Podcasts about global tobacco control

About this episode: While cigarette use has radically declined in the U.S., many still die from smoking here and around the world. World No Tobacco Day—celebrated annually on May 31 since the 1980s—has helped expose tobacco industry tactics and highlight progress in global tobacco control. This year, a look at how manufacturers are increasing efforts to hook younger users on new products like e-cigs with fun packaging, new flavors, fashionable designs, and gimmicks including video games and social media integration. Guests: Kevin Welding is an economist studying corporate influence on public health at the Institute for Global Tobacco Control. Tuo-Yen Tseng is a health policy researcher who studies social and behavioral change at the Institute for Global Tobacco Control. Host: Stephanie Desmon, MA, is a former journalist, author, and the director of public relations and communications for the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Show links and related content: World No Tobacco Day 2025 Evidence and Resources—Institute for Global Tobacco Control 25 Years of Fighting Tobacco—Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Quit Smoking—American Lung Association The Inside Story of the 1964 Surgeon General's Report That Changed How Americans Viewed Smoking—Public Health On Call (July 2024) An Update on Efforts to Prevent Tobacco-Caused Death and Disease—Public Health On Call (February 2024) 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. Follow us: @‌PublicHealthPod on Bluesky @‌JohnsHopkinsSPH on Instagram @‌JohnsHopkinsSPH on Facebook @‌PublicHealthOnCall on YouTube Here's our RSS feed Note: These podcasts are a conversation between the participants, and do not represent the position of Johns Hopkins University.

The World Health Organization says smoking is the leading cause of global preventable death, killing up to 8 million people prematurely every year—far more than die in wars and conflicts. Yet the emotions evoked by national and international anti-smoking campaigns and the impact of those emotions has never been fully studied until now. HKS Professor Jennifer Lerner, a decision scientist who studies emotion, and Vaughan Rees, the director for the Center for Global Tobacco Control at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health, say their research involving actual smokers in the lab shows that sadness—the emotion most often evoked in anti-smoking ads—can actually induce people to smoke more. Lerner and Rees' research also found that evoking gratitude, an emotion that appears to function in nearly the exact opposite manner to sadness, made people want to smoke less and made them more likely to join a smoking-cessation program. Lerner and Rees join host Ralph Ranalli on the latest episode of the HKS PolicyCast to discuss their research and to offer research-backed policy recommendations—including closer collaboration between researchers who study emotion science, which is also known as affective science, and agencies like the Centers for Disease Control.Policy Recommendations:Jennifer Lerner's Policy Recommendations:Foster active communication and collaboration between researchers and public health agencies (e.g., CDC, FDA) to co-create health communications that integrate the latest insights from affective science.Increase awareness among lawmakers and public health policymakers that affective science has progressed beyond intuition to research-validated models that can be predictive and beneficial for behavior change.Vaughan Rees' Policy Recommendations:Expand research into integrating emotion-based strategies, such as gratitude exercises, into school-based prevention programs for adolescents to reduce the risk of tobacco and other substance use, as well as risky sexual behaviors.Introduce research-backed, emotion-based components in cessation counseling and support systems, helping individuals better manage high-risk situations and maintain abstinence after quitting.Dr. Jennifer Lerner is the Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy, Management and Decision Science at the Harvard Kennedy School.She is the first psychologist in the history of the Harvard Kennedy School to receive tenure.  Lerner, who also holds appointments in Harvard's Department of Psychology and Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, conducts research that draws insights from psychology, economics, and neuroscience and aims to improve decision making in high-stakes contexts. Together with colleagues, Lerner developed a theoretical framework that successfully predicts the effects of specific emotions on specific judgment and choice outcomes. Among other honors, Lerner received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to scientists and engineers in early stages of their careers. Lerner earned her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California–Berkeley and was awarded a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA. She joined the Harvard faculty and received tenure in 2007, and from 2018-2019 she took a temporary leave from Harvard to serve as the Chief Decision Scientist for the United States Navy.Vaughan Rees is Director of the Center for Global Tobacco Control at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The center's mission is to reduce the global burden of tobacco-related death and disease through training, research, and the translation of science into public health policies and programs. Rees also directs the Tobacco Research Laboratory at the Harvard Chan School, where the design and potential for dependence of tobacco products are assessed. Studies examine the impact of dependence potential on product use and individual risk, to inform policy and other interventions to control tobacco harms. Rees also leads an NIH funded study which seeks to reduce secondhand smoke exposure among children from low income and racially/ethnically diverse backgrounds. His academic background is in health psychology (substance use and dependence), and he trained at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and did postdoctoral training through the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the United States.Note: Lerner and Rees collaborated on this research with former HKS doctoral student Charlie Dorison, who is now an assistant professor at Georgetown University, and former HKS doctoral student Ke Wang, who is now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Virginia. Both were co-authors on the research paper on sadness and the research paper on gratitude, which were both published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Ralph Ranalli of the HKS Office of Communications and Public Affairs is the host, producer, and editor of HKS PolicyCast. A former journalist, public television producer, and entrepreneur, he holds an AB in Political Science from UCLA and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University.Design and graphics support is provided by Laura King, Lydia Rosenberg, Delane Meadows and the OCPA Design Team. Social media promotion and support is provided by Natalie Montaner and the OCPA Digital Team. Editorial support is provided by Nora Delaney and Robert O'Neill of the OCPA Editorial Team. Administrative support is provided by Lilly Wainaina.  

