About this Presentation
In this presentation I will examine what we know about the safety and real-world effectiveness of vaping in helping smokers quit, and its uptake by youth. Is it a revolutionary game changer for tobacco control, or simply the latest chapter in the history of failed promises of tobacco harm reduction? Every major tobacco company has now invested heavily in nicotine vaping products, some saying they hope to end smoking via vaping. Yet all of these companies continue to relentlessly oppose effective tobacco control policies known to reduce smoking.
About the Expert
Emeritus Prof Simon Chapman AO
Simon Chapman AO is Emeritus Professor in Public Health at the University of Sydney. Across 45 years, he has been a prominent researcher and advocate for tobacco control, gun control and renewable energy. He was foundation deputy editor (1992–97) and editor (1998–2008) for the British Medical Journal’s specialist journal Tobacco Control. In 1997 he was awarded the World Health Organization’s World No Tobacco Day Medal and in 2003 the American Cancer Society’s Luther Terry Award for outstanding individual leadership in tobacco control. In 2008 he was awarded the NSW Premier’s Cancer Researcher of the Year medal and in 2013 he was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for his contributions to public health, and named Australian Skeptic of the Year. The Sydney Morning Herald named him in 2008 and 2012 as one of Sydney’s 100 most influential people.
