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Seven out of ten homes in Europe are smoke-free, according to a major survey published today in ERJ Open Research. The study, lead by the IDIBELL and ICO Tobacco Control Unit in collaboration with the Milan Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research IRCCS, shows how some countries have come further than others in protecting children and adults from […]

Two members of the Tobacco Control Unit (TCU) attended the XX INEBRIA (International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol & Other Drugs) Congress in Barcelona on 21-22 November. During the event, two of the unit’s research projects were presented. Cristina Martínez, director of the UCT, presented the ISCI-SEC project, which aims to improve smoking cessation

Olena Tigova, a predoctoral researcher from the UCT, recently presented updates on the adapted Smoke-Free Homes project in Catalonia to the original project team at Emory University. The Emory Prevention Research Center (EPRC), part of the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University (Atlanta, US), originally developed and tested this evidence-based intervention in various

Two pre-doctoral students from the Tobacco Control Unit, Judith Saura and Jassia Zafar, attended the PhD Day organised by the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) on 8 November. This day was a very enriching opportunity to explore the use of new Artificial Intelligence tools in research, to meet innovative projects of other pre-doctoral students from

On 6 November, the Global Network for Tobacco-Free Healthcare Services (GNTH) 2024 Conference took place in Hiroshima, Japan, as a pre-conference event of the Health Promoting Hospitals Network (HPH Network) International Congress. More than 80 attendees joined in person and online to hear inspiring presentations on key topics such as smoking cessation, prevention strategies and

On 1 November, Dr Cristina Martínez represented the UCT at the I Tobacco Forum in São Paulo, Brazil. Organised by the Paulista Society of Pneumology and Tisiology, the event brought together leaders in respiratory health, public health and tobacco control to discuss policies and innovations to reduce tobacco consumption and exposure to second-hand smoke. Smoke-free

The Tobacco Control Unit (UCT) of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) participated in the XXXV edition of the School of Public Health of Menorca on the 23rd and 24th of September. Researchers Cristina Martínez and Olena Tigova, together with Prof. Maria E. Fernández, Professor of Health Promotion and Director of the Center for Health

The General Assembly of the Global Network for Tobacco-free Healthcare Services (GNTH), an independent, international, not-for-profit association registered in Switzerland, took place on 17 September in Dublin, Ireland. The purpose of the GNTH is the promotion of tobacco control in hospitals and other health care settings. Laura Antón, a psychologist from ICO’s Tobacco Control Unit,

For yet another year, the Tobacco Control Unit (TCU) actively participated in the Annual Congress of the Spanish Society of Epidemiology (SEE), held in Cadiz from 10-13 September 2024. Several members of the team presented key studies and projects, reflecting the unit’s commitment to the fight against smoking and the promotion of smoke-free environments. One

The Catalan Government has appointed Esteve Fernández as the new Secretary for Public Health in the Catalan Health Department. Professor Fernández, an epidemiologist with expertise in tobacco control, has coordinated cancer prevention at the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) during his 25 years of service. Fernández’s work as a researcher has focused mainly on tobacco