Each year, OTRU highlights our research and evaluation findings through a series of webinars in partnership with the Provincial Training and Consultation Centre.
Listen Again To Recent Webinars
Waterpipe Smoking – An Increasing Issue for Public Health
Original presentation date: April 11, 2013
This webinar was the fifth in a series provided by the Program Training and Consultation Centre in collaboration with the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit.
This webinar saw Dr. Roberta Ferrence discuss current patterns of use in Canada, explore evidence about the toxicity of waterpipe smoke, and present preliminary findings from an observational study of waterpipe cafes in Toronto, Ontario.
Presentation Deck (7.13Mb)
Audio Recording (6.84Mb)
Getting There: Ontario’s Progress in Tobacco Control 2012
Original presentation date: January 17, 2013
This webinar was the fourth in a series provided by the Program Training and Consultation Centre in collaboration with the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit.
This webinar saw Dr. Robert Schwartz and Dr. Shawn O’Connor present the most recent status report on tobacco control in Ontario. They reported on the findings of the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit’s Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report 2012 and presented up to date evaluative information about the activities and results of comprehensive tobacco control in Ontario.
Presentation Deck (PDF; 2.7 Mb)
Audio Recording (Quicktime; 9.6 Mb)
From Your Dentist’s Chair to Your Taxi: Study Updates From OTRU
Original presentation date: October 24, 2012
This webinar provided an overview of OTRU’s evaluation work in the area of smoking cessation, and reported on a study exploring the experiences of three dental health professional groups (dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants) in smoking cessation. Findings from a pilot project that used a problem-solving and community engagement approach to explore the issue of non-compliance to the SFOA in taxis was also highlighted.
Presentation Deck (PDF; 1.3 Mb)
Audio Recording (Quicktime; 34.3 Mb)
Smoking Cessation in Ontario: What the Ontario Tobacco Survey Tells Us
Original presentation date: June 27, 2012
The Ontario Tobacco Survey is an innovative OTRU survey that followed over 4,000 smokers for up to 3 years. OTS data provide an in depth understanding of the current smoking in Ontario, and a better understanding of the factors that influence quitting tobacco. This webinar explores key issue related to smoking cessation in the province.
Presentation Deck (PDF; 2 Mb)
Audio Recording (Quicktime; 9.8 Mb)
Evaluation of the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy
Original presentation date: April 29, 2012
This webinar discusses findings from OTRU’s the 2011 Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report.
Presentation Deck (PDF; 2.4 Mb)
Audio Recording (Quicktime; 10.6 Mb)
Listen Again: Putting Thirdhand Smoke on the Policy & Research Agenda
This Ontario Tobacco Research Unit workshop, held May 3, 2012, discussed the emerging issue of thirdhand smoke. An international panel of experts shared information about what thirdhand smoke is, challenges in measuring it, how we are exposed to it, and what this means to tobacco control policy in general and Canadian policy in particular. The workshop is part of a larger CIHR funded project that includes an expert panel meeting to review the current state of evidence about third hand smoke.
Presenters included: Neal Benowitz, Hugo Destaillats, Roberta Ferrence, Geoffrey T. Fong, Lorraine Fry, Lara Gundel, Mel Hovell, Pam Kaufman, Ryan David Kennedy, Georg Matt, Thomas E. Novotny, Jonathan Winickoff
Speaker presentations from the workshop are divided into six parts.
