Prof.Jha was recently honoured with the 2012 Luther L.Terry Award for Outstanding Research Contribution by the American Cancer Society for his globally influential work on tobacco control at the 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health at Singapore.
The award was in recognition for his research on the epidemiology and economics of tobacco control, including a renowned 1999 World Bank report, 'Curbing the Epidemic: Governments and the Economics of Tobacco Control', of which he was the lead author.
The report was translated into over 25 languages and led to the first global treaty on tobacco, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which was signed by more than 160 countries including India. The FCTC has provided nations with a blue-print to adopt clean air laws, restrict advertising for smoking and raise cigarette taxes, among others.
He is also the principal investigator of the 'Million Death Study', an ongoing examination of health, disease and mortality launched in India in 2002, for which researchers collected on 15 million people including many rural and poor, with little access to institutional medical care.
The study findings were published in the prestigious Lancet journal and widely covered in the media.
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