World #NoTobacco Day Webinar: Heart disease and tobacco
Channel: CNS
Date: 2018-05-22

The thematic focus of 2018 World No Tobacco Day is "Tobacco and heart disease." Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) kill more people than any other cause of death worldwide, and tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure contribute to approximately 12% of all heart disease deaths. According to the WHO, tobacco use is the second leading cause of CVDs, after high blood pressure. But despite known harms of tobacco to heart health, and availability of solutions to reduce related disease and deaths, knowledge among large sections of the public that tobacco is one of the leading causes of CVDs is low.

In World #NoTobacco Day Webinar, PANEL OF EXPERTS had:

* Prof RISHI SETHI, Department of Cardiology, King George's Medical University (KGMU); Chairman, STEMI Sub-Speciality Council, Cardiological Society of India; member of Scientific Committee of Asia Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology; Executive Editor of Journal Heart India; Assistant Editor of Indian Heart Journal; and Secretary of UP Chapter of Cardiological Society of India

* Prof PAMELA NAIDOO, President of African Heart Network; Professor Extraordinaire, Stellenbosch University; and Extraordinary Professor, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa; CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation 

* Prof RAMA KANT, WHO Director General's WNTD Awardee 2005; tobacco cessation expert and noted surgeon; former President of Association of Surgeons of India; former Vice President SAARC Surgeons; former Chief Medical Superintendent, KGMU and founder leader of Indian Society Against Smoking

Moderators:

* ASHOK RAMSARUP, former Senior Producer, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Durban, South Africa

* SHOBHA SHUKLA, Managing Editor, CNS (Citizen News Service)

DEDICATION TO YUL FRANCISCO DORADO:
This World No Tobacco Day 2018 webinar is dedicated to the memory of our mentor, colleague, friend and inspiration: Yul Francisco Dorado, a fearless tobacco control and human rights leader from Bogota, Colombia, whose timeless legacy continues to guide us in our work. Yul was the Latin America Director of the Corporate Accountability and part of Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT) leadership.
PATTI LYNN, Executive Director, Corporate Accountability, DEDICATED THIS WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY WEBINAR in MEMORY OF YUL FRANCISCO DORADO. 

Thanks

CNS eLearning Programme Team
Email: webinar@citizen-news.org
Website: www.citizen-news.org