European Regulatory Science on Tobacco: Policy Implementation to Reduce Lung Diseases (EUREST-PLUS)

Summary

The main objective of EUREST-PLUS is to monitor and evaluate the impact of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) within the context of FCTC ratification at an EU level. The investigators specific objectives, within WorkPackage 2 and Workpackage 3 are: To evaluate the psychosocial and behavioral impact of TPD implementation and FCTC implementation, through the creation of a cohort study of adult smokers in 6 European Member States (EU MS), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Spain; (total n=6000) in a pre- vs. post-TPD study design.

EUREST-PLUS is funded through the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 681109

Conditions

• Tobacco Dependence

Interventions

OTHER

Questionnaire

Questionnaire: To evaluate the impact of the implementation of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• King's College London

  collaborator OTHER

• German Cancer Research Center

  collaborator OTHER

• Maastricht University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Athens

  collaborator OTHER

• AER PUR ROMANIA

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• European Respiratory Society

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Waterloo

  collaborator OTHER

• Institut Català d'Oncologia

  collaborator OTHER

• DOHANYZAS VAGY EGESZSEG MAGYAR ALAPITVANY

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• PROMOCJA ZDROWIA - ZDROWIE ALBO TYTON FUNDACJA

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Crete

  collaborator OTHER

• TNS OPINION SA

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• European Network For Smoking and Tobacco Prevention

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Constantine Vardavas, MD,RN,MPH,PHD · European Network For Smoking and Tobacco Prevention

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-06-15

Primary Completion

2016-09-12

Completion

2018-05-06

Countries

• Belgium

Study Locations