Keynote Lecture: inequalities and social determinants of health in tobacco use.

The objective of this keynote lecture is to deepen in the concept of health inequalities and social determinants of health. Specially the impact that the lack of implementation of the FCTC has in different vulnerable groups and how the differences in its implementation has affected the life expectancy and health of these groups.

Chair: Dr. Iveta Nagyova – President, European Public Health Association (EUPHA).

Groups most affected by tobacco use and its consequences. Consumption according to vulnerability level.

The objective of this roundtable is to discuss how tobacco consumption affects health in vulnerable groups such as people with mental health problems and LGBTQ community and/or the Roma population and what are the best ways and policies to encourage them to quit smoking.

Chair: Dr. Rosa María Urbano – President, The Spanish Society of Public Health and Health Administration (SESPAS).

Youth

This session focuses on the marketing tactics that the tobacco industry uses to target youth, how youth is manipulated into a Lifelong Addiction and the effectiveness of the strategies of national and regional governments to prevent and control tobacco in young people. There will also be space to talk about the differences between young men and women regarding tobacco consumption and present Youth-led initiatives to prevent and curb smoking. It could also be proposed to promote university campuses free of 100% tobacco products with an intersectoral table, with the Network of Health-Promoting Universities and university students.

Chair: Dr. Adelaida Lozano Polo – Federation of Associations of Community Nursing and Primary Care (FAECAP).

Gender approach

The objective of this session is to identify the differences regarding the prevalence and the impact of tobacco control policies in men and women/girls and the main challenges that women ang girls face in the context of tobacco epidemic. This session will also focus on how to promote gender-responsive tobacco control policies.

Chair: Dr. Vidal Barchilon, coordinator of the Group on Tobacco Addiction (GAT), Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (SemFYC).

People Living with Disease

The objective of this session is to have a discussion group to talk about how people living with disease are affected by the tobacco epidemic and how they are stigmatized.

Chair: Raúl de Simón Gutiérrez – Sociedad Española de Médicos de Atención Primaria (SEMERGEN)

Socio cultural contexts

The objective of this session is to talk about the socio-cultural factors that influence tobacco consumption and the main situations in which tobacco is smoked with other substances such as alcohol, cannabis and other drugs

Chair: Dr. María José Peña Mateo – Family Doctor, Cardiovascular Area, Spanish Society of General and Family Physicians (SEMG).

Oral Communications of selected abstracts

Presentation of selected abstracts

Chair: Dr. Enriqueta Felip, President of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM).

Keynote Lecture: If we know that smoking kills, why do we keep smoking? Factors that influence people’s behaviour and how they interact with the smoking habit.

This keynote lecture will focus on behavioural science behind tobacco consumption and/or neuromarketing in the tobacco industry.

Chair: Dr. Lucienne Thommes, ECL Board member

Influence of Social Media un tobacco and nicotine consumption.

The Cancer Observatory of the AECC is going to present their last research piece about how publicity of tobacco and nicotine products in social media influences their consumption among adolescents in Spain.

Chair: AECC Cancer Observatory

Emerging Products

The purpose of this sessions is to stimulate a debate about the different postures regarding the usefulness of e-cigs and other novel products in tobacco cessation and harm reduction as well as the new emerging forms of consumption in young people.

Chair: Dr. Francisco García Río, President, Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)

Co-chair: Dr. Carlos Rábade, Tobacco Group Coordinator (SEPAR)

Smoke-free spaces

The objective of this session is to reflect on the current state and benefits of smoke-free spaces globally and in Europe and to share successful strategies at European and international level.

Possible session about the Joint Action on Tobacco Control (JATC2) (to be confirmed)

Chair: Dr. Esteve Fernández, Director of the Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Department at The Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (TCU-CIO).

Environment

Tobacco has an environmental footprint still relatively unknown. The objective of this session is to reflect on the tobacco industry environmental impact and to explore the impact of tobacco production in the intensive use of groundwater and deforestation, the carbon footprint of tobacco consumption, with a special focus on emerging products and the environmental impact of single use plastic of cigarettes.

Chair: Dr. Tit Albreht – Head of the Centre for Health Care, National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana Slovenia.

Covid-19

The objective of this session is to talk about the impact of covid-19 in tobacco consumption, prevention and control.

Chair: Dr. Wendy Yared, ECL Director.

Thinking outside the box: Innovative Solutions

This plenary session will focus on sharing and presenting new and innovative solutions to the current challenges in tobacco prevention and control.

Chair: Dr. Javier Ayesta, Founder, Spanish Society of Tobacco Experts (SEDET).