1. From Cells to Society: The Multidisciplinary Nature of Tobacco Control
Michael Chaiton

2. Why Focus on Tobacco?
Reducing tobacco use offers the greatest potential for immediate impact at the population-level.

3. Tobacco Problem in Canada
Smoking, along with other forms of tobacco use, remains the leading cause of illness and death in western societies.

4. Tobacco Problem in Canada
In 2002, smoking accounted for 17% of all deaths in Canada
21% for men and 12% for women.

5. Tobacco Problem in Canada
Tobacco use is responsible for three times as many deaths as the combined total of alcohol, drugs, suicide, homicide, injuries sustained from car crashes, and AIDS.

6. Tobacco Problem in Canada
37,000 Deaths 515,607 Years of Life Lost 2,210,155 hospital days Cancer was the leading cause of death (17,679 deaths) followed by cardiovascular disease (10,853) and respiratory disease (8,282)

9. Smoking Prevalence Canada 2002-2010

10. Smoking Prevalence in Industrialized and Developing Countries, by Sex, Age 15+

11. Worldwide Annual Tobacco Deaths (1,000,000s)
Joanna Cohen; Oct 01

13. Framework
ENVIRONMENT
VECTOR
HOST
AGENT
Joanna Cohen; Oct 01

14. Framework
Mosquito
Person
Environment
Parasite
Joanna Cohen; Oct 01

15. Framework
Tob Ind
Person
Environment
Cigs
Joanna Cohen; Oct 01

16. Agent Lectures
The cigarette (Kaiserman)

17. Vector Lectures Marketing (Dewhirst) Contraband (Perley)
Tobacco and activism (Mahood)

18. Host Lectures Health effects (Ferrence) Comorbidity (Wing)
Addiction (Clarke; O’Loughlin)
Genetics (Tyndale)

19. Host Lectures Medical interventions (Selby)
Psychology of smoking (Hammond)
Fertility (Holloway)
Physical Activity (Faulkner)

20. Environment Lectures
Cessation interventions (McDonald)
Policy (Fong)

21. Smoking and the Movies (Glantz)
Environment Lectures
Smoking and the Movies (Glantz)

22. Mass Media (Wakefield)
Environment Lectures
Mass Media (Wakefield)

23. Economics (Chaloupka)
Environment Lectures
Economics (Chaloupka)

24. Environment Lectures
Global issues (Cohen)

25. Thirdhand Smoke (Matt)
Environment Lectures
Thirdhand Smoke (Matt)