The PIECES Consortium, comprising a Horizon Europe-funded collaborative team of cancer prevention experts and implementation scientists, recently gathered in Amsterdam on November 2nd and 3rd for a pivotal meeting aimed at piloting and designing an advanced primary cancer prevention implementation toolkit (PCP-IT) that is being designed to facilitate the implementation of cancer prevention interventions. The […]
In 2022, the Tobacco Control Unit became an advocacy partner of the Smoke Free Partnership (SFP) Coalition, a specialised network comprising of independent EU and national organisations with technical expertise in tobacco control policy. On November 7th, the Tobacco Control Unit participated in the Workshop on Tobacco Taxation organised by the SFP. Increasing tobacco taxes […]
Three Ph.D. candidates from UTC, namely Kenza Laroussy, Judith Saura, and Ayaka Teshima, participated in the Ph.D. Day organized by IDIBELL on November 10th. Kenza delivered an oral presentation, while Judith and Ayaka presented posters during the conference. All these research projects were developed with the support of the UTC team and some associated expert […]
The Tobacco Control Unit (TCU) of ICO participated in the eighth European Conference on Tobacco Control (ECTC) organized by the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP). The conference took place on October 10-12th in Florence, Italy. Abstracts of two projects on which colleagues from the TCU are working on were presented: Joint Action […]
The Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and ALTHAIA, Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa, have both renewed this accreditation, which was granted in 2018. The presentation of this award took place on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, during a hybrid event at the University of Vienna, as part of the Gold Forum Conference. This event served as a […]
The Tobacco Control Unit actively participated in the 2023 SRNT-Europe Conference (The Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco – Europe), held in London from September 11 to 13. These three days were filled with symposiums, talks, posters, and debates focused on research on nicotine and tobacco. At this congress, results were presented on the […]
Ayaka Teshima, an early career researcher at the Tobacco Control Unit and University of Barcelona PhD student, has been selected as a Youth Ambassador for the European Cancer Leagues (ECL) Youth Ambassador Programme. She recently participated in a Summer school organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) Europe. The ECL Youth Ambassadors for the European […]
Tobacco Control Webinars Institut Català d’Oncologia / Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge We are glad to announce the next Tobacco Control Webinar, organized by the Tobacco Control Unit/ WHO Collaborating Center for Tobacco Control. These Webinars are aimed at introducing challenging topics and ongoing research on tobacco control by national and international experts in a […]
The Tobacco Control Unit, of the Institut Català d’Oncologia, is carrying out a validation study of a scale that measures the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) of professionals in the field of substance use in smoking cessation. This study is part of the ACT_ATAC project, funded by the FIS, and its main objective is to […]
Control of tobacco in Brazil is a constant challenge and we must never stop fighting against any form of tobacco products because they harm people hooking them to nicotine and causing several of the most prevalent diseases associated with morbidity, disability, and death. Brazil is an international reference in tobacco control and has been implementing […]
