Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General
on theme of World No Tobacco Day 2019

Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia
on the link between tobacco and TB

Dr Takeshi Kasai, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific
on the harms of second-hand smoke exposure

Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean
on the dangers of waterpipe smoking

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa
on the importance of tobacco use cessation 

Dr Isabella Danel, WHO Deputy Regional Director for the Americas
on the dangers of newer tobacco products 

Michael Bloomberg, WHO Global Ambassador for NCDs and Injuries, Founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies
on the importance of tobacco control 

Dr Tereza Kasaeva, WHO Director of the Global Tuberculosis (TB) Programme
on smoking as a key determinant of TB

Dr Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, Head of Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)
on the importance of raising awareness  

Catalin Iacobescu, WHO staff member and former smoker
on the promising benefits of quitting tobacco

HRH Princess Dina Mired, President for Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
on the links of tobacco use to cancer

Jean Paul Adam, Minister of Health, Seychelles
on the importance of smoke-free environments 

Prof. Solange Peters, Lausanne University, Switzerland, ESMO President-Elect
on the relationship between tobacco use and lung cancer

Prof. Jorgen Vestbo, ERS Advocacy Council
on the importance of smoking cessation