Category: World No Tobacco Day

  • Quitting smoking on World No Tobacco Day: what does the research say?

    Quitting smoking on World No Tobacco Day: what does the research say?

    World No Tobacco Day 2019 Each year on May 31st, World No Tobacco Day is held to raise awareness on the harmful effects of smoking and to discourage tobacco use. One of the 2019 goals focuses on raising awareness on the “feasible actions and measures that key audiences, including the public and governments, can take…

  • World No Tobacco Day: Q&A with Mathieu Morissette and Riccardo Polosa

    World No Tobacco Day: Q&A with Mathieu Morissette and Riccardo Polosa

    What is your background in relation to research on smoking? Prof Mathieu Morissette: I have an undergraduate degree in Microbiology and a PhD working on the mechanisms associated with apoptosis and oxidative stress in emphysema from Université Laval in Quebec City. I then completed post-doctoral studies in the laboratory of Martin Stampfli at McMaster University…