The future of respiratory diseases: what prevention can do

Symposium
Chairs: P. De Lucas Ramos (Madrid, Spain), C. Jimenez Ruiz (Madrid, Spain)
Aims: to describe the current burden of respiratory diseases and how the implementation of preventive measures and rehabilitation programmes will impact the morbidity, mortality and quality of life of patients.

The global burden of pulmonary disease: where we are and where we are going J. Soriano (Madrid, Spain)
Infectious respiratory diseases: what vaccines can do R. Menendez Villanueva (Valencia, Spain)
New threats from the tobacco industry (IQOS and electronic cigarettes): the role of medical scientific societies J. Signes-Costa (Valencia, Spain)
Exercise and respiratory health: improving disease consequences E. Barreiro Portela (Barcelona, Spain)
Preventing respiratory diseases: The WHO-ERS Smoking Cessation Training Project S. Belo Ravara (Covilhã, Portugal)