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Tackling secondhand tobacco smoke and e-cigarette emissions in Europe

Tackling secondhand tobacco smoke and e-cigarette emissions: exposure assessment, novel interventions, impact on lung diseases and economic burden in diverse European populations – The TackSHS Project Background Exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) has been classified as a “Group  1 carcinogen (known human carcinogen) by the International Agency for Research on cancer (IARC) and has been […]

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Smoke-free ICO

The Tobacco Control Unit coordinates intervention activities on tobacco control that are carried out in other center of ICO. The ICO Centers in Girona, Badalona and Tarragona-Terres de l’Ebre coordinate with the UCT and the relevant smoke free hospital promoting committees, which they are part of sharing their activities. The ICO L’Hospitalet launched the project

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EUREST-PLUS: European Regulatory Science on Tobacco: Policy implementation to reduce lung diseases

European Regulatory Science on Tobacco: Policy implementation to reduce lung diseases – The EUREST-PLUS Project. Background  Smoking and other forms of tobacco consumption are considered the single most important cause of preventable morbidity and premature mortality worldwide. Efforts to reduce the devastation of tobacco-related deaths and illness in the EU consist of the Tobacco Products Directive

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Evaluation of the Spanish tobacco control Law 28/2005 in the hospitality industry

Impact assessment of the new “Law regulating sales, supply, consumption and advertising of tobacco products” on second-hand smoke exposure levels: sub-project about saliva cotinine levels among hospitality workers Background Ireland was a pioneer with the introduction in March 2004 of measures restricting smoking in workplaces, including pubs and restaurants. The assessments of compliance with the

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Evaluation of second-hand smoke levels in mental health inpatients units

Evaluation of second hand smoke levels according to the strictness of the smoking ban implemented in mental health inpatient units and opinion of employees and patients. Background Smoking prevalence can reach 80% among the patients admitted to mental health units and they could die 25-30 years earlier on average than the general population, often due

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Dynamo-HIA: Dynamic model for assessing health impact

Background DYNAMO-HIA is a tool to quantify the health impact of policies influencing health determinants. The instrument, a dynamic model called DYNAMO-HIA, is adaptable to the health determinants and outcomes relevant for the policy in question), applicable throughout the European Union. This research line was initiated though the collaborative study entitled “Economics of smoking in

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