This website was created and is maintained by:

Carl V. Phillips (curriculum vitae), Associate Professor in the University of Alberta Department of Public Health Sciences, and his research group

in association with

Brad Rodu (curriculum vitae), Professor of Medicine, Endowed Chair, Tobacco Harm Reduction Research at the University of Louisville.

The University of Alberta receives research grants and other funds from numerous organizations that have an interest in the topics discussed on this website, including at least one completely hands-off grant from the smokeless tobacco industry (from U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company), numerous grants from pharmaceutical companies, numerous grants from anti-tobacco advocacy organizations (private and governmental), and funds from organizations that pay for the costs of smoking-caused diseases. The research of the contributors to this site has benefited from many of these grants in various ways; in particular, this research group is partially supported by the hands-off USSTC grant. No funder has played any role in the creation, design, or content of this website, which is entirely the product of University of Alberta faculty and other academic staff.