Dr. Ehsan Latif: “WHO and FCTC Secretariat cannot sustain their current position”

Responsible for the development of the National Health Policy in his native Pakistan, Dr. Ehsan Latif, now based in Scotland, has a long career on the boards of various public health entities and international groups in the field of lung health and tobacco control established under the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control and the World Health Organization including The Framework Convention Alliance, the Non-Communicable Disease Alliance, and most recently (2009-2017) he was senior advisor for noncommunicable diseases and director of tobacco control at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases.

Calmly and lucidly, Dr. Latif who is currently Vice President and responsible for grant management and stakeholder engagement at the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW), spoke with the Editor of The Vaping Today about the current role of the WHO, the status quo of the Framework Convention, the upcoming COP9 and the challenges of harm reduction in the immediate future.