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05/09/16 – Lethal But Legal: Corporations, Consumption and Protecting Public Health

Posted on April 15, 2016May 9, 2016

USC Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science Book Club invites you to attend "Lethal But Legal: Corporations, Consumption and Protecting Public Health," presented by Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Public Health... read more →

Take the Student Tobacco Survey

Posted on March 2, 2016March 2, 2016

The Associate of Pacific Rim Universities Global Health Program is gathering information on students' tobacco use, perceptions regarding e-cigarettes, exposure to e-cigarette marketing and other related topics. (more…... read more →

01/21/16 – The Rise of Corporate Sovereignty? The story of global health governance, tobacco & trade

Posted on January 4, 2016January 5, 2016

USC Institute for Global Health Associate Director Dr. Heather Wipfli will present at Duke Global Health Institute regarding the rise of corporate sovereignty in terms of global health governance, tobacco and trade. This e... read more →

The Rise of Corporate Sovereignty? The story of global health governance, tobacco, and trade

Posted on November 18, 2015February 27, 2018

USC Institute for Global Health Associate Director Heather Wipfli addressed Occidental College today to describe the negotiation process of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Drawing from ... read more →

Thank You for Not Smoking: How the WHO Fought Tobacco Through Treaties

Posted on September 24, 2015February 27, 2018

Foreign Affairs published a snapshot essay of IGH Associate Director Dr. Heather Wipfli's new book, The Global War on Tobacco, Sept. 24. The essay outlines the story of how the World Health Organization used treaties to beat ... read more →

Kids who vape 4x more likely to smoke tobacco, according to new JAMA study

Posted on August 20, 2015February 27, 2018

A new study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Tuesday, finds teenagers who have used e-cigarettes are more likely to at least sample tobacco cigarettes, cigars or hookahs, according to co-author A... read more →

Banning the Hiring of Tobacco Users: Where’s the Fire?

Posted on June 1, 2014August 21, 2018

This commentary addresses the article in this issue by Huddle and colleagues concerning the implementation of policies by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine and other academic health centers to n... read more →