Previous projects
Tobacco pricing and control policies in Europe
Tobacco Pricing and Control Policies in Europe (PPACTE) is a three-year collaborative project funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7).
PPACTE will analyse the impact of tobacco prices and taxes on tobacco tax policy and control in Europe and provide recommendations to Member States and the European Commission. PPACTE will provide an understanding of how to use pricing policies for effective tobacco control in Europe, which is essential to address the burden of tobacco-related disease. This is complicated, however, by the diversity between Member States in terms of their stage of the tobacco epidemic and their level of tobacco control development, as well as their economic, cultural and political environment.
The FP7 structure has enabled the RIFTFS Institute to assemble a multidisciplinary team with some of the best health economists, epidemiologists, public health specialists and tobacco control policy experts under its leadership. The partners are: Tobacco Free Research Institute Ireland (TFRI) (Coordinator), International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) France, The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) Finland, Istituto di Reserche Farmacologiche Mario Negri (IRFMN) Italy, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) France, University of Bath UK, ICO Spain and HBSA USA
The FP7 structure has enabled the RIFTFS Institute to assemble a multidisciplinary team with some of the best health economists, epidemiologists, public health specialists and tobacco control policy experts under its leadership. The partners are: Tobacco Free Research Institute Ireland (TFRI) (Coordinator), International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) France, The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) Finland, Istituto di Reserche Farmacologiche Mario Negri (IRFMN) Italy, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) France, University of Bath UK, ICO Spain and HBSA USA
2009-2011
EU, 7th Framework Program (FP7-HEALTH-2007-B)
Prof. Luke Clancy (TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland, TFRI)
Fernández E, Lugo A, Clancy L, Matsuo K, La Vecchia C, Gallus S. Smoking dependence in 18 European countries: Hard to maintain the hardening hypothesis. Prev Med. 2015 Dec;81:314-9.
Ferketich AK, Lugo A, La Vecchia C, Fernandez E, Boffetta P, Clancy L, Gallus S. Relation between national-level tobacco control policies and individual-level voluntary home smoking bans in Europe . Tube Control. 2016 Jan;25(1):60-5. PMID: 25335901.
Gallus S, Lugo A, Fernandez E, Gilmore AB, Leon ME, Clancy L, La Vecchia C. Support for a tobacco endgame strategy in 18 European countries . Prev Med. 2014 Oct;67:255-8. PubMed
Gallus S, Lugo A, Ghislandi S, La Vecchia C, Gilmore AB. Roll-your-own cigarettes in Europe: use, weight and implications for fiscal policies . Eur J Cancer Prev. 2014 May;23(3):186-92.
Gallus S, Lugo A, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P, Chaloupka FJ, Colombo P, Currie L, Fernandez E, Fischbacher C, Gilmore A, Godfrey F, Joossens L, Leon ME, Levy DT, Nguyen L, Rosenqvist G, Ross H, Townsend J, Clancy L. Pricing Policies And Control of Tobacco in Europe (PPACTE) project: cross-national comparison of smoking prevalence in 18 European countries. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2014 May;23(3):177-85.
Gilmore AB, Rowell A, Gallus S, Lugo A, Joossens L, Sims M. Towards a greater understanding of the illicit tobacco trade in Europe: a review of the PMI funded ‘Project Star’ report . Tube Control. 2014 May;23(e1):e51-61.
Joossens L, Lugo A, La Vecchia C, Gilmore AB, Clancy L, Gallus S. Illicit cigarettes and hand-rolled tobacco in 18 European countries: a cross-sectional survey. Tube Control. 2014 May;23(e1):e17-23.