The Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has launched a new online training program in global tobacco control as part of the Global Stop Smoking Initiative supported by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The training program, Global Tobacco Control: Learning from the Experts, is located on the web at www.globaltobaccocontrol.org. Read more ... "There is no level of exposure to secondhand smoke that is safe," according to Jonathan Samet, MD, professor and chair of Epidemiology and senior scientific editor of the Surgeon General's 2006 report, a clarion call to the public and policy-makers alike to eliminate smoking from indoor environments. Read more... Dr. Jonathan Samet was awarded the Surgeon General’s Medallion for his work as senior scientific editor of the Report of the Surgeon General on the Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke, which was released on June 27, 2006. Read more...
The IGTC is now one of three tobacco control surveillance and evaluation collaborating centers in the United States, joining the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the University of California, San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Control, Research and Education. Read more...
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