Tackshs

TackSHS was presented at various occasions in both parallel sessions and oral Communications during the 7th European Conference on Tobacco or Health (ECToH) 2017 taking place in Porto, Portugal on 23-25 March 2017. The TackSHS Session on 23 March attracted a large audience of academics, advocates and stakeholders in Tobacco control, for the presentation of scope and progress in eight TackSHS work packages as well as following discussion.

TackSHS was also presented by Project Coordinator Esteve Fernandez in the session «ENSP Projects – Science and research for Tobacco Control» on 23 March.

Finally, Giuseppe Gorini from the Institute for Cancer Prevention Studies (Florence, Italy) and Esteve Fernández, project coordinator, presented some of the TackSHS findings in oral communications on 25 March:

• Burden Of Disease Form Second-Hand Smoke: A Review (Giulia Carreras; Giuseppe Gorini; Esteve Fernández; Maria J. López; Silvano Gallus; Sean Semple; Luke Clancy; Panagiotis Behrakis; Ario A. Ruprecht; Angel López-Nicolás; Dominick Nguyen; Joan B Soriano)
• Health Effects Associated With Exposure To Second-Hand Smoke (Giulia Carreras; Giuseppe Gorini; Esteve Fernández; Maria J. López; Silvano Gallus; Sean Semple; Luke Clancy; Panagiotis Behrakis; Ario A. Ruprecht; Angel López-Nicolás; Dominick Nguyen; Joan B Soriano)
• Exposure To Secondhand Aerosol Produced By Electronic Cigarettes: A Systematic Review (Esteve Fernández; Marcela Fu; Jose María Martínez-Sánchez; Olena Tigova; Armando Peruga; Tackshs Investigators)

Please find the summaries of all presentations at the TackSHS session held on 23 March below.

WP2 Environmental assessment of SHS exposure in private settings and outdoor settings in Europe

WP3 Survey on secondhand smoke and electronic cigarettes in Europe

WP4 Measuring for change: air quality feedback to reduce SHS exposure in the home and car

WP5 Exposure to secondhand smoke in exempted areas/outside areas and acute health effects in patients with chronic lung disease

WP6 Clinical impact of secondhand exposure to e-cigarettes emissions on the respiratory system

WP7 Secondhand tobacco smoke in experimental and reallife conditions: methods of measurement

WP9 Attributable mortality and morbidity to secondhand smoke in Europe

WP11 Dissemination of project findings