WP2 of the TackSHS Project focused on the evaluation of second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure in public and private settings in several EU countries by measuring airborne nicotine. Besides the scientific publications already available in Open Access, the ASPB Team, the leader of WP2, prepared infographics and videos explaining the main results of this extensive study. We …
Tackling tobacco-related chronic diseases in Europe: Novel data from the Horizon 2020 TackSHS project reveals the results of exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) from cigarettes and second-hand aerosols (SHA) from electronic cigarettes on the respiratory health of European population, the burden of associated mortality and morbidity, and economic consequences for national and European welfare. These important …
The selection of pictures from the TackSHS Project Final Conference is now online. Congratulations to everyone who took part in this interactive and productive debate! You can access the pictures here
Tackling tobacco-related chronic diseases in Europe: Novel data from the Horizon 2020 TackSHS project reveals the results of exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) from cigarettes and second-hand aerosols (SHA) from electronic cigarettes on the respiratory health of European population, the burden of associated mortality and morbidity, and economic consequences for national and European welfare. These important findings were …
On September 3-6 2019 the Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Epidemiology took place in Oviedo, Spain. A number of TackSHS researchers participated in the conference and some TackSHS results were presented in oral presentations. In particularly: Elisabet Henderson from the Public Health Agency of Barcelona presented results of the WP2 about exposure to SHS in …
The TackSHS Project Consortium is pleased to announce that the project’s final conference will take place on October 8th at the European Union Parliament (Brussels). Tackling tobacco-related chronic diseases in Europe: towards healthy populations protected from tobacco and second-hand smoke Tuesday, 8 October 2019 from 10:30 to 15:30 European Parliament, Brussels Meeting hosted by MEPs Cristian-Silviu Buşoi and Rosa …
Tackling tobacco-related chronic diseases in Europe: Novel data from the Horizon 2020 TackSHS project reveals the results of exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) from cigarettes and second-hand aerosols (SHA) from electronic cigarettes on the respiratory health of European population, the burden of associated mortality and morbidity, and economic consequences for national and European welfare. Key messages …
Project Consortium of TackSHS Project gathered in the last annual meeting of the project in the beautiful Tuscany city, Florence (Italy) from 23rd May to 24th May 2019. The main objectives of the meeting was to present and discuss progress related to the project, up to May 2019, and to address challenges in the project …
The 4th ENSP – SRP International Conference on Tobacco Control 2019 was held from 27 to 29 of March 2019 in Bucharest, Romania. This year’s main theme was “Tomorrow’s sustainable development starts now – time toaccelerate tobacco control!”. The message was strongly supported by H.E. Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis who opened the Conference along with the Head of …
During the XIV National Congress of the Italian Society of Tabaccology (SITAB) that was held in Florence on 8-9thof November 2018, Giulia Carreras received the first “Umberto Veronesi Foundation” award for research on smoking and women. The award was established as a concrete commitment of the foundation to be alongside independent researchers with the goal …