Webinar: Why 73rd UNGA must not ignore tobacco control
Channel: CNS
Date: 2018-08-26

This is the recording of 24th August 2018 Webinar on "Why 73rd United Nations General Assembly must not ignore tobacco control".

Heads of States of over 190 countries who will attend the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in September 2018 will debate on theme around "sustainable societies". Tobacco threatens sustainable development. More noteworthy are two UN High Level Meetings (UN HLMs) happening on 26th and 27th September respectively, to #endTB and #beatNCDs. Tobacco is a risk factor for not just TB but also non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Next month, the 12th Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health (12th APACT) will be held in Bali, Indonesia - an important opportunity to learn why tobacco control is vital for progressing on SDGs.

Not to forget, that 2018 World Lung Day is on 25th September and 2018 World Heart Day on 29 September. Tobacco use heightens risk for a range of lung diseases as well as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs).

Last but not the least, intergovernmental negotiations on global tobacco treaty (8th Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - WHO FCTC) will be held in Geneva in early October, followed by the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health in The Hague, Netherlands later that month.

*PANEL OF EXPERTS*

* Dr TARA SINGH BAM, Deputy Regional Director (Asia Pacific), International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union); and member of the WHO Civil Society Working Group on the Third UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs 2018

* Dr NURUL LUNTUNGAN, Secretary General of 12th Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health (12th APACT), Indonesia

* Prof RAMA KANT, WHO Director General's Awardee for tobacco control (2005) and founder Chairman of first tobacco cessation clinic in KGMU India; 2012 President Assoc. of Surgeons of India; former Chief Medical Superintendent and former Head of Surgery Department, King George's Medical University (KGMU); former Vice President of SAARC Nations' Surgeons

* Prof RISHI SETHI, past Chairman of STEMI sub-speciality Council of Cardiological Society of India (CSI); Member, National Executive of Cardiological Society of India (CSI) and Scientific Committee of Asia Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology; Executive Editor, Journal Heart India; Assistant Editor, Indian Heart Journal; Secretary UP Chapter of Cardiological Society of India; Intervention Cardiologist, King George's Medical University (KGMU)

* ASHOK RAMSARUP, (Moderator) | former senior producer, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Durban, South Africa

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

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