Every day, in the world, between 80 000 and 100 000 young people become addicted to tobacco. The Dr. Nicolas Bonnet, pharmacist specialized in public health, addictologist, was in the show health priority on RFI to talk about " tobacco and young people »
Every day, in the world, between 80 000 and 100 000 young people become addicted to tobacco. If the current trend is confirmed, 250 million children will eventually die of tobacco-related diseases. Today, smoking alone is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. Tobacco use among adolescents is a major public health problem in the world. How to avoid the first cigarette, and make this product less attractive to young people? How to quit smoking ?
• Dr. Nicolas Bonnet, pharmacist specialized in public health, addictologist. Director of the Network of Health Institutions for the Prevention of Addictions RESPADD. Responsible for the consultation of young consumers of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department at the Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital
• Jean-Pierre Couteron, president of the addiction federation, clinical psychologist and author of several books on addictions (" Addictology checklist ", Dunod -" Memorandum of risk reduction », Dunod)
• Dr. Oumar Ba, coordinator of the National Tobacco Control Program (PNLT) of Senegal.
Source : Rfi.fr/
