SCOHRE Webinar | “The goal: world free of smoke. Do we use all available tools?”
Event Date: 10 May 2023 || 15:00-16:00 CEST
Location: Webinar
Organised by SCOHRE, the International Association on Smoking Control & Harm Reduction, in collaboration with the Polish Society of Public Health
The webinar will focus on three most important issues addressing the use of harm reduction as a possible tool in reducing morbidity:
- NCDs major risk factors
- chronic disease economics and taxes as a fiscal tool in public health
- leading countries Sweden, New Zealand – how did they get there?
AGENDA
15:00 CEST: Start of the webinar
Moderator: Andrzej Fal
Introduction by Andrzej Fal
“Different tools for fighting addictions. Holistic attitude in public health.”
Introductory speech by Iwona Pylak
“Excise tax in public health: ‘The less harm, the lower tax’.”
Panel discussion
Emanuele Bracco
Andrzej Fal
Volodymyr Korolenko
Iwona Pylak
Arkadi Sharkov
Martin Smatana
16:00 CEST: End of the webinar
Webinar moderator
Andrzej Fal, Prof. h.c., MD, PhD, MBA, FAAAAI, President, Polish Society of Public Health;
Head, Department of Allergy, Lung Diseases & Internal Medicine, Central Clinical Hospital, Ministry of Interior;
Director, Institute of Medical Science, UKSW, Poland
Webinar Panelists
Emanuele Bracco, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Verona, Italy
Volodymyr Korolenko, MD, DSc, MPA, AMRSPH, Deputy Head, State Service of Ukraine on Medicines and Drugs Control
Iwona Pylak, Deputy Director of the Department of excise and gaming tax, Polish Ministry of Finances
Arkadi Sharkov, Healthcare Economist, Advisor to the Bulgarian Minister of Health
Martin Smatana, Healthcare analyst, Slovak Medical University
