
Tobacco Endgame Matters
TEM is created and produced by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), Advancing Momentum for a Tobacco-Free California. The podcast is dedicated to conversations focused on how we can achieve and plan for a tobacco-free California using policy and people power. In each episode, we'll engage subject matter experts to discuss niche topics within tobacco control and highlight California-specific progress and the opportunities they offer advocates.Host(s): Saoimanu Sope & Carol Maytum. Learn more about ASH CA at endtobaccoca.ash.org
Episodes
15 episodes
The Vital Role of Community Health Workers in Public Health Efforts
In this episode, you’ll hear from Michelle McGarry, Tobacco Programs Supervisor at the
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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25:50

Commercial Tobacco is a Violation of Human Rights
In this episode, Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at Action on Smoking and Health, and Charles Debnam, Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Community Wellness Alliance, discuss how commercial tobacco impedes on basic human righ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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21:44

Fighting a Different Fire: Tobacco and Nicotine-Use among Rural Fire Professionals
In this episode, you'll learn about the FRANTIC Project from Patrick Gallagher, Health and Wellness Manager at Metro Fire, Scott Jennie, National State Director and California State Director of the Firefighter Cancer Support Netwo...
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36:27

What to Know About Working With Tribal Communities to Phase Out Commercial Tobacco
In this episode you'll hear from Ravena Soto, Project Coordinator for the Tribal Community Coordinating Center at ETR, Rachel Reif, Youth Engagement Coordinator for the
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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38:36

The Truth about the Tobacco Industry's Influence ft. Truth Initiative CEO and Youth Ambassador
In this episode, Robin Koval, Truth Initiative CEO and President, and Jordan Watkins, Truth ambassador and doctoral student at the University of Alabama, jo...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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42:39

Menthol Products Impacting the African American & Pan-African Communities
In this episode, Lorraine Lathen, Jump at the Sun Consultant and Director of the City of Milwaukee Tobacco-Free Alliance, joins Carol McGruder, co-chair and co-founder of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council, fo...
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34:49

Cessation: A Critical Component of the Tobacco Endgame
In this episode, Dr. Elisa Tong, a Medical Director for the Stop Tobacco Program at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Dr. Karen Beard, a Clinical Psychologist from Los Angeles, CA, discuss their vast experience in tobacco ...
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Episode 9
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40:43

Achieving Endgame in Rural Communities
In this episode, Shelly Brantley, Project Director at Rural Initiatives Strengthening Equity (RISE), and Tashelle Wright, a health equity researcher, discuss the strategies necessary to imple...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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38:15

Tobacco Matters: Past, Present and Future
In this episode, we are joined by Ruth Malone, Professor Emeritus at UC San Francisco and lead for the statewide UpEnd Tobacco Project, as well as Kim Homer Vagadori, Project Director of Calif...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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29:25

Prioritizing the Social Determinants of Health in Tobacco Control Programming
In this episode, we are joined by Ramsey King, Health Policy Coordinator for the SOL Project, and Rosendo Iniguez, Program Manager for the
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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37:07

Pushing the Environmental Perspective for Tobacco Control Policy
In this episode, we are joined by Efraim Lopez, Project Director for the Environmental Justice and Tobacco Control Project at the Sierra Club in Sacramento, CA, and Tara Leonard, Health Educator with the Santa Cruz County De...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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38:51

Lessons Learned from Brookline, MA
In this episode, we learn how Brookline, MA became the first city in the United States to achieve a tobacco-free generation (TFG). Mark Gottlieb, Executive Director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University Schoo...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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30:58

Lessons Learned from the City of Petaluma
In this episode, Terese Voge, Health Program Manager for the County of Sonoma, and Carley Moore, Coalition Coordinator, talk about tobacco policy in Sonoma County. During this interview, they dive into the City of Peta...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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32:23

The Power of Youth
In this episode, Ignacio Burgos talks about his role as the Youth Program Coordinator for the California Youth Advocacy Network (CYAN) and what he believes defines a successful relationship with young people. Joining the conversation is ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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22:42

All About Endgame... in California and Beyond
In this episode, Action on Smoking and Health's (ASH) Policy Director, Chris Bostic, and former Mayor of Beverly Hills, John Mirisch, sit down to discuss the Endgame Initiative, a public policy-driven strategy to end the tobacco e...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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35:39
