About this Episode

On this episode of Beyond the Breakthrough: The Work Behind Medical Science, Abigail and Jesus sit down with Dr. Michael Siegel to discuss his work in tobacco research and public health advocacy. He shares with us why the use of nicotine in vapes is healthier and how the conversation should shift into more nuance around vapes, nicotine pouches, and smoking tobacco.

About our Guest - Dr. Michael Siegel

Dr. Michael Siegel is currently a faculty member in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine. Previously, he spent 26 years as a faculty member in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health. His research has focused on the areas of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms. Tying this work together is the study of corporate influences on health--especially advertising and marketing--and strategies to counteract them. More recently, his research has focused on racial inequities in health and the role of structural racism in causing these inequities. His teaching has primarily been in the areas of public health advocacy, social and behavioral sciences in public health, social marketing, and health communication.

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Dr. Michael Siegel, Tufts University - https://facultyprofiles.tufts.edu/michael-siegel/about

This is where you can find more information on Dr. Siegel’s work and publications.

Dr. Siegel on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-siegel-10045a7/

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