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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

Last Friday, October 15, the EPIBELL seminar series of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) hosted an inspiring conference by Dr. Mark Parascandola , director of the Research and Training Branch of the Center for Global Health of the National Cancer Institute (NCI, USA). In his presentation entitled “Implementation Science for Global Cancer Control” ,

On September 29, 2025, the Global Network for Tobacco Free Healthcare Services (GNTH) hybrid international workshop, entitled “Gold meets Gold” , was held at the University Clinical Center in Gdańsk (Poland). The meeting brought together professionals from several countries in Europe and Asia with the aim of sharing experiences and strategies to advance towards tobacco-

On September 30th, Eva Gavilán, a nurse at Vall d’Hebron Hospital and researcher at the Tobacco Control Unit (UCT), defended her doctoral thesis at the International University of Catalonia (UIC). The thesis, titled “Effectiveness of Pre-Surgical Interventions to Promote Smoking Cessation, Level of Intervention and Factors Related to Implementation in Pre-Surgical Visits in Catalan Hospitals”,

On September 22 and 23, the Tobacco Control Unit of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) led a training within the framework of the Joint Action Prevent Non-Communicable Diseases (JA PreventNCD), an European initiative that promotes coordinated strategies to reduce the burden of cancer and other non-communicable diseases through the prevention of risk factors and

Dr. Cristina Martínez , head of the Tobacco Control Unit (UCT) of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), has recently participated in an initiative by the NGO Más que Ideas , aimed at promoting smoke-free spaces and reducing the prevalence of tobacco consumption. Within the framework of this collaboration, Dr. Martínez highlights the need to