Cultivating the next generation of tobacco endgame advocates by Jamie Tam, Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan

The tobacco endgame itself offers a unique pedagogical opportunity. It recasts tobacco-related disease as an epidemic in urgent need of attention, one that can be all but eliminated (not merely ‘controlled’) with some courage and creativity. Teaching the endgame would also complement youth engagement programmes, encouraging potential advocates early in their careers. Endgame education involves exposing students to the strategies discussed at the Ann Arbor workshop, but importantly it asks students to be daring enough to consider unconventional ideas and to make innovation part of what it means to be in public health.

https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/tobaccocontrol/22/suppl_1/i47.full.pdf