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Workshop Helps Build Leadership Capacity

November 11, 2024

Participants from China convened for skill-building seminar in Washington, D.C.

Statement from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School and the Institute for Global Tobacco Control on a Ban on Menthol Cigarettes

April 30, 2021

We welcome and support the FDA’s plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars announced this week. This action is an important step in preventing deaths, improving health outcomes, and addressing health disparities, especially for Black Americans.

Tobacco

Bloomberg School

How Bloomberg School Researchers are Confronting Cancer

February 02, 2021

World Cancer Day is February 4. Here's how six Bloomberg School researchers are confronting cancer from a multitude of fronts.

Cancer

Environment

Tobacco

Bloomberg School

Vaping Q&A: Johns Hopkins Expert on E-Cigarettes and Tobacco Alternatives

September 17, 2019

Joanna Cohen, director of the Institute for Global Tobacco Control, shares her thoughts on myths behind vaping, what’s in e-liquids, how e-cigarettes are marketed to young people, and other issues.

Tobacco

Bloomberg School

Study Quantifies Smoking's Strong Link to Peripheral Artery Disease

July 23, 2019

A new study led by JHSPH researchers found that cigarette smoking boosts the risk of peripheral artery disease, and this elevated risk can persist up to 30 years after smoking cessation.

Epidemiology

Noncommunicable Diseases

Tobacco

Bloomberg School

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IGTC Research Presented at SRNT Meeting

SRNT’s Annual Meeting is the leading scientific forum for the latest nicotine and tobacco research. Members of the IGTC team presented a wide range of research during the annual meeting.

Tobacco

Institute for Global Tobacco Control

Tobacco Faculty Experts

Looking for prominent public health experts in the field of Tobacco? They’re here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Joanna Cohen

Professor

Health, Behavior and Society

Joanna Cohen, PhD, MHSc, is Chair of the Department of Health, Behavior & Society. She conducts research and capacity building to inform and advance interventions to eliminate tobacco-caused death and disease.

Ana María Rule

Assistant Professor

Environmental Health and Engineering

Ana Rule, PhD ’05, MHS '98, focuses on the development and evaluation of novel sampling and analysis strategies for assessments of exposure to biological aerosols, e-cigarette aerosols, and particulate matter.

Ryan David Kennedy

Associate Professor

Ryan Kennedy, PhD, is a behavioral scientist who works to advance tobacco control policies in the U.S. and around the world.

Frances Stillman

Associate Professor

Health, Behavior and Society

Frances Stillman, EdD, EdM, is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in tobacco control research, training and capacity building.

Tobacco

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Workshop Helps Build Leadership Capacity

Statement from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School and the Institute for Global Tobacco Control on a Ban on Menthol Cigarettes

How Bloomberg School Researchers are Confronting Cancer

Vaping Q&A: Johns Hopkins Expert on E-Cigarettes and Tobacco Alternatives

Study Quantifies Smoking's Strong Link to Peripheral Artery Disease

IGTC Research Presented at SRNT Meeting

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Joanna Cohen

Ana María Rule

Ryan David Kennedy

Frances Stillman

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