Expert advisory – World No Tobacco Day
Thursday, May 31, is World No Tobacco Day.
Thursday, May 31, is World No Tobacco Day.
By Media RelationsThursday, May 31, is World No Tobacco Day. The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2018 is “Tobacco and heart disease” with the focus this year being on cardiovascular health.
The University of Waterloo has an expert available to speak on this topic.
Geoffrey Fong – Psychology
Fong is a Professor of Psychology and of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo, and Senior Investigator at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. He is the Founder and Principal Investigator of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (the ITC Project), the world’s largest tobacco research program.
“The theme of this year’s World No Tobacco Day focuses on increasing public awareness that tobacco products cause heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular harms. Our global research project (the ITC Project) in 29 countries shows that throughout the world there are serious gaps in smokers’ knowledge of the harms of smoking to heart health. Even in Canada, where smoking is the number one cause of heart disease and stroke, 14% of smokers were not aware that smoking causes stroke.
— Geoffrey T. Fong
-30-
University of Waterloo is Canada’s top innovation university. With more than 36,000 students we are home to the world's largest co-operative education system of its kind. Our unmatched entrepreneurial culture, combined with an intensive focus on research, powers one of the top innovation hubs in the world. Find out more at uwaterloo.ca.
-30-
Ryon Jones
University of Waterloo
519-888-4567 ext. 30031
www.uwaterloo.ca/news
@UWaterlooNews
The Faculty of Science continues to inspire future scientists with its latest offering of community outreach programs
Three siblings reflect on their University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy journeys
Hackers find inspiration, invention and community at the weekend-long Hack the North event
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.