11th General Assembly of the Asia Pacific Organisation for Cancer Prevention and the APOCP11 Conference on Cancer Prevention

The WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub on Smokeless Tobacco participated in the conference hosted by the Cancer Foundation of India, Kolkata. 8th to 10th December, 2022, Kolkata, India.

Dr Shalini Singh, Director, ICMR-NICPR delivered her plenary talk on “smokeless tobacco use among women: a neglected issue” and gave insight on the metabolism of nicotine in pregnant and lactating women, the effects of nicotine on babies, the socio-cultural acceptance of SLT. The reason for SLT initiation and the access of women to cessation services was also discussed in her talk.

Ms. Sagarika Rout delivered her talk titled “Association of Genital Infections as Early Symptoms of Cervical cancer among Women Tobacco users in India” and Ms. Isha Joshi delivered her talk titled “Association between secondhand smoke and neonatal mortality in India” their respective study findings at 11th APOCP Conference, Kolkata, India

Nine researchers from WHO FCTC KH-SLT presented their respective study findings at 11th APOCP Conference, Kolkata, India.

Dr. Vandana Tamrakar: Prevalence and socio -economic disparity in tobacco use among men and women in India: in comparison of NFHS-4 and NFHS -5. (Poster no. 5)

Ms. Chandresh Pragya Verma: Challenges associated with community cancer screening (cervical, breast and oral) among older adults: A community-based pilot study in low- and middle-income setting. (Poster no. 9)

Ms. Sanchita Roy Pradhan: Role of Smokeless Tobacco in Metabolic Reprogramming and Cancer Initiation. (Poster no. 10)

Ms. Sweta Yadav: "Question Wording" influences responses of Self-Reported Cancer Screening Status among Women in a Nationally Representative Survey: An Analysis of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4, 2015–16, and NFHS-5, 2019–21). (Poster no. 21)

Ms. Varsha Pandey: Development and testing of behavioral change intervention package for smokeless tobacco (SLT) cessation among low-income communities: A pilot study from low-income communities in India. (Poster no. 31)

Dr. Malasha Kumari: Awareness, perception and preventive behavior of female undergraduate students of GPG college regarding cervical cancer, Human Papilloma Virus infection, HPV vaccination: A cross-sectional study. (Poster no. 53)