Episodes

  • JUUL and other stealth vaporisers: hiding the habit from parents and teachers

    JUUL and other stealth vaporisers: hiding the habit from parents and teachers
    Oct 31 2018
    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
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    14 mins
  • Japan Tobacco’s corruption of science and health policy via the Smoking Research Foundation

    Japan Tobacco’s corruption of science and health policy via the Smoking Research Foundation
    Aug 30 2018
    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.
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    16 mins
  • Criminal liability for the tobacco industry and its executives

    Criminal liability for the tobacco industry and its executives
    Jul 25 2018
    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)
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    7 mins
  • Future of tobacco packaging

    Future of tobacco packaging
    Jul 23 2018
    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
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    5 mins
  • The Brussels Declaration and tobacco industry interests in science policy

    The Brussels Declaration and tobacco industry interests in science policy
    Jun 6 2018
    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.bmj.com/content/early/2018/05/25/tobaccocontrol-2018-054264

    - Ten Tips for Spotting Industry Involvement in Science Policy - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2018/05/25/tobaccocontrol-2018-054386
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    20 mins
  • The motives behind dual use of electronic and smoked cigarettes

    The motives behind dual use of electronic and smoked cigarettes
    May 31 2018
    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/content/early/2018/01/31/tobaccocontrol-2017-054070.
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    9 mins
  • Premature deaths could be averted in the United States by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes

    Premature deaths could be averted in the United States by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes
    Sep 15 2017
    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).
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    10 mins
  • Tobacco companies’ use of retailer incentives after a ban on point-of-sale tobacco displays

    Tobacco companies’ use of retailer incentives after a ban on point-of-sale tobacco displays
    Jul 26 2017
    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/tobaccocontrol-2017-053724.
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    16 mins