EU Commissioner for Heatlh & Food Safety at the World Cancer Day main event in Athens
On World Cancer Day 2019 (February 4th), the Hellenic Cancer Society co-organized with the Ministry of Health the main event that took place in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center with more than 400 attendees. Main speaker of the event was the EU Commissioner for Health & Food Safety, who was initially invited personally by Prof. Panagiotis Behrakis, Head of the SMOKEFREEGREECE initiative.
As the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, as a doctor, as a father and grandfather, I am determined to protect citizens, particularly children, adolescents and young people. I must say that the growing popularity of new tobacco products, among young people especially worries me. We cannot deny the reality. We cannot go on pretending that e-cigarettes are for smoking cessation when we see so many young people starting to smoke them. Despite all the important progress made, I am still frustrated at how easy it is for young people to obtain tobacco products. I am also disturbed by how much they are exposed to tobacco marketing and images projected in film and social media.
The event was held under the auspices of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos and had a very wide media coverage
Speakers:
Evaggelos Filopoulos, President of the Hellenic Cancer Society
Panagiotis Behrakis, Director of the Institute of Public Health
Andreas Xanthos, Greek Minister of Health
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, President of the New Democracy party
Marianna Vardinoyannis, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr Prokopios Pavlopoulos
EU Commissioner for Health & Food Safety, Mr Vytenis Andriukaitis
Discussion Panel:
Athanasios-Meletios Dimopoulos, Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Cornel Radu-Loghin, General Secretary of the European Network of Smoking and Tobacco Prevention
Christos Michaelides, PhD, Journalist
Evaggelos Filopoulos, President of the Hellenic Cancer Society
Panagiotis Behrakis, Director of the Institute of Public Health
During his visit in Athens, Mr Andriukaitis visited H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic at the Presidential Mansion, accompanied by the Minister of Health, Mr Andreas Xanthos and Prof. Panagiots Behrakis.
, the Hellenic Cancer Society co-organized with the Ministry of Health the main event that took place in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center with more than 400 attendees. Main speaker of the event was the EU Commissioner for Health & Food Safety, who was initially invited personally by Prof. Panagiotis Behrakis, Head of the SMOKEFREEGREECE initiative. As the European Commissioner for Health and […])
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