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    World No Tobacco Day 2023: We need food, not tobacco

    World No Tobacco Day 2023 presents an opportunity to examine the multifaceted challenges posed by tobacco cultivation and advocate for a sustainable future. Here are the key messages of this year, outlining the need for empowering tobacco farmers, combating child labor, maximizing land efficiency for zero hunger, and strengthening policy implementation. By promoting collective action, we can pave the way for a healthier, more equitable world. Promoting Alternative Crop Production  Highlighting viable alternatives to tobacco cultivation becomes paramount in empowering farmers. By emphasizing sustainable, nutritious crop options, we can not only improve their livelihoods but also foster long-term sustainability. Advocating […]

    The official launch of the new EU Project 4P-CAN

    4P-CAN (Personalised Cancer Primary Prevention Research through Citizen Participation and Digitally Enabled Social Innovation) is a HORIZON project (HORIZON-MISS-2022-CANCER-01, Type of Action: HORIZON-RIA) which aims, during 4 years, to build on an innovative vision to understand the complex system that surrounds the citizen, the person, and how it increases the risk for cancer on three major levels – macro (at the national level), meso/mezzo (at the community level) and micro (at the individual level).  Following the European Code Against Cancer recommendations as a narrative reference and combining implementation research (including economic sciences), social sciences and humanities (SSH), together with behavioral sciences, […]

    ENSP Tobacco Dependence Treatment Training in Bucharest, Romania

    In order to support the implementation of Article 14 of the WHO FCTC, ENSP developed the European Guidelines for Treating Tobacco Dependence. These guidelines are the most recent and globally up-to-date systematic clinical guidelines for smoking cessation, based on best practice standards. ENSP, in collaboration with the Romanian Society of Pneumology, the Medical Student Society in Bucharest, and SCOPH, organised a Tobacco Dependence Treatment event in Bucharest, Romania on 15 May 2023. The event involved young medical students who have been trained to become qualified anti-tobacco trainers.

    26-28 April, Madrid: the 9th European Conference on Tobacco or Health

    The European Congress on Tobacco or Health (ECToH), opened by H.M. the Queen, was held in Spain for the first time, organised by the Spanish Association Against Cancer, along with the Spanish Committee for the Prevention of Smoking and the Association of European Cancer Leagues. The aim of the congress was to promote a youth movement against tobacco and continue working under one goal: to achieve the first tobacco-free generation in Europe by 2040. ENSP proudly contributed and provided the 9th edition of ECToH with expertise and support to empower the young generation. The Congress represented the starting point for […]

    Smart Diaspora: Romanian diaspora in higher education, science, innovation and entrepreneurship

    From April 10 to 13, 2023, a new edition of the Conference of the Romanian Academic and Scientific Diaspora was organized in Timișoara, an event under the Patronage of the President of Romania, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, the Timișoara University Alliance (ATU), UEFISCDI and the Romanian Academy. During the conference “Smart Diaspora: Diaspora in higher education, science, innovation and entrepreneurship. Diaspora and its friends – 2023” a series of 38 exploratory workshops took place with the aim of facilitating scientific collaboration between Romanian researchers and those from the diaspora. The workshop “Innovative […]

    ENSP’s Key Messages for World Cancer Day

    As the 4th of February approaches, ENSP invites all members and stakeholders to join the movement and share these 5 key messages and resources that advocate for a healthier future. Cancer remains a serious threat affecting the lives of Europeans. Today, Europe accounts for a tenth of the world’s population, but a quarter of the world’s cancer cases severely impacts not only the life of the ones affected but also their families and puts major pressure on the Member States’ health and social systems and economies. Tobacco consumption continues to be the leading cause of preventable cancer, with 27% of all […]

    🎗World Cancer Day🎗 Special Edition

    EU Commissioner Stella Kyriakides opened the 2023 Cancer Conference on Eradicating Inequalities in Cancer care by recalling that cancer is a top priority for the EU, encouraging all citizens to join forces and highlighting the importance of fair access to cancer care. This conference marks the fourth year since Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan has united our community, offering hope and strength to overcome cancer inequalitites across the EU. Read the full speech The improvements in social conditions, health developments, and provisions in Europe have led to an increase in the life expectancy of its population. However, data shows that cancer remains a serious […]

    European Citizens’ Initiative “Tobacco Free Environment and the First European Tobacco-Free Generation by 2030” has been officially launched!

    The initiative “Call to achieve a tobacco-free environment and the first European tobacco-free generation by 2030” was accepted by the European Commission last year, and the organizing team moved forward with the preparation of the signing campaign for 2023. The campaign is officially launched today, on 16th January 2023, and will end on 16 January 2024. The public launch will be marked through coordinated events organized in each country on January 26, 2023. In order for the Commission to move forward with the recommendations proposed by this initiative, 1 million statements of support must be collected within 1 year, and reach the specific threshold […]

    ENSP Monograph: 25 years of Tobacco Control history in Europe

    The European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention was born 25 years ago with organisations, but above all, people who recognised their responsibilities in relation to the health of citizens in Europe. They were committed and willing to engage with developing public policy, but also a real never-seen-before culture change. At a time when nobody could hope or imagine it possible, they believed in a smoke-free Europe and declared war to the tobacco industry. Initially funded by the Europe Against Cancer programme, a network of national coalitions was established by a group of experts to coordinate smoking prevention actions, following […]

    Announcement of the new Belgian Strategy for a Tobacco Free Generation

    The European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP) congratulates Kingdom of Belgium on the Interfederal Strategy 2022-2028 for a Tobacco Free Generation [1] launched yesterday in order to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use in Belgium in the coming years. ENSP supports the Belgian vision to achieve a tobacco-free generation and endorses this set of measures covering second-hand smoke, indoor/outdoor spaces, plain packaging for all products, novel tobacco products, enforcement of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3 regarding the tobacco industry interference, and others. ENSP congratulates its members from the Belgian Alliance for a Smoke Free […]

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