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Our Tobacco Control Unit has registered as a host organisation for the MSCA4Ukraine, part of the Horizon Europe programme. This programme supports incorporation of the researchers from Ukraine who want to join European research centres for their pre-doctoral or post-doctoral research.   More information about the opportunity as well as apply for the fellowship here: https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/sponsorship-programmes/msca4ukraine   […]

Dr. Cristina Martínez, senior researcher at the Tobacco Control Unit (TCU), has started in December her short-term secondment at the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP). This collaboration is conducted in the framework of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Programme-RISE project, EUREST-RISE is an initiative that aims to support an integrative series of research

On the 14th of December, the INSTrUCT Programme was presented in Brussels with the participation of more than 50 attendees and the support from Dr. Oxana Domenti (WHO Representative in Brussels) and Dr. Florin Mihaltan (ENSP President) among other relevant panelists from the European Union (EU) context.    INSTrUCT is an Open Educational Resource (OER) in

Catalan Institut of Oncology L’Hospitalet, along with Benito Menni CASM and San Josep Clinic of the Althaia Foundation in Manresa have been renewed with the ‘gold level’ of the International Network of Smoke-Free Hospitals (GNTH, Global Network for Tobacco Free Healthcare Services). The three hospitals have renewed this award given in 2017. This award was

Within the framework of the second Joint Action on Tobacco Control of the European Union, the Tobacco Control Unit of the Catalan Institute of Oncology is leading a work package on smoke-free and aerosols-fre environments from tobacco and nicotine products and on the legislation that refers to the advertising of these products. This Joint Action

We have the pleasure of inviting you to the Public Launch of the INSTrUCT Programme, an “Innovative e-learning educational resource in smoking cessation” funded by ERASMUS+ from the European Commission (https://instruct-elearning.eu/). INSTrUCT has successfully achieved an exciting number of outputs, which will share our experience in an event on the afternoon of the 14th of

On September the 30th we celebrated the 6th Tobacco and Mental Health Confernce after a few years without being able to celebrate it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Secretary of Public Health of Catalonia, Dra. Carmen Cabezas welcomed the conference and emphasized the importance of intervening in tobacco control and especially in people affected

On October the 14th we celebrated the XX Trobada de la Xarxa (Catalan Network of Smoke-Free Hospitals). It was a very special occasion because, not only was it the twentieth, but we were able to celebrate it in person after two years of having to do it virtually. The meeting was held at the Department

On October 7, the INSTrUCT project was presented, this is an open educational resource to train health science students in how to offer support in smoking cessation. This project led by the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) and the University of Barcelona (UB) was held in a hybrid format, both face-to-face and online, with a

On the 7th of October 2022 the Catalan Institute of Oncology and the University of Barcelona will host a Multiplier Event to present the final version of INSTrUCT, an Open Educational Resource in smoking cessation addressed to students undertaking degrees in health professions. During the multiplier event, experts in tobacco control and academics will talk