Annual Congress Munich 2006

Saturday, 02.09.2006
Sunday, 03.09.2006
Monday, 04.09.2006
Tuesday, 05.09.2006
Wednesday, 06.09.2006

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, abstract number.

Material from 2006:

4395 Abstracts
610 Slide presentations
175 Webcasts
95 Handouts
175 Multimedia files

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Tobacco control in Europe: what are the priorities?

Symposium
Chairs: J. Britton (Nottingham, United Kingdom), I. Annesi Maesano (Paris, France)
Aims: This symposium will review the prevalence of smoking across Europe and the implementation of basic population strategies for primary and secondary smoking prevention in different countries. At the end of the session the audience will have a working knowledge of the extent of the public health problem caused by smoking in Europe, what can be done to prevent disease at population and individual level and how advanced the different European countries are in delivering these prevention policies. Target audience: All respiratory physicians, surgeons and related healthcare professionals.

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Smoking prevalence and mortality in Europe M. Jarvis (London, United Kingdom)
Current implementation of key tobacco control policies in Europe L. Joossens (Brussels, Belgium)
Implications and priorities for tobacco control in Europe J. Britton (Nottingham, United Kingdom)