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The World Health Organization (WHO) has published the new report of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation, developed from its meeting held in Barcelona in 2024. The Tobacco Control Unit (UCT) participated actively, with experts Esteve Fernández, Cristina Martínez, and Armando Peruga in attendance. This report provides the WHO Director-General with evidence-based recommendations […]

Researchers from the Tobacco Control Unit of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) and the University of Barcelona have analyzed changes in attitudes toward tobacco control and perceptions of the training received during the Nursing degree. The study, published in the journal Journal of Addictions Nursing, included a cohort of 1,097 nursing students from all

On November 13 and 14, Dr. Cristina Martínez, head of the Tobacco Control Unit at ICO, participated in two academic events focused on the need to bridge the gap that still exists between scientific knowledge and its application in clinical and community practice. On November 13, as part of the SEMyC Congress, Dr. Martínez co-led

Sobre la Unitat de Control del Tabac (UCT) La Unitat de Control del Tabac (UCT) té com a objectiu generar i consolidar coneixement sobre els determinants i les estratègies per prevenir i controlar el consum de tabac, així com reduir l’exposició al fum de tabac i a l’aerosol dels cigarrets electrònics en la població. Per

The funds raised in the latest edition of La Marató de 3Cat will support a project led by the Tobacco Control Unit of ICO-IDIBELL and IDIAP Jordi Gol, aimed at protecting children’s respiratory health. The project, titled “Smoke-Free Homes: Effectiveness and Implementation of an Intervention in Primary Care Pediatric Services to Improve Children’s Respiratory Health,”

Montse Ballbè, research psychologist at the Tobacco Control Unit of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), took part on November 4 in a training session organized by ASH Scotland focusing on smoking and e-cigarette use during pregnancy. In her presentation, titled “Breathing for Two: Passive Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke and E-Cigarette Aerosol”, Ballbè highlighted the

The tobacco industry actively interfered in the development and implementation of key public health policies for tobacco control in Spain between 2023 and 2024. This is the main conclusion of a study led by researchers from the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) and the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), recently published in the scientific journal

A total of 63 experts from 23 European countries , including several professionals from the Tobacco Control Unit of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) , participated on 2, 3 and 4 November in the inaugural meeting of the Joint Action SAFE ( Joint Action on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention including Smoke and Aerosol

Increasing tobacco taxes and prices is a key tool to reduce tobacco consumption among young Europeans, although the effect is not the same in all countries or between men and women . This is the conclusion of a study led by the Tobacco Control Unit of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), which has analyzed

Ayaka Teshima, a pre-doctoral researcher at the Unit on Tobacco Control (UCT), presented her research at the 10th European Conference on Tobacco Control (ENSP-ECTC 2025) , held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 22 to 24 October 2025. His presentation focused on tobacco use among young people in the European Union and how tobacco prices and minimum