- “ 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. Amer Siddiq Bin Amer Nordin (University of Malaya, Malaysia)
- 2. Dongbo Fu (The Technical Officer for cessation in TFI HQ, Switzerland)
- 3. Hsin-Wen (Wendy) Tsai (Taiwan Smokers' Helpline, Taiwan)
- 4. Jintana Yunibhand (Thailand National Quitline)
- 5. Lindsay Whelan (Quit Victoria, Australia)
- 6. Mark Parascandola (National Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
- 7. Min Kyung Lim (Nationwide Quitline, NCC, Republic of Korea)
- 8. Nay Soe Maung (University of Public Health Yangon, Myanmar)
- 9. Phan Thu Phuong (National Quitline, Bach Mai Hospital, Vietnam)
- 10. Rakesh Gupta (Rajasthan Cancer Foundation, India)
- 11. Riza SJ San Juan (Dept. of Health (DOH) Quitline, Philippines)
- 12. Sarah L. White (Quit Victoria, Australia)
- 13. Shu-Hong Zhu (University of California San Diego, U.S.A.)
- 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