2019 Asia Pacific Quitline Network Workshop

• “ Making Progress on Cessation Services in Asian Pacific Region”
  Organized by Asia Pacific Quitline Network
  September 25-27, 2019
  Renaissance Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Aim and objectives:
  Aim
  To share experience on cessation service in the Asia Pacific Region including recent change and progress
  Objectives
  • To know the recent progress on offering quit tobacco use
  • To share the experience of development and implementation of target specific program for helping quit tobacco use
  • To share the experiences on new tobacco products introduction and their impact on tobacco using behaviours and quit
  • To develop networking and explore opportunities for collaboration among members of APQN
• Participants
  - Representatives of each country’s cessation services
  1. 1. Amer Siddiq Bin Amer Nordin (University of Malaya, Malaysia)
  2. 2. Dongbo Fu (The Technical Officer for cessation in TFI HQ, Switzerland)
  3. 3. Hsin-Wen (Wendy) Tsai (Taiwan Smokers' Helpline, Taiwan)
  4. 4. Jintana Yunibhand (Thailand National Quitline)
  5. 5. Lindsay Whelan (Quit Victoria, Australia)
  6. 6. Mark Parascandola (National Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
  7. 7. Min Kyung Lim (Nationwide Quitline, NCC, Republic of Korea)
  8. 8. Nay Soe Maung (University of Public Health Yangon, Myanmar)
  9. 9. Phan Thu Phuong (National Quitline, Bach Mai Hospital, Vietnam)
  10. 10. Rakesh Gupta (Rajasthan Cancer Foundation, India)
  11. 11. Riza SJ San Juan (Dept. of Health (DOH) Quitline, Philippines)
  12. 12. Sarah L. White (Quit Victoria, Australia)
  13. 13. Shu-Hong Zhu (University of California San Diego, U.S.A.)
  14. 14. Songsang Dharmsakti (TNQ Deputy Director, Thailand)
  Experts who have concern on establishment of cessation services in their countries
  Other voluntary participants
• Host and Sponsor
  Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea
• Time
  September 25-27, 2019
• Venue
  Renaissance Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Offical Language: English