January 16, 2017
The COP or the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is the governing body of the WHO FCTC comprised of all Parties to the Convention. The COP...
January 12, 2017
With the rise in production and marketing of hybrid tobacco products, such as the heated-not-burned products, ENSP would like to highlight the legislative issues and health risks related to these new tobacco products. Heated-not-burned...
January 10, 2017
Introduction Tobacco products are unique: they cause chronic diseases for their active and passive consumers (cancer, cardio-vascular and respiratory diseases); they prematurely kill one in two loyal consumers (700 000 annual deaths in...
January 10, 2017
2026 24 August – Call for Abstracts for the 11th ECTC; New Head of the WHO FCTC Secretariat; Join the PYHF 2026; International Youth Day 2026 30 June – The Future of...
January 10, 2017
The National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organisation publishes comprehensive monograph “The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control” Tobacco use remains one of the world’s leading causes of preventable premature death,...
December 23, 2016
ENSP calls for applications to assist in the evaluation of ENSP activities related to the implementation of the ENSP work programme 2016. We are looking for proposals from individuals or companies with...
December 7, 2016
On December 5-6, the Parliament of Moldova hosted a policy dialogue on the subject of implementation of the Law on Tobacco Control and the experience of countries in the European Region of...
December 5, 2016
The European Commission has recently released a Public Consultation on excise duties applied to manufactured tobacco open from 17/11/2016 to 16/02/2017. The Consultation intends to gather the views of EU citizens and stakeholders on a set of...
December 1, 2016
The WHO FCTC was adopted by the World Health Assembly on 21 May 2003 and entered into force on 27 February 2005. It now counts 180 parties world-wide, supporting the promotion of...
December 1, 2016
The EU TPD came into force On 20th May 2016, setting a number of clear measures to prevent people from using tobacco, with the aim to specifically protect further the younger generations. Amongst the...
