Tobacco Webinar Series: Tobacco Use - Pleasure or Harm?
ISSUP are pleased to present the first of three Webinars on the topic of Tobacco Use. This first Webinar was organised in collaboration with ISSUP India and centres on 'Tobacco Use - Pleasure or Harm?'
Globally, 942 million men and 175 million women aged 15 or older are current smokers. Tobacco kills up to half of its users, more than 8 million people each year (WHO). Male smoking prevalence is highest in the Asian region. Over 400 million daily smokers live in China (235.9 million male daily smokers), India (90.8 million male daily smokers) and Indonesia (48.9 million male daily smokers) (IHME, GBD 2015 Tobacco Collaborators).
This series of three webinars will acquaint you with all aspects of tobacco use, prevention, and addiction treatment approaches. The focus is to raise awareness on issues around smoking, nicotine, the different “types” and substances that are used, with a view to helping young people. We would like to help people realise that smoking and all forms of tobacco use remain major public health issues.
Presentations:
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Dr. Pratima Murthy |
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Nicholas Fradkin
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Dr. Samya Al Memari, DrPh, MPH, MQM, BSN |
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Dr. Adam Kulhanek |
"Meet your poison - An introduction to tobacco and nicotine addiction"
"Tobacco Dependence Treatment: A Behavioral and Public Health Imperative"
“Smoking patterns and attitudes of patients receiving treatment for Substance Use Disorders at the National 
“Can we manage smoke-free detoxification units? Yes, we can!"
This Webinar is part of a Series on Tobacco Use. Please find below the links to the other two Webinars taking place:
Tobacco Webinar Series: New Electronic Smoking Devices - What's the Difference?
Tobacco Webinar Series: Tobacco Smoking Addiction - From Prevention to Treatment