The Cancer Society Auckland Northland is hosting an upcoming one-day symposium -  Stop Cancer Before it Starts: Saving lives with effective tobacco, alcohol & obesity policies.

This is the keynote event of Cancer Research Week 2018 and will focus on three preventable risk factors for cancer: tobacco, alcohol and obesity. 

It features a range of international and national speakers who will disuss the prevention of cancer and other life-threatening, non-communicable diseases through national-level policies.  

International experts Professor Gerard Hastings and Professor Anna Peeters will be joined by New Zealand experts Boyd Swinburn, Sally Casswell, Jennie Connor, Richard Edwards and Anaru Waa for a thought-provoking and stimulating symposium.

WHEN: Monday 29 October, 9.15am - 5pm (registration from 8.30am)
WHERE: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Wellesley St East, Auckland

Don't miss out! This symposium is free to attend but places are limited. Click here to register for the event. 

For more information or if you have any questions, please contact us on smokefree@akcansoc.org.nz.