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Donald F. Schwarz, Combatting Smoking and Obesity in Philadelphia 2010-2025

February 10, 2026 @ 12:00 pm 1:00 pm

Join us for a “bring your own brown bag lunch” lecture in the McNeil Building or on Zoom.

In 2010, the City of Philadelphia undertook a campaign to combat obesity and tobacco smoking. Interventions were aimed at limiting the sale of tobacco, increasing smoke-free indoor environments; promoting physical activity and healthier food choices, and using taxation and interdiction to reduce access to unhealthy choices. Fifteen years later this presentation will look at what happened in the campaign and provide information on how rates of obesity and smoking have changed.


McNeil Building, Room 403 (3718 Locust Walk)