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TC podcast

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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...

Episodes

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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...

14:08Oct 31, 2018

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...

15:53Aug 30, 2018

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 possibi...

6:47Jul 25, 2018

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 a...

5:19Jul 23, 2018

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 rol...

20:03Jun 6, 2018

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 relinqu...

8:38May 31, 2018

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...

9:52Sep 15, 2017

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 So...

15:37Jul 26, 2017

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 Hea...

7:53May 10, 2017

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...

9:02Apr 21, 2017

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". Re...

10:12Mar 7, 2017

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 Si...

9:15Jan 30, 2017

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 amon...

11:57Dec 7, 2016

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 Blo...

12:14Aug 8, 2016

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...

8:57Jul 19, 2016

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 i...

13:19Apr 27, 2016

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...

8:31Mar 30, 2016

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-...

7:30Jan 18, 2016

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 Heal...

33:40Jan 11, 2016

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...

5:40Jun 16, 2015