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Tobacco Control Unit <\/h2><\/div>

The Tobacco Control Unit (UCT) is part of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program<\/strong> of the Catalan Institute of Oncology<\/strong>. The Unit’s primary objectives are to identify the determinants of tobacco consumption and exposure to environmental smoke from tobacco, as well as electronic cigarettes, and to develop strategies for prevention and control. At UCT, we are dedicated to developing research and evaluation projects that are designed to reduce tobacco consumption, along with the associated morbidity and mortality rates. In addition, it is responsible for applied intervention projects with the Xarxa Catalana d’Hospitals Sense Fum (XCHsF) or assistance projects such as the tobacco cessation clinic, which help smokers to quit.
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Tobacco Control Research<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3><\/div>

The Tobacco Control Unit (UCT) was first set up as the Tobacco Research Group of Dr. Esteve Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> in 2000. This was part of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program (PPCC) of the ICO. The Group worked on research projects about smoking. These projects were led by the ICO and also in collaboration with other organisations, such as the Public Health Agencies of Barcelona and Catalonia, the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, the Mario Negri Research Institute (Mil\u00e0), the European Network for Smoking Prevention (ENSP) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The activity grew because people took part in European research projects and helped to run the Catalan Network of Hospitals without Smoke (XCHsF). There was a big increase in the number of people involved and the amount of work done in the research and intervention areas. The group is officially recognised by the AGAUR of the Generalitat de Catalunya as a Consolidated Research Group (Research Group on Smoking Epidemiology, 2021SGR00906).

The research is done by the Consolidated Research Group in Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Tobacco (2021SGR00906) at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute. The group is made up of the main researchers from the UCT and includes people who are working with them from the University of Alcal\u00e0, the Open University of Catalonia and the Public Health Agency of Catalonia. The UCT is also at the centre of the CB19\/06\/00004 Group of the CIBER on Respiratory Diseases. This group is funded by the Carlos III Health Institute. In this group, as well as the main group of researchers from ICO-IDIBELL, we also have colleagues from the University of Alcal\u00e0 and the Hospital de La Princesa. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tobacco control is one of the most important issues in the Health Plan of Catalonia, as well as several other plans (for example, plans to combat cancer and respiratory diseases) and the Strategic Plan for Research and Innovation in Health (PERIS) 2016-2020. That is why we want the projects developed at the UCT to have an impact on the prevention and control of smoking. We want to make a difference in our local area (ICO), as well as across the country and around the world.
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