Thanks to policies like tobacco taxes, clean indoor air acts, and legislation to ban flavor additives, tobacco use is declining around the globe. But there's still an enormous burden of death and disease from smoking, and rates of use are still particularly concerning among key groups like youths and Black Americans. Joanna Cohen, director of the Institute for Global Tobacco Control, talks with Stephanie Desmon about where the US stands on major policies like banning menthol, how New Zealand's efforts to launch some of the most stringent policies in the world have fared under a new administration, and ongoing battles against tobacco industry lobbying tactics.

Many critics often accuse the World Health Organization of maintaining an 'obsessive and paranoid secrecy' regarding COP, its Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. However, with the recent postponement of COP10, perhaps it's time to consider adding incompetence to the list of criticisms. Joining us today for a special live edition of RegWatch to discuss the confusion surrounding the postponement and what we can expect when COP10 convenes in February 2024 are Lindsey Stroud and Martin Cullip from the Taxpayers Protection Alliance in Washington, D.C. Only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com Streamed Live: November 30, 2023 Produced by Brent Stafford This episode is supported by DEMAND VAPE https://youtu.be/txrDbaz2q94 Make RegWatch happen, go to https://support.regulatorwatch.com #RegWatch #VapeNews

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Institute for Global Tobacco Control was founded in 1998, and since then it has become a global leader in the efforts to end the tobacco epidemic. To highlight the Institute's 25th anniversary, Joanna Cohen, director of IGTC, and founding director Jonathan Samet talk to Stephanie Desmon about the past, present, and future fight against tobacco. Check out the video version of the podcast here.

In a recent commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine, Johns Hopkins tobacco policy expert Joanna Cohen and colleagues call for the FDA to take steps to bring more smoking cessation therapies to the market. Cohen, director of the Institute for Global Tobacco Control, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about why new therapies are needed and where to find evidence to support their use. Read the full commentary here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2301700. If you or someone you know needs help with quitting tobacco products, call 1-800-QUITNOW.

