The Geographic Health Equity Alliance and CADCA’s Evaluation and Research Team presented the latest installment of CADCA’s Research Into Action webinar series on January 15, 2021 featuring Dr. Matthew Rossheim, who discussed his recent article, “Aerosol, vapor, or chemicals? College student perceptions of harm from electronic cigarettes and support for a tobacco-free campus policy.” Dr. Rossheim addressed the article’s findings regarding perception of harm of secondhand exposure to e-cigarette emissions and support for tobacco-free campus policies among college students. He also discussed how public health programs can frame their health communication campaigns to influence public opinion on risk perception and policy options.
Additional Resources
- Designing and Implementing an Effective Tobacco Counter-Marketing Campaign: The CDC provides this useful resource for coalitions interested in public health communications with examples of what has worked and step-by-step instructions.
- Electronic Smoking Devices and Secondhand Aerosol: Check out this American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation publication about secondhand aerosol from e-cigarettes.
- This document contains references for some academic articles that may be of interest.
You can view our past webinars on the GHEA website. Please feel free to contact ghea@cadca.org with any questions.