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World Conference on Tobacco or Health 2018 announces key science

Breaking research on e-cigarettes, the impact of  tobacco point-of-sale display bans, the growing trend towards flavoured cigarettes and the financial impact of smoking on economies and individuals feature in the scientific programme  of the 17 th  World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) Regional science presented at the conference includes smoking and HIV and TB in sub-Saharan Africa and  ante-natal tobacco smoke exposure   in South Africa Thursday, 1 February, 2018  (Cape Town, South Africa)-- Organisers today announced the scientific programme of the   17 th  World Conference on Tobacco or Health  (WCTOH) to be held in Cape Town, South Africa,  7-9 March  this year. The growing debate amongst public health practitioners around tobacco harm reduction is reflected in the conference scientific programme with research on e-cigarettes featuring prominently including a much anticipated study on  Electronic cigarette use and conventional cigarette smoking initiation among