Nicotine and Tobacco: Current issues, Policy and Practice /

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

• Describe and discuss patterns of tobacco consumption, prevalence and addiction and the rise of e-cigarette use.
• Assess key milestones in tobacco and nicotine policy and the contribution of policy in developing and implementing effective interventions.
• Critically discuss the role of commercial interests, including the tobacco industry, in promoting tobacco use and recent controversies regarding the e-cigarette industry.
• Describe and discuss the range of effective interventions to reduce tobacco use and the place of tobacco harm reduction, including e-cigarettes, in addressing tobacco use.
• Assess the potential impact of current and emerging tobacco control priorities on different population groups, including tobacco harm reduction approaches.
• Discuss principles of media advocacy as applied to current issues in tobacco control.

Sessions include:

Prof Jeff Collin - The tobacco industry
Dr Angela Attwood - Nicotine dependence
Prof Ann McNeill -Smoking and Mental Health
Martine Stead - Mass media for smoking prevention & cessation
Prof John Britton - Health effects of tobacco and nicotine
Prof Linda Bauld - Policies on nicotine and tobacco: an overview
Prof Amanda Amos - Young people, smoking and e-cigarette use
Dr Jamie Brown - Latest trends in cigarette smoking and electronic cigarette use
Dr Catherine Kimber - Treatment approaches for stopping smoking including harm reduction

View the draft programme for 2019!