Tobacco causing epidemic of preventable diseases and untimely deaths
Channel: CNS
Date: 2018-08-24

Prof Rama Kant, WHO Director General's awardee and former President of Association of Surgeons of India and former Vice President of SAARC Surgeons; was an expert on the panel for 24th August 2018 Webinar on "Why 73rd UN General Assembly must not ignore tobacco control?"

He spoke on how tobacco use devastates health and causes premature deaths (over 7 million deaths every year).

Prof Rama Kant founded and led Indian Society Against Smoking (ISAS) for several decades and also founded first tobacco cessation clinic in 1990s in KGMU India.

He is a noted surgeon too and has received honorary FRCS from Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Ireland, Edinburgh and England, as well as FACS from American College of Surgeons, FCSS from Sri Lankan College of Surgeons and FCPSP and FICS From International College of Surgeons.

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