World No Tobacco Day special event

Protecting the environment from the tobacco industry

For World No Tobacco Day 2022, the World Health Organization is raising awareness of the many ways in which tobacco harms our planet. As part of the 75th Anniversary of the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences,  the Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change hosted a special World No Tobacco Day event to reflect on these themes.

Moderated by Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin, CEO, Public Health Association of Australia, our speakers were:

• Kate Noble, No Plastics in Nature Policy Manager, WWF Australia
• Dr Sarah White, Head of Quit
• Dr Michelle Jongenelis, Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change.

Watch the recording below and hear how every stage of the tobacco cycle – from cultivation to consumer waste – is damaging to the environment, and how supposedly ‘cleaner’ products, such as electronic cigarettes, present a new threat.

Given the connectivity issues during Kate Noble’s presentation, we have also uploaded a pre-recorded version of her talk that is glitch-free. We have also uploaded a pre-recorded version of Michelle Jongenelis' talk (this time with the sound on for the campaign videos!)

The speakers have co-authored a commentary piece to coincide with World No Tobacco Day.

The Allen et al. (2015) paper that was requested at this webinar can be found on Sage Journals. If you are unable to access the full-text version of this paper, please contact engagement-psych@unimelb.edu.au.