Michigan State University - Tobacco & Nicotine: Public Health, Science, Policy, and Law 

Introduction to Tobacco and Health

Combustible Tobacco Use

Introduction to Non-Combustible Products with Ken Warner

Continuum of Risk and Harm with Mitch Zeller

Causes of Smoking and Overall Trends with Ken Warner

Behavioral Health & Tobacco Use Trends with Chad Morris

Trends in Adolescent Tobacco Use with Richard Miech

Module 1 Wrap-up

Meet your Lead Instructor

Expert Course Contributors

Course Syllabus

Course Acknowledgments

Pre-Course Survey

Health Consequences of Smoking, Surgeon General Fact Sheet

Module 1, Lesson 1: Optional Readings and Resources

The Evolving Cigarette

Module 1, Lesson 3: Optional Readings and Resources

Module 1: Optional Readings, Resources and Slides

Introduction to Module 2

Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe with Robert Proctor

Deception, Corruption, and What is to be Done? with Robert Proctor

Industry Insider Perspective: Interview with Bill Farone

Massachusetts Tobacco Tax Campaign: Interview with Howard Koh

Evolving Marketplace of Nicotine Products with Mike Cummings

Contradictions within Industry Behavior with Mike Cummings

Module 2 Wrap-up

Support for policies to prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes and all tobacco products among adults

Smoke Screen: The Pursuit to Create Doubt

An analysis of the successful 1992 Massachusetts tobacco tax initiative

The first decade of the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program

Module 2: Lesson 1 Optional Readings and Resources

The past is not the future in tobacco control

Module 2: Optional Readings, Resources and Slides

Quiz 1

Introduction to Tobacco Policy

Tobacco Control Policy

Global Tobacco Policy (FCTC)

Policy Interventions and Unintended Consequences - Abby Friedman

Module 3 Wrap-up

CDC Best Practices Guide

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids webpage on the WHO FCTC

The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: an overview

New proposed cigarette health warnings

FDA requires new health warnings for cigarettes packages and advertisements

Graphic warning labels on cigarettes could have prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths

Court ruling against FDA’s graphic cigarette warnings is wrong on the law and must be appealed

Module 3: Lesson 2 Optional Readings and Resources

FDA announces plans for proposed rule to reduce addictiveness of cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products

The U.S. government’s call for deep nicotine reduction in cigarettes could save millions of lives - an expert who studies tobacco addiction explains

Module 3: Lesson 3 Optional Readings and Resources

Let’s Make the Next Generation Tobacco-Free: Your Guide to the 50th Anniversary Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health

Module 3: Optional Readings, Resources and Slides

Litigation Introduction

Tobacco on Trial: Claims with Mike Cummings

Tobacco on Trial: Issues and Processes with Mike Cummings

A Look Back at the History of Tobacco Litigation and What Changed in the 1990s: Interview with Dan Zegart

State Attorney General Action and the Master Settlement Agreement: Interview with Mike Moore

Module 4 Wrap-up

Epidemiology of the third wave of tobacco litigation in the United States, 1994-2005

Tobacco Manufacturers’ Defence Against Plaintiffs’ Claims of Cancer Causation: Throwing Mud at the Wall and Hoping Some of It Will Stick

Master Settlement Agreement Summary

Module 4: Optional Reading and Slides

Quiz 2

Harm Reduction Module Introduction

Introduction to Harm Reduction with Mike Cummings

Historical Context of Alternative Nicotine Products with Mike Cummings

Modern Context of Alternative Nicotine Products with Mike Cummings

Harm Reduction Controversy and the Issue of Common Goals with Mitch Zeller

Module 5 Wrap-up

Clearing the Smoke: Assessing the Science Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction - Executive Summary

The Future of Nicotine Regulation: Key Questions and Challenges

Module 5, Lesson 1: Optional Readings and Resources

Considering Different Perspectives on E-Cigarettes and Harm Reduction

Balancing Consideration of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes

A Proposed Policy Agenda For Electronic Cigarettes In The US: Product, Price, Place, And Promotion

How to Think—Not Feel—about Tobacco Harm Reduction

Module 5: Optional Readings, Resources and Slides

Modeling Introduction

What Is Modeling? with Rafael Meza

Why Do We Model? with Rafael Meza

Modeling in Tobacco Control with Rafael Meza

Menthol Cigarettes: Past, Present, and Future with David Mendez

Youth Nicotine Use with Ruoyan Sun

Forecasting Future Smoking Prevalence with Ken Warner

Module 6 Wrap-up

Why is the FDA seeking to ban menthol cigarettes? 4 questions answered

CDC Fact Sheet on Menthol Tobacco Products

CDC Fact Sheet on Youth and Tobacco Use

Monitoring the increase in the U.S. smoking cessation rate and its implication for future smoking prevalence

Module 6, Lesson 2: Optional Readings and Resources

Module 6: Optional Readings, Resources and Slides

Quiz 3

What is the Tobacco Endgame and Why Does It Matter?

Smoking Endgame in Aotearoa New Zealand: Case Study with Ben Youdan

Moderated Panel Discussion with Chris Bostic, Ann McNeill, and Ken Warner

Module 7 Wrap-up

Course Conclusion

Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan

A Global First: New Zealand Passes Tobacco Endgame Bill Package

Module 7, Lesson 3: Optional Readings, Resources, and Slides

Post-Course Survey