Women Lead an Enlightening Symposium at the 35th World Conference on Lung Health

From across the globe, experts in women and tobacco gathered in Paris on the 31 st of October to lead a symposium named 'Women, Tobacco, Lung Health and the Economic Consequences' . Tobacco and its issues are very complicated and have harmed women in many ways for many years. From advertising to addiction, second-hand smoke to human rights, tobacco is still addicting and killing millions of women across the globe.

The panel presented new information and perspectives from their place in the world. The presentations can be downloaded for those whom could not see them in person:

INWAT Symposium

Presentations

Margaretha Haglund

Head, National Tobacco Prevention Project

National Institute of Public Health, Sweden, President, INWAT

Global Overview of Tobacco's Effects on Women

b) Take Action: Women and Tobacco Use

Elif Dagli

Medical Doctor and Tobacco Control Specialist, Turkey

Cristiane Vianna

Lawyer, National Cancer Institute/ Health Ministry of Brazil

Mira Aghi

INWAT Regional Representative for South and South East Asia

Behavioural Scientist, India

Meeting the Challenges of Female Smoking in the New Century

Patricia Lambert

Legal Adviser to the South African Minister of Health