Author Archives : xesco

Researchers from the Tobacco Control Unit of the Catalan Institute of Oncology-University of Barcelona have published results on the determinants of follow-up of a cohort of nursing students from Catalonia in the Journal of Professional Nursing. Of the 4,381 participants in the baseline study conducted in the 2015-2016 academic year, 25% (1,097) participated in the […]

FIA, a global organization that promotes motor sport, continues accepting sponsorship from tobacco industry. The organization that promotes roads safety at the same time accepts sponsorship from the industry that contributes to more than 8 million deaths worldwide each year due to tobacco consumption. Such sponsorship is not acceptable! On May 2022, Spain hosts Formula 1 […]

On May 10, the nurses of the Tobacco Control Unit (UCT) Clinic, Anna Riccobene and Marta Enríquez,  held two informative-motivational workshops for smokers at the Joia Foundation. This non-profit organization offers insertion services to people with mental disorders in 10 centers in Barcelona. Specifically, the activity was held at the headquarters of Bac de Roda in […]

New challenges for tobacco control: is there interference from the tobacco industry in Spain? The answer to this question was extensively debated in a monographic conference on the 27th of April and the conclusion was strongly “yes”. In fact, the tobacco industry has been and still is interfering both on a national and international level […]

La industria del tabaco interfiere en los esfuerzos de salud pública para el control del tabaco mediante maniobras para secuestrar el proceso político y legislativo; exagerar la importancia económica de la industria; manipular la opinión pública para obtener la apariencia de respetabilidad; fabricando apoyo a través de grupos de fachada; desacreditar la ciencia probada; e […]

The Cancer Prevention Route took place on April 7 in El Masnou, as part of the Health Week activities organized by the El Masnou city council with the collaboration of the Table of Community Health of El Masnou and the Sant Franscesc d’Asís Foundation The route was in charge of The Tobacco Control Unit and […]

Past Thursday, January 13, we had the first meeting of the project “Effectiveness of an evidence-based intervention to promote smoke-free homes: randomized controlled trial” financed by the Carlos III Health Institute. This study is coordinated by the ICO/IDIBELL Tobacco Control Unit in collaboration with researchers from the Public Health Agencies of Barcelona (ASPB) and Catalonia […]

For a long time, the tobacco industry has been interfering in tobacco control policies at the local, regional, and global level by means of varied tactics. These aggressive tactics try to undermine the public health efforts including the WHO FCTC and include, as described by WHO, maneuvering to hijack the political and legislative process; exaggerating […]