Tobacco Control in the 21st Century - Professional Development Course
Overview
Tobacco Control in the 21st Century will provide state-of-the-art critical understanding of significant issues in populationwide aspects of tobacco control.
The unit consists of learning topics, each of which is supported by extensive Web based resources, and 4 moderated online discussion forums, each focusing on a problem related to tobacco use and control. Lecture topics include: history of tobacco use and control; the burden of illness from tobacco use; second hand smoke: the research evidence; measuring tobacco use, uptake and cessation in communities; international trends in tobacco consumption; the tobacco industry; the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and; new forms of tobacco advertising and promotion.
Problem focused discussion forums include: Harm reduction and tobacco control, regulation of tobacco, improving and implementing pack warnings; promoting smoking cessation, prevention of uptake (youth programs); normalisation of the tobacco industry; controlling advertising; and controlling exposure to tobacco smoke, making news on tobacco and influencing political policy on tobacco.
Course aims
At the end of the unit students will be able to:
- Explain the history, epidemiology of tobacco use and disease and the burden of illness from tobacco use
- Describe social, cultural, legal and economic aspects of tobacco use and tobacco control
- Argue for and defend a population perspective on the goals, objectives and strategies of tobacco control
- Identify and analyse the main current policy debates in tobacco control
- Identify, analyse and plan strategies and effective interventions for tobacco control in whole populations
- Critically assess issues in future directions for tobacco control
Presenters
Unit coordinator:
Professor Simon Chapman,
School of Public Health
Dates
1st, 2nd and 5th August 2013
Application deadline
31 May
Please note there is a high demand for this course. Apply early to avoid missing out.
More information
Student Office
Room 329, Level 3
School of Public Health
Edward Ford Building (A27)
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9036 5487 or +61 2 9351 4366
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