{"id":6421,"date":"2018-11-01T14:14:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T14:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smokefreegreece.gr\/?p=6421"},"modified":"2020-01-27T17:44:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T15:44:51","slug":"tobacco-control-in-e-u-and-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smokefreegreece.gr\/en\/tobacco-control-in-e-u-and-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobacco Control in E.U. and Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ms. Thea Emmerling, Head of Cross-border Health Care and Tobacco Control work, DG SANTE of the European Commission, recently visited Athens after being invited by the Institute of Public Health and the Office of Public Affairs. Ms. Emmerling was the guest speaker of the \u201cTobacco Control in E.U. and Greece\u201d event that took place at the ACG Campus, in collaboration with the SmokefreeGreece Initiative, Center of Excellence for Sustaianability, Office of Student Affairs and the Health & Wellness Center.<\/h4>\n

During her stay, Ms. Emmerling and the Director of the Institute of Public Health, Prof. Panagiotis Behrakis<\/strong>, had a fruitful meeting at the Greek Ministry of Health with the Head of the Directorate-General for Public Health and Life Quality, Ms Vassiliki Karaouli<\/em> and the Head of Addictions\u2019 Department, Mr Efstratios Skopelitis<\/em>. The main subject of discussion at the meeting was the need for implementation and enforcement of the smoking ban by the Greek Government and possible ways of cooperation with the European Commission to optimize the procedure. The team of the SmokefreeGreece<\/strong> initiative welcomed Ms. Emmerling to the Institute of Public Health in Plaka, Athens, who shared with her some of the actions and efforts that have been made to prevent tobacco smoking among youth in Greece and on progress made by the Joint Action on Tobacco Control, a European project aiming to aid in the implementation of the tobacco products directive in EU member states, coordinated by the George D. Behrakis Research Lab of the Hellenic Cancer Society<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Pierce Students of A Gymnasium, prepared a special event where they presented to Ms Emmerling, Prof.Behrakis and their peers the activities of the Anti-Smoking Club from 2006 to the present, under the supervision of their teacher Ms Chrysoula Barabouti, including\u00a0plays, photographic material from their participation in\u00a0Student Conferences, Panhellenic\u00a0and\u00a0International Competitions,\u00a0artistic creations\u00a0(paintings, poems and collages) and videos that have been created and produced by members of their Club.<\/p>\n