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P8752 Tobacco and Public Health: From Colonial Cash Crop to Global Epidemic
Nearly forty years since the first Surgeon General Report (Terry 1964)
connecting tobacco use with cancer, tobacco remains the number one
preventable death in the United States and in most developed countries.
If current trends continue tobacco use will soon be the number one
cause of preventable disease worldwide. Tobacco control is a model for
interdisciplinary study in public health and effective methods for
approaching a major cause of death and disability through multilevel
interventions including policy regulation. This course will explore
multiple dimensions of tobacco use; health, social, and economic
implications as well as the ethical, legal and scientific debates that
have accompanied the development of tobacco control policies in the
U.S. In addition to giving students a thorough grounding in the area of
tobacco and health, the course should provide students with an
excellent basis for analyzing the various dimensions of other major
public health problems. The format will entail one hour or less of
lecture with the remaining time spent in active discussion and debate.
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