Nation tobacco control capacity building workshop was hold August 1-3 in 2012, national tobacco control exports and professors from 35 universities discussed some key issues related to the curriculum implement in at medical universities in workshop. Tobacco control policy advocacy, community action and smoking cessation st...[ more >> ]

Tobacco control is a key factor for the death in the world today. It is estimated that between 300 and 350 million smokers live in China, and the smoking prevalence in men is as high as 60%. Studies have shown each year 1.2 million deaths are caused by smoking-related diseases in China. Health professionals play critical r...[ more >> ]

In his capacity as International Senior Consultant, Professor Ian Rockett of West Virginia University visited Zhejiang University’s Tobacco Control Research Center from March 26 until April 7, 2012. He was warmly welcomed upon his arrival on campus by the center director, Professor Tingzhong Yang, and members of his ...[ more >> ]

SEJLA KARALIC Sejla Karalic graduated from the University of Akron in the spring of 2009, with a double major in Political Science and Economics. That fall, she set off for China on a Fulbright fellowship. She spent her first three months in China studying advanced Mandarin Chinese as part of a Critical Language Enhanceme...[ more >> ]

The 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) was held in Singapore from March 20th to 24th with the theme of 'Towards a Tobacco-free World: Planning Globally, Acting Locally'. More than 2,600 representatives from 100 countries and regions attended this conference. [ more >> ]

According to China's public Health capacity-building for tobacco control head, Zhejiang University, Professor Yang Tingzhong introduced millions of people every year in China die of smoking related diseases, tobacco control of the road long way to go. (The picture shows the data plan) China news agency, Hangzhou, May 31 (...[ more >> ]

The Global Health Professions Student Survey (GHPSS) Policy and Program Workshop on Tobacco Control was held from May 16-18 2011, in Manila, Philippines. Professor Tingzhong Yang, Director and Head of the Center for Tobacco Control Research at Zhejiang University’s School of Medicine participated in this workshop as ...[ more >> ]

Hangzhou,May 16th The China-US Public Health Education for Tobacco Control Expert Summit was held by American and Chinese experts at Zhejiang University. A delegation of four health education experts from the United States, led by Dr. Thomas Davis President of the American Association for Health Education, participated in ...[ more >> ]