American Cancer Society honours U of T Professor Prabhat Jha for Groundbreaking research on tobacco control
U of T Medicine Professor Prabhat Jha was honoured with the 2012 Luther L. Terry award for Outstanding Research Contribution from the American Cancer Society for his globally influential work on tobacco control. Prof. Jha, who was presented with the award at a ceremony in Singapore, was recognized for his research on the epidemiology and economics of tobacco control, including a renowned 1999 World Bank report on which he was the lead author, Curbing the Epidemic: Governments and the Economics of Tobacco Control. The report was translated into over 25 languages and led to the first global treaty on tobacco, signed by more than 160 countries . . . .