Dr. Joanna Cohen, Director of the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, talks about the health effects of vaping. Bloomberg News U.S. Economy Reporter María Paula Mijares Torres shares the details of her story about a snowballing U.S. rent crisis that spares no city or income bracket. And we Drive to the Close with Axel Merk, President & CIO at Merk Investments. Hosts: Carol Massar and Mike Regan. Producer: Paul Brennan.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Joanna Cohen, Director of the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, talks about the health effects of vaping. Bloomberg News U.S. Economy Reporter María Paula Mijares Torres shares the details of her story about a snowballing U.S. rent crisis that spares no city or income bracket. And we Drive to the Close with Axel Merk, President & CIO at Merk Investments. Hosts: Carol Massar and Mike Regan. Producer: Paul Brennan.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Yasmeen Long:Yasmeen Long is the Director of FasterCures, a Center of the Milken Institute. Previously, she served as the co-director of the Health Policy Fellowships and Leadership Programs at the National Academy of Medicine and as a Program Officer at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. She was also a Research Program Manager at the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Yasmeen received a B.Sc. in Health sciences and Health Management from Howard University, and a M.A. in Sociology and Women's Health from Suffolk University. Key Insights:Yasmeen Long has been intentional in her leadership and career. Getting a Foot in the Door. Yasmeen wanted to work at Johns Hopkins. So, after graduating from Howard she moved to Baltimore, became a temp for Johns Hopkins, cultivated relationships with faculty, and ultimately was hired in a full-time position. (5:11)Finding Common Ground. Yasmeen's international travels taught her to think differently about the world. She learned to juggle technical and interpersonal skills, finding common ground while working with diverse groups. (17:19)Believe in Yourself. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will. There is a self-care component to that, ensuring that you feel good so that you can focus on what matters to you. (21:31)This episode is hosted by Ceci Connolly. She is a member of the Advisory Council for Her Story and President and CEO of the Alliance of Community Health Plans.Relevant Links:Learn more about FasterCures at the Milken InstituteRead Yasmeen's report about “Achieving Health Equity: A Multi-Stakeholder Action Plan to Address Diversity across the Clinical Trials Enterprise and the Biomedical Research Ecosystem”Follow Yasmeen on Twitter

Sandy Villere, Partner at Villere Funds, discusses what's keeping the market moving. Dr. Joanna Cohen, Director of the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, breaks down issues concerning vaping regulation. Jason Chinnock, CEO of Ducati North America, talks about unveiling 2020 models, including “the Streetfighter.” Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Businessweek Markets and Finance Editor Pat Regnier, share insight on the Soros CIO putting a conservative stamp on a fund built on bold bets. And we Drive to the Close with David Richardson, Executive Director at Impax Asset Management. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Doni Holloway. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Sandy Villere, Partner at Villere Funds, discusses what's keeping the market moving. Dr. Joanna Cohen, Director of the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, breaks down issues concerning vaping regulation. Jason Chinnock, CEO of Ducati North America, talks about unveiling 2020 models, including “the Streetfighter.” Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Businessweek Markets and Finance Editor Pat Regnier, share insight on the Soros CIO putting a conservative stamp on a fund built on bold bets. And we Drive to the Close with David Richardson, Executive Director at Impax Asset Management. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Doni Holloway.

We are all cowed down with the term “Evidence Based Policy.” Proponents often talk about it with authority as if they have final evidence on that will tell us how the universe works.  We really need to get deeper into what evidence is? How can we use it? how can we develop it? What does it mean? We take these issues up with Professor Paul Cairney. ‘Paul Cairney is Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling, UK (@Cairneypaul).  His research interests are in comparative public policy. His research spans comparisons of policy theories (Understanding Public Policy, 2012), methods associated with key theories (Handbook of Complexity and Public Policy, 2015), international policy processes (Global Tobacco Control, 2012), and comparisons of UK and devolved policymaking.’ His website is here https://paulcairney.wordpress.com/cv/Evidence Based Policy

People in Pakistan and many developing countries seem to think that policy is wishing. The belief is that the government has a magic wand and can make things happened. Today we talk on this subject to a professor of Public policy who has been teaching researching and writing about policy. I asked him to tell us what policy is and how we make it. As many of you know, I write extensively about the missing policy process in Paksitan and the lack of understanding what policy is. For example see here https://medium.com/@nadeemhaque/imran-khan-build-governance-not-raja-rule-bf5baf3c1328 ‘Paul Cairney is Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling, UK (@Cairneypaul).  His research interests are in comparative public policy. His research spans comparisons of policy theories (Understanding Public Policy, 2012), methods associated with key theories (Handbook of Complexity and Public Policy, 2015), international policy processes (Global Tobacco Control, 2012), and comparisons of UK and devolved policymaking.’ His website is here https://paulcairney.wordpress.com/cv/ Listen to this and let us reinvigorate research and debate into change.  Listen to this fascinating discussion. There is much to learn and research here.  You can also look at my book “Looking Back: How Pakistan Became an Asian Tiger in 2050” now available in hard copy in Pakistan here http://www.libertybooks.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=Nadeem%20ul%20haque&category_id=0Soft copy here. https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Back-Pakistan-Became-Asian-ebook/dp/B06X94135J/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488133596&sr=1-1&keywords=nadeem+haque Listen and learn and write some papers on this subject.  Don’t forget to cite Soch Bichar Please subscribe to Soch Bichar if you like it. Tell you friends about it. That is the only way to grow a public discussion. And we need a wider conversation on these important subjects.

