GLOBAL TOBACCO CONTROL STORY

Taking on the Toughest Fights Globally

Originally broadcast on June 24, 2021
7:00am-8:00am EDT (Washington, D.C time)

Originally livestreamed on June 24, 2021
7:00am-8:00am EDT (Washington, D.C time)

This hour-long webinar shared stories about how tobacco control movements have achieved significant declines in tobacco use in countries around the world. It is part of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' yearlong 25th Anniversary celebration.

SPEAKERS

Yolonda C. Richardson (Moderator)
Executive Vice President, Global Programs
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Dr. Harsh Vardhan (View full remarks)
Minister of Health and Family Welfare, India

Dr. Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva
Former Head of the FCTC Secretariat and Visiting Professor, FioCruz, Brazil

Saber Hossain Chowdhury
Member of Parliament, Bangladesh

Senator Pia Cayetano
Philippines

Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi
Cancer surgeon based at Mumbai's Tata Memorial Hospital, India

Lilia Olefir
Executive Director, LIFE Advocacy Center, Ukraine

Kelly Henning, MD
Public Health Program Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies

GLOBAL CASE STUDIES

Learn more about how the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has worked alongside local tobacco control movements to advocate for the adoption and implementation of proven public health policies that have reduced smoking rates and saved millions of lives around the world:

OTHER RELATED RESOURCES