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Current Abstracts: Our monthly list of selected journal articles and reports on tobacco topics, with an emphasis on Canadian authors and research

Reading Lists: Our reading lists focus on hot topics in tobacco control to help get you started on your research and information needs.


Tobacco and Public Health: From Theory to Practice features accessible, comprehensive and evidence-based Canadian content that is geared to individuals working in tobacco control.


OTRU Update: Contraband Use Among Ontario Youth

OTRU Update: Tobacco Product Availability: Current Issues and Next Steps

OTRU Monitoring Updates:

Tobacco Control Funding Commitments
Youth Access to Tobacco Products
Retail Display of Tobacco Products
Prohibition of Tobacco Sales In Specific Places
Protection From Secondhand Smoke: Monitoring Update
Tobacco Taxes: Monitoring Update


2010 SRNT Annual Meeting
Baltimore, MD
February 24-27, 2010

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Tobacco Control Funding Commitments: Monitoring Update

This OTRU update provides an overview of 2008-2009 Canadian tobacco control funding commitments by federal, provincial and territorial governments. Selected information on international tobacco control funding is included for comparison.

Each year OTRU produces a series of Monitoring Reports to examine the progress of the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy. Based on qualitative and quantitative data, these reports document changes in the provincial tobacco control climate, including policies, programs, knowledge, attitudes and behaviour.

Current Updates:

 

Contraband Use Among Ontario Youth

This update is based on excerpts from the tobacco summary section of the report, Drug Use among Ontario Students, 1977-2009: Detailed OSDUHS Findings. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS) is the longest ongoing school survey of adolescents in Canada and the second longest in North America.

 

Application materials and funding schedule for the winter 2010 competition of the Ashley Studentships for Research in Tobacco Control are now available

OTRU is pleased to announce the winter 2010 competition of the Ashley Studentships for Research in Tobacco Control. The purpose of the studentship program is to increase the tobacco research capacity in Ontario by developing a future cadre of tobacco researchers and practitioners. Five studentships of up to $7,200 each will be awarded in this competition.

 

OTRU Student Poster Competition held at the 6th National Conference on Tobacco or Health

OTRU would like to congratulate the Awardees of the OTRU Student Poster Competition held at the 6th National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Montreal, Quebec - November 2009.

1st Prize
Ryan David Kennedy, PhD Candidate, University of Waterloo
“Evaluation of Woodstock’s Outdoor Smoking By-law – A Longitudinal Study of Smokers and Non-Smokers”

2nd Prize
Seema Mutti, MSc Candidate, University of Waterloo
“A Scan of Smoke-Free Policies in Outdoor and Quasi-Outdoor Transit Environments across Ontario”

3rd Prize
Simon Racicot, PhD Candidate, Concordia University  
“Is Second Hand Smoke Exposure Associated with Smoking-related Behaviours?”

 

Glossary

The OTRU Glossary of Tobacco Control contains over 1000 definitions of tobacco control terms, including abbreviations and acronyms, with links to cross-references and literature citations.

 

For OTRU Research Study Participants

If you are currently participating in an OTRU research study, details about confidentiality, your privacy and information about the study are available
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