NIJZ Team member
Helena Koprivnikar
Specialist in Public Health
Helena Koprivnikar, MD, Specialist in Public Health works in the area of tobacco prevention and tobacco control. She was a member of the working group for drafting the new Restriction on the Use of Tobacco and Related Products Act, adopted in Slovenia in February2017 and Restriction on the Use of Tobacco Products Act, adopted in Slovenia in 2007, now she coordinates a group of relevant stakeholders in tobacco prevention and tobacco control. She is involved in various studies in the area of tobacco, such as the National Study on the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs in general population and in prisons. European Health Interview Survey, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children and others and is the author and co-author of several articles and monographs on tobacco topics and numerous publications for health professionals and lay public.