by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 4, 2020 | Opinion
Guest Article; Brian Ward, Director of Advocacy and European Public Affairs, European Respiratory Society The theme of this year’s World No Tobacco Day has been extremely timely and important: to protect youth from industry manipulation and to prevent them from both...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 4, 2020 | Opinion
Guest article by Rana Orhan and Nick Xifaras, European Medical Students’ Association (EMSA) @emsa_europe Every year on May 31st, we celebrate World No Tobacco Day. This global campaign was introduced to keep reminding us of the achievements the world has made in the...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 28, 2019 | Statements
About: Plain packaging – an evidence-based policy in support of people’s health Brussels, 28 June 2019 Dear Dr. Franc Trček, In light of the recent discussions in the Parliament of Slovenia about the desirability of plain packaging of tobacco products, the...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 31, 2019 | Opinion
Tobacco and Trade: an unhealthy and harmful marriage On 31st May, we celebrate the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated World No Tobacco Day which this year focuses on tobacco and lung health. While the health-harmful nature of traditional tobacco products is...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 31, 2019 | Opinion
Image by https://rebcenter-moscow.ru/ (Own work) CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Marine Faure & Charlotta Pisinger, European Respiratory Society Back in the 1960s, when smoking was more popular, cigarettes were used as fashion accessories and models,...