This project will commission independent testing of selected Australian tobacco products to provide Australian-specific evidence to inform policy directions. The project will also guide corrective public education about several product attributes such as filter-venting and roll-your-own tobacco that contribute to misleading or distracting smokers from the harms of tobacco use.
CBRC staff
Prof Melanie Wakefield, Dr Emily Brennan, Kimberley Dunstone, Dr Ashleigh Haynes, Dr Wendy Winnall, Claudia Gascoyne
Collaborators
Prof Neal Benowitz (University of California San Francisco, USA), Prof Jonathan Samet (University of Colorado Denver, USA), Prof Dorothy Hatsukami (University of Minnesota, USA), Prof David Ashley (Georgia State University, USA), Dr Reinskje Talhout and Dr Walther Klerx (RIVM, the Netherlands)
Funding
Cancer Council Victoria
Years
2019 - present
