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PUBH5418: Tobacco Control in the 21st Century

2025 unit information

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; secondhand 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); denormalisation of the tobacco industry; controlling advertising; and controlling exposure to tobacco smoke, making news on tobacco and influencing political policy on tobacco.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Medicine and Health

Study level Postgraduate
Academic unit Public Health
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. explain the history, epidemiology of tobacco use and disease and the burden of illness from tobacco use
  • LO2. describe social, cultural, legal and economic aspects of tobacco use and tobacco control
  • LO3. argue for and defend a population perspective on the goals, objectives and strategies of tobacco control
  • LO4. identify and analyse the main current policy debates in tobacco control
  • LO5. identify, analyse and plan strategies and effective interventions for tobacco control in whole populations
  • LO6. critically assess issues in future directions for tobacco control.

Unit availability

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Semester 2 2024
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2024
Distance education/intensive on campus Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2025
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Semester 2 2025
Distance education/intensive on campus Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Intensive July - August 2020
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Intensive July - August 2020
Distance education/intensive on campus Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Intensive July - August 2022
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Intensive July - August 2022
Block mode Remote
Intensive July - August 2022
Distance education/intensive on campus Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2023
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2023
Distance education/intensive on campus Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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