Background Smoking and other forms of tobacco consumption are considered the single most important cause of preventable morbidity and premature mortality worldwide. Tobacco product design and additives provide a primary industry tool for innovations that may undermine public health programs and support tobacco use and dependence. The past years have seen the development and adoption […]
Background Second-hand tobacco smoke (SHS) is a mixture of smoke exhaled by a smoker and smoke from the burning end of a cigarette. Exposure to SHS is an important public health problem as it causes several life-threatening diseases, among others lung cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and ischemic heart disease in adults. Moreover,
Background Cannabis is the most consumed illegal drug in Spain. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of people who enroll in substance abuse programs because they want to stop or reduce their cannabis use. Most cannabis users are also tobacco users and the pattern of co-use of both substances is
Background Watching smoking or smoking-related situations in movies and on TV reinforces the use of tobacco among smokers and facilitates relapse of ex-smokers, but above all it induces non-smokers to smoke, especially if when adolescents. This negative influence on young people is especially worrisome because it affects more adolescents theoretically at lower risk of smoking,
General objective of JATC2 The general objective of this project is to support the implementation of the European Tobacco Directive (TPD) and also the European Directive on Tobacco Advertising (TAD), to promote activities aligned with the objectives of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) of the World Health Organization (WHO). JATC1 https://jaotc.eu/, has contributed
Introduction: Nurses can exert a significant change in reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with smoking. However, their consumption of tobacco and their level of knowledge has an important impact on their daily clinical practice. During the year 2015-16, the ECTEC study (Study of Tobacco Consumption in Nursing Students of the Universities of Catalonia) was
Follow-up of a cohort of nursing students in Catalonia Read More »
Background Cannabis is the most commonly used illegal drug in Spain. In recent years, there has been a marked increase in the number of visits for treatment of their consumption in drug services. Most cannabis users are also tobacco users and the pattern of dual cannabis-tobacco use is increasingly prevalent in Western countries. However, the
Background The use and knowledge of electronic cigarettes in our country began in mid-2007. We don’t have enough scientific evidence yet about its usefulness to quit smoking or about its use as a harm reduction strategy, as well as about its safety of use. Currently, there is not much scientific evidence about the potential passive
Background The prevalence of smoking in developed countries is decreasing over the years; however, it remains stable in the population of people with mental disorders, who also smokes more cigarettes per day than the general population. Patients with severe mental disorders can die up to 20 years before the general population, usually due to diseases
Background The prevalence of smoking in Spain is declining; however, both the incidence and mortality from lung cancer are increasing alarmingly among women and the trend is expected to continue to increase if no intervention is taken. In a general context of cost containment, health interventions should not only be evaluated in terms of health
Cost-effectiveness and budgetary impact of three preventive strategies in lung cancer Read More »
