Learning Objectives: Describe how tobacco is a globalization issue. List two ways that local tobacco control advocates can get involved in the global movement.
Abstract: 4 million people worldwide die from tobacco related diseases each year; if nothing is done, that number will climb to 10 million people a year by 2025; 70% of those deaths will occur in the Global South; The US is home to Philip Morris, the largest tobacco company in the world. Two-thirds of Philip Morris' profits come from overseas sales. ..so what can you do to take part in the global movement to stem the tide of the global tobacco epidemic?
Presentations will include an overview of global tobacco issues including: tobacco as a globalization issue -- looking at trade, privatization and deregulation,; the perspective of a tobacco control advocate from abroad on how US tobacco control advocates involvement in global tobacco issues enhances their work,; and an overview of the many ways US tobacco control advocates can get involved in the global movement.
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