Institute for Global Tobacco Control

Free online Global Tobacco Control course

We have updated the English version of Global Tobacco Control: Learning from the Experts, our free, online course. Increase your understanding of tobacco control topics with the latest information. Translated courses will be updated later this year. Start the Course

IGTC Director Joanna Cohen invites colleagues to consider the implications of many terms used to discuss e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. She offers suggestions for how the public health community might communicate about tobacco products moving forward. Watch the Video

Global Tobacco Control Progress Hub screen

Visitors to the Global Tobacco Control Progress Hub can explore multi-year trends to monitor, analyze and report on global tobacco control progress. Engaging color-coded maps and graphic visualizations allow users to strengthen FCTC implementation. EXPLORE NOW

IGTC staff presented a wide range of research at the 2023 SRNT Annual Meeting in San Antonio in early March. Learn More

Our YouTube channel features our Innovations in Tobacco Control lecture series as well as videos highlighting the work of our faculty and staff. Subscribe for the latest updates. Subscribe Now

The Institute for Global Tobacco Control's (IGTC) mission is to prevent death and disease from tobacco products by generating evidence to support effective tobacco control interventions.

Operating within the three-pillar framework of (1) knowledge generation, synthesis and translation, (2) evaluation and surveillance, and (3) capacity building, IGTC's goal is to reduce tobacco use globally.

IGTC's work supports tobacco control action in countries around the world, and the institute has received recognition for its work and achievements by being designated as a partner in a number of public health initiatives since its inception in 1998, including being a collaborating center of the World Health Organization since 2004. As a key player in the tobacco control arena, IGTC has trained more than 2,000 professionals through capacity building programs and produced more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals.