November 8, 2022 jaotcadmin

Secondhand smoke and aerosols exposure in Europe: pathways to the future

Registration is now open

This is a second Joint Action on Tobacco Control (JATC2) webinar event hosted by the Health Service Executive, Environmental Health Service, (Ireland), and co-organized by the WHO Collaborating Center for Tobacco Control, Catalan Institute of Oncology.

Objectives:
The objectives for this webinar are as follows:

  • To take stock of the current issues in relation to secondhand smoke and secondhand aerosol exposure
  • Share our experiences of enablers and barriers

The webinar will also aim to develop collaborations and to showcase best practice in tackling secondhand smoke in public places and open spaces.

Date: 22nd November 2022 13.00 – 15.00 CET

Registration has now opened for this exciting and thought-provoking webinar with interesting speakers and opportunities to hear from colleagues from around the world.

Please note this webinar starts at 12.00 in Ireland which is 13:00 CET.

Webinar

Secondhand smoke and aerosols exposure in Europe: pathways to the future.

A JATC-2 Webinar, co-organized with the
Catalan Institute of Oncology/ WHO Collaborating Center for Tobacco Control
Date and time: November 22nd, 2022; from 13.00 to 15.00 h. CET
  • 13.00 Introduction
    Dr. Maurice Mulcahy, Environmental Health Service, Ireland; Prof. Esteve Fernández, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, CIBER Respiratory Diseases; University of Barcelona; Dr. Renata Solimini, National Centre on Addiction and Doping, Italian National Institute of Health.Each presentation (20 min) + questions (5 min)
  • 13.10: Current status of secondhand smoke and secondhand aerosol exposure in Europe
    Dr. Silvano Gallus & Dr. Alessandra Lugo, IRCS Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri” IRCCS, Milan, Italy
  • 13.35: Exposure to secondhand smoke in open spaces in Europe
    Dr. Eli Henderson, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau, Public Health Agency of Barcelona & Dr. Maria J. López, Public Health Agency of Barcelona, CIBER Epidemiology of Public Health, Spain
  • 14.00: Burden of disease attributable to secondhand smoke exposure in Europe
    Dr. Giulia Carreras & Dr. Giuseppe Gorini, Center for Oncological Prevention, Florence, Italy
  • 14.25: Best practices to tackle secondhand smoke exposure in Europe
    Dr. Dolors Carnicer-Pont & Ms. Anna Mar López, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, CIBER Respiratory Diseases, Barcelona, Spain
  • 14.50: Open debate & closing
    Dr. Maurice Mulcahy & Prof. Esteve Fernández