Led by Dr Lorraine Greaves since 1996, CEWH has conducted policy-oriented research, focused on preventing and reducing the effects of tobacco on women and girls, and gender differences in tobacco use, smoking cessation and second-hand smoke exposure. This work has been supported by partnerships and funding from Health Canada, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative, the International Network of Women Against Tobacco (INWAT), the World Health Organization (WHO), the American Cancer Society, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in Health (NICE), and Cancer Research UK.
Key Resources
- In the media: Are women at a greater health risk when it comes to smoking? Expert weighs in
- Key Facts About Women and Tobacco Fact Sheet – View English or Spanish
- Women, Nicotine and Tobacco Info Sheet
- Women and Tobacco Use video presentation
- Vaping resources:
- Women and Tobacco: A Casebook
- Liberation! Helping Women Quit Smoking: A Brief Tobacco-Intervention Guide
- Expecting to Quit: A Best-Practices Review of Smoking Cessation Interventions for Pregnant and Postpartum Girls and Women
- Hearing the Perspectives of Aboriginal Girls on Smoking
- Couples and Smoking
- Expecting to Quit Course
- Expecting to Quit (ETQ): Digital Narratives