More teens and adults are trying e-cigarettes than ever before, but researchers remain at odds about what risks the products pose to public health. Are they a helpful quitting tool, or do they promote tobacco use among new users?
In a live webcast hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the University of Waterloo’s Professor David Hammond will join a panel of experts to explore the fiercely debated e-cigarette market. The lecture will explore regulation, marketing to youth, content of warning labels, design of products, and evidence for science-based policymaking.
Expert panelists include:
David Hammond, associate professor, University of Waterloo School of Public Health and Health Systems, former advisor to the World Health Organization for the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Howard Koh, professor of the practice of public health leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 14th assistant secretary for health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Vaughan Rees, lecturer, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, interim director of the Center for Global Tobacco Control, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Kenneth Warner, distinguished university professor of public health and former dean, University of Michigan School of Public Health
K. “Vish” Viswanath, professor of health communication, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the McGraw-Patterson Center for Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Audience members can e-mail questions for the expert participants before or during the live webcast to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu or tweet them to @ForumHSPH using #EcigsForum. Moderators will run a live chat during the lecture on the event web page.
The event is presented in collaboration with Reuters and organized by the Center for Global Tobacco Control and the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Date: Thursday April 16, 2015
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. ET
Location: ForumHSPH.org
