Carlos Jiménez-Ruiz

Carlos Jiménez-Ruiz

Carlos Jiménez-Ruiz
Position
Pulmonologist specialising in smoking cessation who has served as coordinator of the Smoking Cessation Unit, director of the Smoking Cessation Research Programme and president of SEPAR (2018–2021)
Topics

Warning over the number of passive smokers and exposure on Spanish terraces

The journal Tobacco Control has published a study on the proportion of passive smokers in Spain in 2024, which allows for a comparison with three previous editions and, for the first time, includes information on non-smokers’ exposure to smoke on outdoor terraces, as well as to e-cigarette products. The study, carried out by the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR), shows, for the first time in the data series, an upward trend in the number of passive smokers. Bar terraces are identified as the main location of exposure. Three of the authors explained the main findings and their recommendations at a briefing organised by SMC Spain.

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