A discussion between Dr Derek Yach, President of the Foundation, and Professor Mary Neuburger, Director of the Center for Russia, East European and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas, Austin. Mary is also the author of Balkan Smoke, a compelling book on tobacco and the making of modern Bulgaria. Derek and Mary discuss the deep-rooted history of tobacco dating back to the Ottoman coffee houses of the late 1800s, its effect on wartime culture and the post-war economic boom.

Balkan Smoke with Professor Mary Neuburger

Anupam Manur is an Assistant Professor at the Takshashila Institution. His research interests lie at the intersection of economics, technology, and public policy. He is currently working on platform economics, India’s ongoing jobs crisis, digital payments, and the New World Order. He has published several articles in the leading newspapers in India. He has also edited three books under the Takshashila Institution Press. 
Anupam teaches Economic Reasoning for Public Policy and Macroeconomics in all of Takshashila’s public policy programmes.

Anupam Manur

James K. Glassman served as US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs during the George W. Bush administration, leading the government-wide global strategic communications effort. He was also Chairman of the US Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees Voice of America and other government-sponsored TV, radio, and Internet broadcasting. He was confirmed unanimously by the US Senate for both positions and holds the lifetime rank of Ambassador.

James K. Glassman serves as Chair of the Commission to Reignite the Fight Against Smoking. The commission and its staff will launch a report that offers facts, analysis, and recommendations aimed at reinvigorating a noble effort that has stalled. Mired in an outdated paradigm, it has been superseded by new technology, new ideas, and new concerns for neglected communities. The commission will also recommend a set of actions to accelerate an end to adult smoking and other toxic tobacco use.

James K. Glassman

Cother Hajat is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) and the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH) in the UK and adjunct Professor of Public Health at UAE University. Throughout her career she has focussed on the prevention of chronic disease and its risk factors through thought leadership, policy development, health system redesign and research in academic, commercial and governmental settings.
Smoking cessation and tobacco control policy are amongst Cother’s main interests having worked on the ban of smoking in public places in both the UK and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 
Cother is a physician and holds a MPH and PhD from King’s College London. Her work has featured at the UN General Assembly Meeting, the World Health Assembly, the World Economic Forum, TEDx, the Economist Magazine as well as numerous scientific journal articles, books, magazines, newspaper editorials and blogs. She regularly presents her work as keynote and invited speaker at International Scientific conferences and meetings.

Cother Hajat

A series of conversations with Dr. Derek Yach and experts in global health about how smoking sits at the nexus of many major health issues.

FSFW Global Health Perspectives