Best Upstream Public Health Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 5: Tobacco Taxes with Ann Boonn from Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids 44:56

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On this episode we talk about the tobacco industry influence on advances in tobacco prevention. Ann Boonn is a national expert who joins us from Washington DC and the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/upstreamph/support

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Episode 4 - The Economics of Tobacco Taxes with Frank Chaloupka, PhD. 49:02

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This is the 4th episode of the Upstream Public Health Podcast. We are extremely excited to have Dr. Frank Chaloupka joining us today along with our host, Jill Hutson. Dr. Chaloupka is a research professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Has gotten awards, from among others, the World Health Organization. He has written over 200 articles o…

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Episode 3 - Tobacco Taxes and Marginalized Communities with Delmonte Jefferson 31:56

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"What you are trying to do in Oregon is right on spot." Delmonte Jefferson - Join your host Jill Hutson as she interviews Delmonte Jefferson, the Executive Director of NAATPN, a national non-profit organization that facilitates health programs to benefit communities and people of African descent. You can learn more about NAATPN by visiting www.naat…

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Episode 2- Mark Meaney from the Public Health Law Center talks tobacco tax policy 33:00

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"We know that study after study has shown that tobacco taxes are the most effective way to reduce tobacco use." - Mark Meaney This is the second part of our series on tobacco taxes. Mark Meaney of the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium, at the Public Health Law Center from Mitchell Hamlin School of Law joins us today. Mark is a long time attorney wor…

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Episode 1 - Tobacco Taxes, what you should know and why you should care 36:46

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This is the first episode of the Upstream Public Health Podcast. This is the place where we will talk about the public health prevention issues of the day. This first episode our host, Jill Hutson, interviews Upstream board member Daniel Morris about the importance of tobacco taxes. This is an introduction to the 5 reasons you should care about tob…