Prevention is the first line of defence against #cancer. Our team is working to reduce cancer burden by improving the reach and effectiveness of prevention programmes targeting six risk factors: 👉Tobacco, alcohol, sun exposure, HPV infection, diet and phyisical activity

I don’t why the media are reporting that the NHS is to start offering a “new” or “game changer” stop smoking pill. Varenicline was first available in the UK in 2006. I have prescribed it many times previously. All that has happened is that is has been re-introduced in the UK.

🚀 WE’RE HIRING!🚀 Busquem un investigador/a postdoctoral per formar part del PIECES Project. Treballaràs a la Unitat de Control del Tabac de Institut Català d'Oncologia i IDIBELL. 💬Anglès, català i castellà 📅Inscriu-te abans del 2 de desembre! Més info: idibell.fundanetsuite.com/convocatoriasp…

My team is hiring for a postdoctoral position as part of the PIECES project, a major EU Horizon initiative aimed at enhancing research and improving the effectiveness of cancer prevention programs 🚀 idibell.fundanetsuite.com/convocatoriasp…

2020年に買ったMacBook air落としてしまった😱かなりショック…画面修理が高額の場合、買い替えを検討してます…研究者の皆さん、MacBookのおすすめのモデルあれば教えてください😭（データ分析多く、R使ってます）

A new survey estimated the percentage of smoke-free homes in Europe. euronews.com/health/2024/11… ERS publications ERS European Lung Foundation TackSHS Project Tobacco Control Unit (ICO-IDIBELL) Institut Català d'Oncologia IDIBELL @ciberes @salutpublicabcn Olena Tigova @stvfdz Mª José López Medina

清田さん、読売国際協力賞受賞おめでとうございます。そして心から、Thank you for your service! パレスチナの人々への支援、長年にわたるご尽力、ありがとうございます。 清田さんに続く人が多くありますように。 中東で保健医療支援に尽力、清田明宏さんに読売国際協力賞 yomiuri.co.jp/world/20241126…

Thrilled to share the amazing work by Olena Tigova, Tobacco Control Unit (ICO-IDIBELL), Istituto Mario Negri, @salutpublicabcn, and the terrific TackSHS Project team! Together, we're taking steps to promote smoke-free homes across Europe. Let’s go! Our research in euronews: euronews.com/health/2024/11…

A/Prof Marita Hefler Tobacco Control NHMRC CRE on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame Sara Hitchman Armando Peruga 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🏥 Laurent Huber Lilia Olefir 🇺🇦 ENSP SmokeFree Partnership ActionSmoking&Health IDIBELL WHO FCTC Faculty of Medicine RIVM World Health Organization (WHO) Rachel O'Donnell Mª José López Medina University of Stirling @salutpublicabcn Emory Prevention Research Center Cristina Martinez Institut Català d'Oncologia Esteve Fernández Early career tobacco control researchers share their knowledge and vision for the future in the final session of the day. Ayaka Teshima Roberto Valiente, Sophie Braznell, Nerea Mourino and Rebecca Howell on stage. Moderated by Xisca Sureda Llull #icowho24

NEW: Today, I’m releasing a Surgeon General’s Advisory on the causal link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk. Alcohol is the 3rd leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., contributing to about 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 cancer deaths each year.

Every minute, 4 women are diagnosed with #BreastCancer 🗺️wide & 1 woman dies from the disease. All stakeholders, particularly govts, can mitigate or reverse these trends by adopting primary prevention policies, & by investing in early detection & treatment iarc.who.int/news-events/br…

The abstract art of delivering a session about #tobacco control and scientific #writing with Ayaka Teshima 🇯🇵🇪🇸 - we had a great exchange of ideas & practices with good colleagues and friends from the European Cancer Leagues YAs group 🇪🇺🎗 #DHPSP #MedTwitter 📸 courtesy of Yakup Gözderesi 🇹🇷

Un estudi liderat per la Tobacco Control Unit (ICO-IDIBELL) revela reptes i canvis en les enquestes del Eurobarometer sobre el consum de tabac durant tres dècades. ▶️Més informació: icoprevencio.cat/uct/un-estudi-… Ayaka Teshima

Our study provides evidence that higher cigarette taxes can reduce child mortality and even narrow survival gaps between rich and poor in LMICs, supporting WHO's call to raise taxes to ≥75% of retail price. shorturl.at/xvE6i

#OesophagealCancer Awareness Month is behind us for another year but oesophageal #cancer continues to affect thousands of people, particularly in parts of #Africa where the 🌍's highest incidence & mortality rates occur. So we must continue to work to better prevent this disease!

🚭#WorldNoTobaccoDay🌍 We're adding a🆕project, DIALCT, to the fight against #tobacco! IARC & partners are coming together to explore how CG & waterpipe smoking can affect DNA. Stay tuned as we uncover epigenetic impacts of tobacco use & why quitting matters more than ever! #WNTD

Nature research paper: The mutagenic forces shaping the genomes of lung cancer in never smokers go.nature.com/44g0mde

NEW The BMJ research evaluates the effectiveness of a doctor delivered screening and ultra-brief intervention for reducing alcohol intake among patients with hazardous drinking in primary care bmj.com/content/390/bm…

🚨We are “entering an uncharted territory of climate change” In The i Paper, Dr Malcolm Mistry, Assistant Professor in Climate and Geo-Spatial Modelling London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine comments on the rise in heatwaves in Europe, and what this means for future summers inews.co.uk/news/world/spa…