Kent State University’s College of Public Health presents the second speaker in its Public Health Speaker Series this fall semester. Dr. Jeffrey Willett is a research scientist with the New York State Department of Health and the director of New York’s Tobacco Control Program.
His talk, “Tobacco Use: A Winnable Battle for Public Health,” will focus on the development of tobacco use as the leading cause of preventable death in United States during the past century and the tremendous health and economic impacts of tobacco use in our society. He also will address interventions that reduce tobacco use, specifically those used by the New York Tobacco Control Program.