11/5/2017 Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death, on trajectory to cause 1 billion deaths this century. A particularly alarming trend is the rise of alternative tobacco products, which are often perceived as safe as or less harmful than cigarettes. Dokha tobacco use is very common throughout the Gulf region, and use appears to be emerging in other parts of the world. While the risks of use of other forms of tobacco are documented, very little is known about dokha. In this public lecture, tobacco control experts will describe emerging evidence about the health effects of dokha and discuss lessons learned from international tobacco control research that aims at curbing the global spread of this form of tobacco. Speakers Thomas Eissenberg PhD, Professor and Director, Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre, Virginia Commonwealth University Rima Afifi PhD, MPH; Professor, College of Public Health, University of Iowa College of Public Health Panelists Mohammed Al Houqani MBBS, MPH, FRCPC, FFOM; Assistant Dean for Medical Education; Consultant of Internal Medicine, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) Michael Weitzman MD; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, NYU

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 cigarettes available before the ban and nearly 90 percent of them are being marketed as a different, smoother alternative to regular cigarettes. Menthol cigarette bans were enacted in Nova Scotia in June 2015 and in Alberta in September 2015 and are believed to be the first implemented in the world. The Institute for Global Tobacco Control conducted this research with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. For images of the new packages and full details of the study, visit: http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2016/07/19/tobaccocontrol-2016-053099.full.

Dr. Moneeza Walji, editorial fellow, interviews Dr. Prabhat Jha, founding and current director of the Centre for Global Health Research in Toronto. In their commentary published in CMAJ, Dr. Jha and colleagues say that slowing tobacco sales in the next decade will depend on strengthening its implementation by increasing excise tax and improving anti-tobacco legislation. Published April 20, 2015, doi: 10.1503/cmaj.150261. Full article (subscription required): http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2015/04/20/cmaj.150261

After introductory comments from UC President Janet Napolitano, Dr. Jonathan Samet of the USC Institute for Global Health gives an eye-opening talk on how public health campaigns dramatically reduced smoking rates in the US and offers ideas on how those techniques can be used to curb non-communicable diseases, such as cancer and diabetes. Samet’s presentation was part of UC Global Health Day 2014, sponsored by the UC Global Health Institute. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28252]

After introductory comments from UC President Janet Napolitano, Dr. Jonathan Samet of the USC Institute for Global Health gives an eye-opening talk on how public health campaigns dramatically reduced smoking rates in the US and offers ideas on how those techniques can be used to curb non-communicable diseases, such as cancer and diabetes. Samet’s presentation was part of UC Global Health Day 2014, sponsored by the UC Global Health Institute. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28252]

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD This session of CDC′s Public Health Grand Rounds explores the control of tobacco use-the leading preventable cause of premature death and disease worldwide. Currently, approximately 6 million people die each year due to tobacco-related illnesses, a figure expected to increase to more than 8 million a year by 2030. If current global trends continue, tobacco use will cause up to 1 billion deaths in the 21st century. Global tobacco control has been called a "best buy" in public health. Beyond monitoring of tobacco use and exposure, this session will discuss effective prevention strategies at the personal, population, and policy levels. This is Part 2 of a lecture in two parts. Part 1 >> To view the complete video recording of this and other CDC Public Health Grand Rounds sessions, visit http://www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds/

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD This session of CDC′s Public Health Grand Rounds explores the control of tobacco use-the leading preventable cause of premature death and disease worldwide. Currently, approximately 6 million people die each year due to tobacco-related illnesses, a figure expected to increase to more than 8 million a year by 2030. If current global trends continue, tobacco use will cause up to 1 billion deaths in the 21st century. Global tobacco control has been called a "best buy" in public health. Beyond monitoring of tobacco use and exposure, this session will discuss effective prevention strategies at the personal, population, and policy levels. This is Part 1 of a lecture in two parts. Part 2 >> To view the complete video recording of this and other CDC Public Health Grand Rounds sessions, visit http://www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds/

Interview with Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, author of The United States' Engagement in Global Tobacco Control