(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Second International Conference on Water-Pipe Tobacco Smoking (Shisha) Research opens today to describe and analyse 'collision of two epidemics' of water-pipe and cigarette smoking globally.
Over 100 consultants and specialists from Qatar and around the world will attend.
Dr Hajar Ahmed Albinali, former minister of health and Director, Cardiology Department, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), will deliver the opening lecture on 'Smoking and Cardiovascular Diseases.'
Dr Tawfiq bin Ahmad Khowja, Director-General, Executive Board of GCC Health Ministers' Council, will speak about 'GCC Legislation and the Role of Media in Shisha Control.' The two-day event is hosted by HMC.
A pre-conference training workshop on 'How to Write a Summary or Abstract for a Scientific Study Proposal' was held yesterday with more than 60 participants from Qatar, other GCC and Arab countries, the US and Europe.
It was chaired by Professor Wasim Maziak from Florida International University (Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies).
Other speakers are Professor Rima Afifi from American University of Beirut; Professor Thomas Eissenberg, Virginia Commonwealth University; Professor Scott Sherman, New York University; Professor Ghazi Zaatari, American University of Beirut; and Professor Kenneth Ward, University of Memphis, the US.
Conference Chairman and Head of Smoking Cessation Clinic, HMC, Dr Ahmad Al Mulla, said the event aims to review and synthesise scientific evidence of smoking epidemics on health (biologically, physiologically, socially and economically) and public policy determinants; build capacity in research on tobacco use, particularly in the eastern Mediterranean region; enhance linkages and collaborative partnerships globally; and promote wider regional presence at the 16th International Conference on Smoking Cessation to be held under the theme 'Smoking or Health?' in Abu Dhabi in March 2015.
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