The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction Report- Africa Launch
No Fire, No Smoke: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction report, which maps for the first time the accessibility and consumption of safer nicotine products at the global, regional and national level will be launched in Africa- Malawi.
Event Details
Venue: Golden Peacock Hotel- Huangshan Hall
Date: 13 March, 2019.
Time: 8:30 to 13:00
Theme: Safeguarding Public Health; The Role of Harm Reduction
The GSTHR report launch will be followed by a dialogue session on Tobacco Harm Reduction.
Event Details
Venue: Golden Peacock Hotel- Huangshan Hall
Date: 14 March, 2019.
Time: 9:00 to 12:00
Theme: Dialogue Session on Public Health and Tobacco Harm Reduction
Link to the report: https://gsthr.org/report/full-report
Link to summaries: https://gsthr.org/report/summary
All presentations made at the events will be available on this page.
Tentative Programme
8:30 AM Registration of Participants and distribution of IEC materials and GSTHR report copies
9:00 AM Opening
9:05 AM Official Key Note Address-Opening Remarks
9:20 AM Presentation of study findings- “Establishing health and socioeconomic impact of tobacco smoking”
9:40 AM Presentation on nicotine science and perspectives
10:00 AM Screening of a TV Documentary “The true cost of a cigarette”
10:15 AM Refreshments, Networking & Group Photograph
10:45 AM Setting the scene
10:55 AM Sharing vaping and transitioning experience
11:05 AM Official Unveiling of the Global State Tobacco Harm Reduction report by the Knowledge Action Change-UK
11: 50 AM Question and Answer Plenary Session for the Report Findings and Stakeholder Engagement
12:30 PM Reflections, way forward and Next Steps
1:00 PM Lunch and networking- End of session
2:10 PM Press Conference for sharing findings of the Global State Tobacco Report by the Knowledge Action Change-UK with Malawi’s local media
3:20PM END OF THE PROGRAMME
9:00AM Registration of Participants
9:30 AM Opening
9:35 AM A presentation on tobacco use in Malawi drawing lessons from the Sixth Global Atlas Report
9:50AM A presentation on the policy work on Tobacco Harm Reduction/ Nicotine science
10:30 AM Refreshments, networking & Group Photograph
10:45 AM Dialogue/ Plenary Session
11:00 AM A Stock take into the way forward for multi-stakeholder engagement and approach
12:00 AM Lunch and networking- End of Programme
