Dr. John Oyston is a medical doctor specializing in anesthesiology. Now retired from anesthesiology and working exclusively on tobacco issues. Since 2006 he has been involved in numerous tobacco control issues including “Stop Smoking for Safer Surgery”, the “Campaign for the Quit Quarter”, “Tobacco21.ca”, and, most recently “Quit by Vaping”.

He has published editorials on tobacco control topics in the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia and the Canadian Medical Association Journal. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and has recently retired from the position of Chief of Anesthesiology at The Scarborough Hospital.

Dr Brad Rodu is a professor of medicine and holds an endowed chair in tobacco harm reduction research at the University of Louisville, Kentucky USA. Since 1994 Rodu has authored 70 medical publications about tobacco, and he blogs at Rodu Tobacco Truth (http://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/).