Tobacco Control website: http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/

   May 31,2018 08:38
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   7. 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 replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes".Please read the article (http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2017/08/30/tobaccocontrol-2017-053759) and the commentary (http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2017/08/30/tobaccocontrol-2017-053969).

   Sep 15,2017 09:52
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   8. 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 Sciences and Sport and the University of Stirling. They discuss her recently published paper "Tobacco companies’ use of retailer incentives after a ban on point-of-sale tobacco displays in Scotland".Read the full article on the Tobacco Control website: http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2017/07/18/tobaccocontr

   Jul 26,2017 15:37
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   9. 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 their recently published paper "Modelling the implications of reducing smoking prevalence: the public health and economic benefits of achieving a ‘tobacco-free’ UK".Read the full article published by Tobacco Control here: http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2017/04/20/tobaccocontrol-2016-053507.

   May 10,2017 07:53
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    10. 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 National Sample of 12th Grade Students"Full article: http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2017/01/04/tobaccocontrol-2016-053291

    Apr 21,2017 09:02
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    11. 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://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2017/01/04/tobaccocontrol-2016-053305.full.

    Mar 07,2017 10:12
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    12. 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"

    Jan 30,2017 09:15
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    13. 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: results from wave 1 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study (2013–2014)."Full paper>> http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2016/11/10/tobaccocontrol-2016-053265.full

    Dec 07,2016 11:57
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    14. 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, USA. They are two of the authors of the paper "Tobacco industry response to menthol cigarette bans in Alberta and Nova Scotia, Canada".The study, published in Tobacco Control, found that while menthol cigarettes are not being sold anymore, there are new products on the market that look almost identical to the menthol

    Aug 08,2016 12:14
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    15. 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 Schools in Changsha, China?"Read the full article here:http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2016/06/24/tobaccocontrol-2015-052787.full

    Jul 19,2016 08:57
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    16. 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 smokers in the USA, Mexico and Australia, 2012–2014".Full text >> http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2015/04/26/tobaccocontrol-2014-052064.fullRelated content >> http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2016/04/08/tobaccocontrol-2015-052805.full

    Apr 27,2016 13:19
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    17. 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 States". They discuss where the public support is the most strong and some surprising findings for people ages 18-24.

    Mar 30,2016 08:31
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    18. 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 onset among high school students in Hawaii".They discuss the results of the study showing whether e-cigarette use encourages students to take up cigarette smoking. They also note that this is a multi-disciplinary study with inputs from a variety of researchers.

    Jan 18,2016 07:30
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    19. 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 Professor Geoffrey Fong, University of Waterloo in Canada, Principal Investigator of the ITC China Project; Dr. Angela Pratt, WHO China Tobacco Free Initiative representative, Beijing; and Dr. Judith Mackay, Director of the Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control and Senior Advisor, World Lung Foundation/Bloomberg Initiative t

    Jan 11,2016 33:40
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    20. 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, anxious to learn if this is also the next step forward in their own efforts to tackle the harms caused by tobacco.In this podcast Becky Freeman introduces several recordings with the key players who were instrumental in the research, writing and publication of the “Implementation and evaluation of the Australian tobacco p

    Jun 16,2015 05:40
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    21. The Economics of Tobacco Control (Part 2)

    The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC Project), founded in 2002, systematically evaluates key policies of the WHO FCTC in 22 countries, containing more than 50% of the world’s population, 60% of the world’s smokers and 70% of the world’s tobacco users. In this podcast Corne Van Walbeek, guest editor of the supplement, speaks to Geoffrey T Fong, University of Waterloo, and Frank Chaloupka, University of Illinois, about the 13 papers in the supplement and the links betw

    Jun 16,2015 23:21
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    22. Active and passive smoking and risk of spontaneous abortion, stillbirth and tubal ectopic pregnancy

    Becky Freeman, TC's Assistant Editor; Web & New Media, talks to Andrew Hyland, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, about his paper looking at the associations between tobacco exposure and adverse pregnancy outcomes.Read the full paper:Associations of lifetime active and passive smoking with spontaneous abortion, stillbirth and tubal ectopic pregnancy: a cross-sectional analysis of historical data from the Women's Health Initiative http://goo.gl/IM1Keh

    Apr 21,2015 12:16
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    23. The 2014 European Tobacco Products Directive and the industry’s attempts to ‘break the health silo’

    Becky Freeman, TC assistant editor, talks to Silvy Peeters, University of Bath, about her paper -The Revision of the 2014 European Tobacco Products Directive: An Analysis of the Tobacco Industry’s Attempts to ‘break the health silo’

    Feb 11,2015 12:12
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    24. Is it better to be a thin smoker or a fat ex-smoker?

    Mohammad Siahpush, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Health Promotion, Social & Behavioral Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health. He describes his research as being "about trying to understand what makes people behave the way they do. In looking for answers, I examine characteristics of individuals as well characteristics of the environments where people live.” Weight gain when quitting smoking is a common concern, particularly amongst women. The in

    Sep 17,2014 13:54
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    25. Economic cost of smoking in people with mental disorders in the UK

    Welcome to this first Tobacco Control podcast, which is on the economic cost of smoking in those with mental ill health.Treatments for mental health disorders and smoking-related diseases account for substantial expenditure in all healthcare systems. At any time in the UK about one in six adults has a mental health disorder, typically anxiety, depression or schizophrenia, while the prevalence of smoking in this group, at 33% in 2007, is around 50% higher than in the general population. Since peo

    Jul 14,2014 10:11