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Wales Tobacco or Health Network (WTHN)
The Wales Tobacco or Health Network (WTHN) is a dynamic and inclusive platform that brings together individuals and organisations with a shared commitment to tackling tobacco harm and addressing health inequalities in Wales. This annual gathering fosters collaboration, sparks innovative ideas, and drives forward informed strategies to create a healthier, smokefree Wales.
What Is The WTHN?
The WTHN is an engaging conference that unites a diverse range of stakeholders—from academics and healthcare professionals to frontline workers and community advocates. The event is a space for exploring challenges, sharing evidence-based insights, and developing practical solutions to national and local tobacco control actions.
Each year, the WTHN focuses on pressing topics such as:
Expanding smoke-free spaces.
Tackling illegal tobacco.
E-cigarettes and smoking cessation tools.
Smoking in pregnancy and its impact on health inequalities.
Mental health and smoking cessation.
Who Can Join?
The WTHN network is open to individuals and is not organisationally representative. Members come from many organisations and sectors including academia, education, government, healthcare, industry, local government, the media, the NHS and public health, the private and voluntary sectors.
To join the Wales Tobacco or Health Network, or for more information, please contact [email protected]
Why Join?
Attending the WTHN offers unique opportunities to network, learn, and collaborate with leading experts in public health and tobacco control. By participating, you’ll be at the forefront of shaping innovative strategies and contributing to the national dialogue on reducing tobacco-related harm.
The network is open to individuals from a broad spectrum of sectors, including academia, healthcare, education, public health, and the voluntary sector.
- WTHN Event Evaluation & Outcomes: Novel Nicotine and Tobacco – May 2024
- WTHN Webinar: Teenagers and Smoking: Have We Taken Our Eye Off The Ball? – March 2021
- WTHN Briefing Paper: Illegal Tobacco – 2019
- WTHN Event: Tackling illegal tobacco in Wales – January 2018
- WTHN Briefing Paper: 'Who Can Afford to Smoke?' – The Financial Burden of Smoking – February 2019
- WTHN Event: 'Who Can Afford to Smoke?' – The Financial Burden of Smoking – February 2019
- WTHN Briefing Paper: Smoking cessation and mental health – January 2017
- WTHN Event: Smoking cessation and mental health – 31st January 2017
