10 March, 2026
18:00-19:00 CET
The event is completely free to access but registration is required.
In this instalment of ERS Vision Live an expert panel will discuss cannabis, vaping and tobacco in the 21st century.
Topics:
- Tobacco - Where are we headed?
- Vaping - Lung health impact
- Cannabis - Effects of tobacco and cannabis co-use
Speakers
Dr Janice Leung (co-Chair)
- Janice is a respirologist at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, Canada, and a principal investigator at the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation at the University of British Columbia where she is the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Translational Airway Biology and the GlaxoSmithKline Chair in COPD.
- Her research interests are in novel exposures leading to accelerated airways disease, including HIV, vaping, and cannabis smoking.
Prof. Des Cox
- Des is a consultant in paediatric respiratory medicine at Children's Health Ireland (CHI), Crumlin.
- He is the clinical lead of the respiratory department at CHI, Crumlin and was appointed a clinical professor with the School of Medicine, UCD in 2019.
- He is a member of the RCPI clinical advisory group on tobacco and vaping and has led on a number of tobacco control advocacy issues in Ireland including Tobacco 21.
- He is also a member of the ERS Tobacco Control Committee.
More speakers to be announced soon.