Research Seminars

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Research Seminars gather a small number (20 to 100) of well-established and preferably young investigators to address scientific topics in depth and help break new ground. Research Seminars take place over two days in easy-to-reach European cities. They are scientific Seminars involving recently published work and research in progress. Participation is fully supported by the budget granted by the ERS.

Smoke Free Europe Conference 2005, jointly organised by ECL, EHN, ERS, French League against Cancer and Cancer Research UK

The Smoke free Europe 2005 Conference was held in Luxembourg on June 2. It was jointly organised by Cancer Research UK (CRUK), European Cancer Leagues (ECL), European Heart Network, la Ligue National contre le Cancer (LNCC-France), and the ERS. The conference brought together, for the first time, the European level public and private sector employers' associations, trade unions and hospitality sector with the politicians who have taken their countries smokefree or who would like to, and leading researchers who have investigated the economic and behavioural effects of smokefree policies in Ireland and elsewhere.

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Official conference opening M. di Bartolomeo (Minister of Health, Luxembourg. President of the European Health Council)
Setting the scene: Why we need to act – the impact of environmental tobacco smoke on workers S. Allwright (Ireland)
Speech given by Natascha Waltke, UNICE N. Waltke (Senior adviser, UNICE – Union of Industrial & Employer’s Confederations in Europe)
Speech by Mr Dominique VACHER D. Vacher (President of the Working Group on Health and Safety, CEEP – European Enterprises with Public Participation)
Serving customers - protecting employees M. Couchman (Deputy Chief Executive of the British Hospitality Association (BHA) and member of HOTREC – Hotels, Restaurants and Cafés in Europe)
Smoke free Workplaces - A Trade Union View J. Douglas (General Secretary of MANDATE - The union of retail, bar and administrative workers in Ireland)
The impact on smokers of Smoke Free workplace legislation in Ireland G.T. Fong (ITC Project, Canada)
Ventilation as a means of controlling tobacco pollution exposure of workers D. Kotzias (European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy)
The economic impact of Smoke Free workplaces L. Joossens (European Cancer Leagues, Belgium)
Doing it their way: How Europe’s Smoke Free pioneers went and what happened next - Italy G. Sirchia (former Minister of Health)
Doing it their way: How Europe’s Smoke Free pioneers went and what happened next - Finland S. Mönkäre (Minister of Social affairs and Health)
Doing it their way: How Europe’s Smoke Free pioneers went and what happened next - Latvia G. Berzins (Minister of Health)
Doing it their way: How Europe’s Smoke Free pioneers went and what happened next - Poland P. Sztwiertnia (Under-secretary of State)
Doing it their way: How Europe’s Smoke Free pioneers went and what happened next - Hungary M. Kökény (Member of the Parliament. Government Commissioner for Public Health Coordination)
Doing it their way: How Europe’s Smoke Free pioneers went and what happened next - Cyprus A. Gavrielides (Minister of Health)
Closing Keynote Address R. Madelin (European Commission Director-General for Health and Consumer Protection)