Chang Bum Kang

Ph.D.

Dr. Kang is the Co-Principal Investigator of the ITC Korea (KRA) Survey for Wave 5. He participates in the development and revision of the surveys for the ITC Korea Project, and consults on other countries, as well as disseminates findings from the ITC Korea cohort surveys throughout the Ministry of Health and Welfare and among elected officials in the Korean Government.

He is the Head of the National Tobacco Control Center (NTCC), Korea Health Promotion Institute (KHEPI), within the Ministry of Health and Welfare. In this position, he plays a central role in developing and coordinating tobacco control efforts for the country. Established in January 2015, KHEPI is the first and only policy advocacy institute for national and global tobacco control in the Republic of Korea. As an affiliated agency of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, NTCC plays a leading role in developing tobacco control policy and programs. More importantly, NTCC built a tobacco marketing surveillance system in Korea and has been conducting annual monitoring of the industry’s marketing tactics in order to raise awareness of a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship.