News at HSPHEfforts to eradicate tobacco use in developing nations are more likely to be successful if the countries have “no local corruption, a free press, and a strong judicial system,” HSPH Prof. Gregory N. Connolly said April 12, 2011, at a panel discussion on how to curb smoking in the developing world.
Connolly was one of several speakers at the Harvard Undergraduate Global Health Forum, held in Harvard’s Emerson Hall. Tobacco use has declined in the U.S. since the 1950s, but has increased significantly in the developing world, the speakers said. The panelists discussed ways to increase awareness in the developing world of the health risks associated with tobacco use.
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