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Doctor-led talks on quitting nicotine — for the workforce, not the wellness aisle.

For HR teams, occupational health conferences, wellness weeks, ESG and people-risk audiences. Cigarettes, vape, shisha, midwakh and dokha. Online worldwide; in-person Penang and select Gulf events.

Doctor-authored Evidence-based Multi-substance MENA + SE Asia depth

Speaker enquiry · 2-business-day reply

Book a webinar, lunch-and-learn or keynote

Tell me about your audience, format and rough date. I'll come back with availability, suggested topic angles, and a quote within two business days.

Dr Kirath replies personally. Quote enquiries returned within two business days. No spam.

Why book this talk

A medical voice, not a motivational one.

Most workplace cessation talks land in one of two registers: clinical-but-dry, or motivational-and-shallow. The audience leaves either bored or unchanged. This sits in a third register: doctor-led, evidence-grounded, plain-spoken, and built around the question you actually want answered.

Doctor + practitioner, not just one

An Occupational Health doctor who actively coaches quitters every week. The clinical lens and the in-the-room lens, in the same voice. The audience hears the why and the what-actually-happens at the same time.

Multi-substance, not just cigarettes

Vape, shisha, midwakh, dokha and dual-use patterns are covered with the same depth as cigarettes. Few speakers do this, and it matters for any workforce that spans the UK, Gulf, South-East Asia or diaspora communities.

MENA and SE Asia depth

Practising in Malaysia, working across the Gulf — the social architecture of shisha cafés, majlis culture, and oil & gas field crews is not a footnote. It is the actual environment most of your at-risk workforce lives in.

Talk topics

Stock talks — all customisable to your audience.

Each of these can be a 30-minute keynote, a 45-minute lunch-and-learn, or a 60-minute webinar with structured Q&A. Custom angles are welcomed — tell me what you actually want the audience to leave with.

For HR / People

The Quit Stack: a doctor-led system for getting a workforce smoke-free

The full method — what to put in front of employees, what to keep out, and why the most common workplace programmes plateau at the 5% mark.

For HR / People

The slip protocol: why quit attempts collapse on Day 3 — and what to do about it

The Lapse-vs-Relapse distinction. How one cigarette becomes a pack, why the story matters more than the cigarette, and what employees actually need to be told before quit day.

For HR / People

Quitting is a planning problem, not a willpower problem — the Trigger Map

Why "just try harder" is the wrong intervention, what map your employees are actually missing, and how to make the planning visible so it can be supported.

For HR / People

Vaping at work — what HR actually needs to know in 2026

Policy, evidence, dual-use, youth uptake, the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (UK), and the disposable-ban patchwork across jurisdictions. What to put in your workforce comms.

For Gulf / SE Asia HR

Shisha, midwakh and dokha — the cessation playbook your workforce health team doesn't have

Why standard cigarette protocols fail on these substances, the social architecture of the shisha café and the majlis, and what programme design needs to look like in MENA and SE Asia.

For OH / EHS

The occupational case for a doctor-led quit programme

The hard ROI — absenteeism, presenteeism, fire risk, productivity drag, insurance — and why most "wellness vendor" programmes don't move the workforce smoking rate at all.

For medical / CPD

NRT, varenicline and cytisinicline — what's actually in the cabinet in 2026

Combination NRT done well, the varenicline relaunch, the cytisinicline FDA window, and how to talk patients through the choice without overwhelming them.

For ESG / wellbeing

Smoking cessation as an ESG and wellbeing-reporting metric

What gets measured, what gets boasted, and where the disclosure regimes (ISO 45003, ESG-S frameworks) are quietly pulling workforce smoking rates onto the dashboard.

Formats

From a 45-minute lunch session to a conference keynote.

Online by default. In-person in Penang and across Malaysia by arrangement; selected Gulf events case-by-case.

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Corporate webinar

30–60 min, online, your audience

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Lunch-and-learn

45 min, online or in-person

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Conference keynote

30–60 min headline talk

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Panel speaker

Cessation, OH, vaping policy, ESG

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Corporate health day

Wellness weeks, WNTD, ESG health

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Podcast guest

OH, wellness, cessation podcasts

About the speaker

Dr Kirath Sidhu — Occupational Health Doctor & Doctor-Led Quit Coach

I'm a medical doctor based in Penang, Malaysia, specialising in occupational health. I work with multinational manufacturers and individual patients across South-East Asia and the Middle East on workplace health, medical surveillance, and lifestyle medicine — and I coach quitters every week through the doctor-led programme at kirathsidhu.com.

The talks I give are built on that combination: the clinical reasoning of an OH doctor, the lived-room experience of a working quit coach, and a multi-substance scope that covers cigarettes, vape, shisha, midwakh and dokha — not just the substance Western audiences default to.

If you have a workforce, a conference audience, or a webinar list that needs the medical voice on quitting nicotine, I'd be glad to talk.

MD · Occupational Health ASP Medical Group HRDC Accredited Trainer ISO 45003 Certified Practitioner NCSCT Practitioner Training

FAQ

What event organisers usually want to know.

What does it cost to book Dr Kirath to speak?

It depends on the audience, format and length. Internal corporate webinars and lunch-and-learns are quoted per engagement. Industry conferences and CPD events are honorarium-based. Charitable, public-health and NGO webinars are often delivered pro-bono — please ask. Quote enquiries are returned within two business days.

What format works best — online or in-person?

Most engagements run online via Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet — that keeps the door open to international audiences without travel cost. In-person engagements run in Penang and across Malaysia by default, with selected Gulf events case-by-case.

How much lead time do you need?

Four to six weeks is ideal for custom content. Two to three weeks is workable for stock talks. Tight-turnaround requests for current-affairs panels (e.g. major regulatory news) can be accommodated where the calendar allows.

Can the talk be tailored to my audience?

Yes — and tailoring is the default. The topics above are starting points, not scripts. The framing is calibrated to your industry, geography, workforce profile and the specific question you want the audience to leave with.

Can the session be recorded?

Generally yes, with written permission agreed at booking. Internal redistribution within your organisation is included. Public posting is handled case-by-case.

What audience size are you comfortable with?

Comfortable with 10 to 500+. Smaller sessions tend to be more interactive and case-based; larger audiences run more keynote-style with structured Q&A.

Do you have a press kit and headshot?

Yes — bio, headshots and topic sheets can be supplied at booking, or send a quick enquiry and I'll forward a press pack the same day.

Booking

Bring the medical voice into the room.

Internal webinar, conference keynote, wellness-week talk or panel — the enquiry form at the top takes two minutes. I reply personally within two business days.

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