The Joint Action on Tobacco Control: A cooperation project for strengthening tobacco control in Europe

Affiliations

¹ Danish Safety Technology Authority (DSTA), Esbjerg, Denmark.
² National Public Health Organization (NPHO), Athens, Greece.
³ Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria.
⁴ Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), National Centre on Addiction and Doping, Rome, Italy.
⁵ ANSES, Risk Assessment Department, Maisons-Alfort, France.
⁶ Centre for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
⁷ Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO); Tobacco Control Research Group, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL); L'Hospitalet, Spain; CIBER Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.
⁸ Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.

Editorial

Mike S Straarup et al. Tob Prev Cessat. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 1:8:26.

doi: 10.18332/tpc/151050. eCollection 2022.

¹ Danish Safety Technology Authority (DSTA), Esbjerg, Denmark.
² National Public Health Organization (NPHO), Athens, Greece.
³ Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria.
⁴ Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), National Centre on Addiction and Doping, Rome, Italy.
⁵ ANSES, Risk Assessment Department, Maisons-Alfort, France.
⁶ Centre for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
⁷ Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO); Tobacco Control Research Group, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL); L'Hospitalet, Spain; CIBER Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.
⁸ Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.

No abstract available

Keywords: Europe; joint action; tobacco control.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest and none was reported.

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