CIHR experts discuss tobacco control policies in light of World No Tobacco Day
Newswise — OTTAWA (May 25, 2011) – This year, more than 5 million people will die from a tobacco-related heart attack, stroke, cancer, lung ailment, or other disease. That does not include the more than 600,000 people who will die from exposure to second-hand smoke.
Countries throughout the world are instituting tobacco control measures – such as the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – to help reduce the harm caused by smoking.
In light of World No Tobacco Day (May 31), experts from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are available to discuss the dangers of smoking and tobacco control policies.
Experts:
Taking the effects of smoking to heart: The relationship between tobacco and heart diseaseDr. Jean Rouleau, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (Montréal, QC)
The International Tobacco Control Project: Evaluating the impact of the WHO treaty across the globeDr. Geoffrey Fong, CIHR-funded researcher (Waterloo, ON)
No ifs, ands, or butts: Smoking cessation programs in clinical practiceDr. Andrew Pipe, CIHR-funded researcher (Ottawa, ON)
From practice to results: Improving lung cancer treatment delivered to patients Dr. Normand Blais, CIHR-funded researcher (Laval, QC)
For the past 10 years, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has supported better health and health care for Canadians. As the Government of Canada's health research investment agency, CIHR enables the creation of evidence-based knowledge and its transformation into improved treatments, prevention and diagnoses, new products and services, and a stronger, patient-oriented health-care system. Composed of 13 internationally recognized Institutes, CIHR supports more than 13,600 health researchers and trainees across Canada.
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