At the occasion of the ENSP Network Meeting held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 19-21 October 2016, ENSP had the pleasure to award the following persons and organisations with the ENSP Award for Outstanding contribution to Tobacco Control:

1 – Alojz Peterle, MEP Slovenia, President MEPs against Cancer

2 – Marijan Ivanuša, Head of WHO Slovenian Country office

3 – Vesna Kerstin Petrič – Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Health,

4 – Nataša Blažko, Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Health

5 – Tomaž Čakš – Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia

6 – Helena Koprivnikar, National Institute of Public Health

7 – Slovenian Coalition for Public Health, Environment and Tobacco Control

8 – Youth Network No Excuse Slovenia

9 – Special Award: Mihaela Lovše – Slovenian Coalition for Public Health, Environment and Tobacco Control

MEP Alojz Peterle received the ENSP Award in the European Parliament, Brussels on 24 January 2017.

 Vesna Kerstin Petrič – Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Health, receives the ENSP award in Ljubljana Municipal Building on 19 October 2016.

Mayor of Ljubljana, Mr. Zoran Jankovic, welcomed attendants and awardees in Ljubljana Municipal Building on 19 October 2016.

 Tomaž Čakš – Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia, received the ENSP Award for outstanding efforts in Tobacco Control.

Mihaela Lovše – Slovenian Coalition for Public Health, Environment and Tobacco Control, received the Special Award for Outstanding efforts in Tobacco Control.