European Action on Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy |
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Despite the increasing awareness of harmful effects of smoking
in pregnancy as well as severe negative health consequences of passive
smoking in early childhood, prevalence rates of smoking in young
women, their partners and in parents of young children remain quite
high or even increase in Europe. |
| Successful intervention strategies
to increase quitting rates in these target groups are available but
are regionally limited. Intervention effects could further be improved
by both a better cooperation of professional groups in the health
care sector and the exchange of effective intervention measures. |
| The cooperation of 7 EC member states
and Bulgaria as a furture member has lead to the establishment of
an EC wide network focusing on smoking in pregnancy and in parents
of newborns, which may in turn form the basis of a European Code of
Practice. |
| The EUROpean action on
Smoking Cessation In Pregnancy (EURO-scip) project website can be
accessed by
clicking here. |
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Project Leader |
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Dr. Klaus Giersiepen MPH, BIPS, Bremen, Germany |
Transnational Partners |
- Women of the North West
- Hellenic Cancer society, Greece.
- F.A.R.E.S., Belgium
- Cancerfonden, Sweden.
- Stivoro, The Netherlands
- Conselho de Prevenção do Tabagismo, Portugal
- Association Women Against Tobacco - Bulgaria
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