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The GNTH – Global Network of Tobacco Free Healthcare Services is an independent, international, non-profit association that was formed to facilitate action on tobacco within healthcare services. It commenced as a European funded project (European Network of Smokefree Healthcare Services – ENSH in 1999), and has since expanded to involve healthcare services globally from 2009. […]

PPACTE: Pricing Policies and Control of Tobacco in Europe(PPACTE) is a 3-year collaborative research project financed by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7). Objectives The main aim of the PPACTE project is to make evidence-based policy recommendations to improve market regulation of tobacco products, for more effective,

Background  Tobacco consumption is increasing in low-income countries that is the case of some countries of Latin American and Caribbean regions. Currently, 120 million smokers live in these countries and half of them suffer from tobacco-related diseases and consequently require additional healthcare services. The WHO estimates that in Latin America mortality from tobacco-related diseases will

Background People with mental disorders are more likely to be smokers and the more complex is a disorder, the higher is tobacco consumption. In Catalonia, 74.4% of patients hospitalized with mental disorders are smokers; that is three times higher than in the general population (27.1%). In the last decade, some cost-effective measures were applied to

Background There are discrepancies about whether to allow or not smoking in certain outdoor places. Those who oppose to such a ban argue that it is ethically untenable and that there is insufficient evidence that second-hand smoke (SHS) in these areas have a real impact on health to justify this regulation. However, scientific evidence suggests

Changes in the exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in adult population after the entry into force the Law 28/2005 on health measures for tobacco control (dCOT2 Study) [Information for the participants] Background The exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) could occur in places of residence (at households of non-smokers), in workplaces, and other public and

Background The nurses can play a significant role in reducing tobacco related morbidity and mortality providing expert advice to quit smoking throughout their clinical practice. Given the importance of education in tobacco control, the curriculum of the Graduate Nursing Schools should incorporate the content about interventions to facilitate smoking cessation. A few previous studies have