{"id":5552,"date":"2018-07-04T12:48:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T12:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smokefreegreece.gr\/?page_id=5552"},"modified":"2019-07-19T15:08:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T15:08:03","slug":"active-smoking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smokefreegreece.gr\/en\/active-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”5961″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”Active Smoking” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Smoking is the biggest epidemic of our time.\u00a0 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco causes over 6 million premature deaths every year. It is estimated that it causes 71% of lung cancers, 42% of chronic respiratory diseases and 10% of cardiovascular diseases making it the single most important preventable cause of disease. The WHO estimates that deaths from tobacco will increase to 7.5 million by 2020.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u201cTobacco kills up to half of its users\u201d \u2013WHO, 2018<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”REFERENCES”][vc_column_text]\n

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  1. World Health Organization. Tobacco: Fact Sheet.
    \nhttp:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/tobacco<\/a><\/span>.
    \nPublished 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_section css=”.vc_custom_1501164599233{padding-top: 75px !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”5718″ img_size=”100×140″ alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”4352″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Annual Student Conferences” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fsmokefreegreece.gr%2Fen%2Fannual-school-student-conferences%2F|||”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”4559″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Educational Material for Students ” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fsmokefreegreece.gr%2Fen%2Feducational-material%2F|||”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”4671″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Educational Intervention Seminars ” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fsmokefreegreece.gr%2Fen%2Feducational-interventions%2F|||”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”4570″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Train the Trainer” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fsmokefreegreece.gr%2Fen%2Ftrain-the-trainer%2F|||”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”4571″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Corporate Social Responsibility” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fsmokefreegreece.gr%2Fen%2Fcorporate-social-responsibility%2F|||”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_column 0=””][\/vc_column][vc_column 0=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1563449749611{margin-top: 100px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #eeeeee !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:center|color:%23ed1c24″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The SMOKEFREEGREECE<\/strong> initiative, established in 2009 for tobacco prevention with an emphasis in the school community, does not in any capacity, hold any obligation or relation to any funders, institutions, persons, or initiatives with similar names and\/or scope. Does not have any financial, ideological, social relationship or collaboration with any industry related to the manufacturing, production, distribution or promotion of tobacco and\/or other novel tobacco products.<\/p>\n

    The SMOKEFREEGREECE <\/strong>initiative is fully funded by the Behrakis Foundation Boston MA<\/strong> and is supported by the NGO Hellenic Cancer Society<\/strong> and the Educational Institution, The American College of Greece. <\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1563547432716{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #d1d1d1 !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”UNDER THE AUSPICES OF” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:center|color:%23606060″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1500289337105{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”4319″ img_size=”250×104″ alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/about-acg\/institute-of-public-health\/”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”4724″ img_size=”250×104″ alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”http:\/\/researchlab.gr\/”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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