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The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the inclusion of cytisine , a powerful smoking cessation drug, on the Model List of Essential Medicines (MEL) for 2025. This decision is an important step in strengthening global support for tobacco cessation, especially in resource-poor countries. According to the WHO Expert Committee, cytisine has been added to […]

Research led by the Tobacco Control Unit has analyzed the impact of tobacco control policies on the prevalence of consumption and quit rates in the European Union (EU), focusing on social inequalities. The study, published in the journal BMJ Public Health , assesses the association between the degree of implementation of anti-smoking policies and the

The Second Annual Meeting of the Prevention and Early Detection (P&ED) Cluster – Implementation Research recently took place in Barcelona, hosted by the Public Health Agency of Catalonia and organized by members of the PIECES Project, coordinated by the Tobacco Control Unit. The event brought together representatives of the six projects that make up the

L’Institut Català d’Oncologia (ICO), centre públic del Departament de Salut de la Generalitat de Catalunya, líder en oncologia dedicat a l’assistència, la investigació, la prevenció i la docència inicia un procés de selecció per a incorporar un/a Titulat/da de Grau Superior en ciències de la salut a la Unitat de Control del Tabac (UCT), per

L’Institut Català d’Oncologia (ICO), centre públic del Departament de Salut de la Generalitat de Catalunya, líder en oncologia dedicat a l’assistència, la investigació, la prevenció i la docència inicia un procés de selecció per a incorporar un/a Titulat/da superior en ciències de la salut i/o ciències socials a la Unitat de Control del Tabac (UCT),

L’Institut Català d’Oncologia (ICO), centre públic del Departament de Salut de la Generalitat de Catalunya, líder en oncologia dedicat a l’assistència, la investigació, la prevenció i la docència inicia un procés de selecció per a incorporar un/a Gestor/a de Projecte (Project Manager) amb formació de Titulat/da superior en ciències de la salut a la Unitat

Beaches without smoke, without cigarette butts and without vaping devices to preserve the health of people and also of the environment. The Tobacco Working Group of the Spanish Society of Epidemiology , of which the Dr. Cristina Martinez , head of the Tobacco Control Unit, has requested that all beaches in the country become 100%

The Tobacco Control Unit (UCT) of the Catalan Institute of Oncology recently participated in a meeting organized by the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO) and held in Ankara with the aim of strengthening tobacco control in Turkey, a country with a high prevalence of consumption. This meeting brought together key

The Department of Health has implemented a new protocol for the application of the “Guide for the indication, use and authorization of the dispensing of medicines subject to medical prescription by nurses: smoking cessation”, validated by the Ministry of Health last April. The protocol includes the indication of varenicline and cytisine, two medications used in

The Tobacco Control Unit (UCT) participated on January 31 in the tenth edition of the Congress of the Spanish Society of Tobacco Specialists (SEDET) in Madrid. The opening conference of the event was given by Armando Peruga , a member of the unit, who investigated the conception of the public health harm reduction strategy. Montse