Esteve Fernández

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Director of Epidemiology, Prevention and Cancer Control at the Catalan Institute of Oncology and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control at the Catalan Institute of Oncology

Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)

Topics

epidemiology, smoking, cancer

Clinical trial compares efficacy of e-cigarettes and varenicline for smoking cessation

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Clinical trial compares efficacy of e-cigarettes and varenicline for smoking cessation

SMC Spain

A clinical trial in Finland has compared the effectiveness of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes and varenicline tablets for smoking cessation. The study, which included 458 participants, found no difference between the two strategies at six months. However, after one year, only varenicline was found to be clearly more effective than placebo. The results are published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.

Reactions to Catalonia's proposal to ban smoking on bar terraces

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Reactions to Catalonia's proposal to ban smoking on bar terraces

SMC Spain

In an interview on TV3's Els Matins, the Catalan government's health minister Josep Maria Argimon explained that they are preparing a regulation to ban smoking on bar terraces and make them "smoke-free spaces". They are also considering adding canopies and the entrances and exits of schools to the ban.

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