Anti-Smoking International Alliance | since 1991 | Charity number: 1004061

Programme & Speakers

10:00-10:05
Welcome Note 

Dr. Abdul Salam Al Madani
Chairman,
Antismoking International Alliance
United Arab Emirates


Prof Dr Tawfik Khoja 10:05-10:35
Keynote 

His Excellency Prof. Dr. Tawfik Khoja,
Director General, Executive Board, Health Ministers’ Council, For Cooperation Council States

Kingdom of Suadi Arabia


 

10:35-11:05
Educating the Generations and Encouraging the Public to Combat Smoking.

Dr. Partha Nandi
MD FACP,
Internal Medicine Physician, Creator & Host
Chief Health Editor
Ask Dr Nandi Medical Talk Show
WXYZ ABC Detroit,
United States of America


 

11:05-11:35
“Combating Smoking” – Success Stories by Ministry of Health in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”

His Excellency Dr. Ali M. Alwadey
Supervisor General, Tobacco Control Program, Ministry of Health,
Kingdom of Suadi Arabia


 

11:35-12:05
Family Medicine and Combating Smoking

Prof. Dr. Faisal Alnasir
MICGP, FRCGP, FFPH, PhD
Chairman, Department of Family & Community Medicine
Former University Vice President, Gulf University, Sanad
Kingdom of Bahrain


 

12:05-12:35
Tobacco Control Programme in the United Arab Emirates.

Dr. Wedad AL-Maidoor
Family Physician
Director of PHC Dubai health centers
Head of tobacco control team
Memmber of National Diabetic Committee
Ministry of Health,
United Arab Emirates


 

12:35-13:05
Pharmaceutical Care in Smoking Cessation in the United Arab Emirates.

Dr. Mohammed Shamssain
Associate Professor
United Kingdom

13:05-14:00        Break
 

14:00-14:30
The Role of Forensic Toxicology in Combating Smoking.

Dr. rer. nat. Fuad Ali Tarbah
Ph.D Pharm
Forensic Toxicologist, GTFCh
Director of Training, Research and Development Dept.
Dubai Police General H.Q.
Germany


 

14:30-15:00
Comprehensive Medical Practice Guidelines in Smoking Cessation.

Dr. Mohammad Ali Khezrian
MD, Certified Medical Director,Fellow of American Academy of Family Medicine
Geriatric Medicine at CMG
United States of America


15:00-15:30
Tobacco Smoking; the Hidden Epidemic 

Dr. Sami Mana Ahmad Bin Ahmad
Preventive Medicine and Public Health Specialist
Arab Board of Community Medicine
United Arab Emirates


15:30-16:00
The Role of Dubai Police in Combating Smoking and Addiction 

Lt. Colonel Dr. Juma Sultan Alshamsi
Head of Awareness & Precaution Department of the General Department of Anti-Narcotics, Dubai Police,
United Arab Emirate


 

 

16:00-16:30
Smoking Kids

Mrs. Nagham Ibrahim
B.Pharma
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan


 

16:30-16:40
Success Story

Mrs. Shane De-Bruce

United Kingdom


16:40-16:50
Success Story 

Mr. Kerim Tatlici

Turkey


16:50-17:00
About the Anti-Smoking International Alliance, Membership and Contribution to Activities 

Mr. Bengin Ahmad
Operations Manager, Antismoking International Alliance
Middle East Regional Office – Dubai, UAE
Syria