1030 - An Endgame for the Tobacco Industry?

About this episode: Despite sizable decreases in tobacco use in high-income countries, 7 million people around the world die every year from tobacco-related causes. In this episode: an approach that seeks not to manage the $880 billion tobacco industry but to end it. Guest: Eline Goethals is a communications specialist and a fellow at the School of Moral Ambition. Host: Dr. Josh Sharfstein is distinguished professor of the practice in Health Policy and Management , a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department. Show links and related content: Making Tobacco Industry Elimination Inevitable —Action on Smoking and Health What does a tobacco "endgame" mean? —Truth Initiative Transcript information: Looking for episode transcripts? Open our podcast on the Apple Podcasts app (desktop or mobile) or the Spotify mobile app to access an auto-generated transcript of any episode. Closed captioning is also available for every episode on our YouTube channel. Contact us: Have a question about something you heard? Looking for a transcript? Want to suggest a topic or guest? Contact us via email or visit our website .

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1030 - An Endgame for the Tobacco Industry? is an episode from Public Health On Call by The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

This episode is 13:13 long.

This episode was published on Apr 1, 2026.

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