Our Programmes

Time

Opening Remarks

• Henry Tong, Chairman, Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health
• Prof LO Chung-mau, Secretary for Health, HKSAR
• Dr Ronald LAM, Director of Health, HKSAR

Session 1: Global Perspective of Tobacco Control

(This session will be conducted in English)

Moderator: Prof Samuel WONG, Director, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Accelerating progress in tobacco control: A regional perspective
  Dr YIN Xi
  Coordinator, Tobacco Free Initiative, Division of Healthy Environments and Populations, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific
• Overview on tobacco control and endgame, challenges and interference of tobacco industry
  Prof Judith MACKAY
  Senior Policy Advisor, World Health Organization;
  Special Advisor, Global Centre for Good Governance in Tobacco Control
• Measures to reduce attractiveness and addictiveness of tobacco products
  Prof Joanna COHEN
  Director, Institute for Global Tobacco Control;
  Bloomberg Professor of Disease Prevention, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA

Session 2: Opportunities and Challenges for Collaboration in Tobacco Control in Greater Bay Area

(This session will be conducted in Cantonese/Putonghua)

Moderator: Prof Andrew CHAN, President, GBA Business School

• Innovative smoking cessation intervention research: A potential collaboration in Greater Bay Area
  Dr Kelvin WANG
  Associate Professor, School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong
• Tobacco control in Shenzhen: Strengthened legislation and tightened efforts to strive for a smoke-free Shenzhen
  Dr XIONG Jingfan
  Secretary General, Shenzhen Tobacco Control Association

Session 3: Priority Smoke-free Policies for Hong Kong

(This session will be conducted in English)

Moderator: Dr Donald LI, Immediate Past President, World Organization of Family Doctors 

• The effectiveness of tobacco tax policies in reducing tobacco use
  Dr Hana ROSS
  Principal Research Officer, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Tobacco endgame or nicotine pandemic?
  Prof LAM Tai-hing
  Emeritus Professor, The University of Hong Kong;
  Honorary Clinical Professor of School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
• Transmitting visions and enhancing social participation in tobacco control
  Dr The Honorable LAM Ching-choi
  Member of the Executive Council, HKSAR Government

Type of Points

Approved by

Points received

CME

Medical Council of Hong Kong (Non-specialist doctors)

5

The Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists

4.5

Hong Kong College of Community Medicine

4

The College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong

Pending

Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine

4.5

Hong Kong College of Family Physicians

Pending

The Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

4.5

The College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong

4.5

The Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons

3

The Hong Kong College of Otorhinolaryngologists

2

Hong Kong College of Paediatricians

6

The Hong Kong College of Pathologists

3

The Hong Kong College of Physicians

Pending

The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists

4.5

Hong Kong College of Radiologists

4.5

The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong

4.5

CNE

The Nursing Council of Hong Kong

4.5

CPD

The Dental Council of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Dental Association

4.5