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Lifting the smokescreen: 10 reasons for a smoke free Europe
A total of 79,000 people in Europe die each year as a result of passive smoking, says a report published today by the Smokefree Partnership (which includes the European Respiratory Society, the Institut National du Cancer (France) and Cancer Research UK) and the European Heart Network.
"Lifting the smokescreen: 10 reasons for a smoke free Europe" aims to assist European and other national politicians and policy makers to promote and implement comprehensive smoke-free legislation.
The report includes an estimate of deaths attributable to passive smoking in Europe, the economics of smoke-free policies, the impact of smoking bans in restaurant and bars, public attitudes to smoke-free policies in Europe and reasons why ventilation is not a viable alternative to a complete smoking ban. Finally, the report also includes a chapter on the smoke-free successes: mistakes made and lessons learnt.
The report was launched at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium on March 21, 2006 and is available in three languages:
Read the full report in English 
Read the full report in German
Read the full report in Spanish
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Executive summary
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Commissioned to accompany the publication of the report "Lifting the smokescreen: 10 reasons for a smoke free Europe", the report on "Tobacco industry strategy to defeat smoke free policies and legislation" concentrated on just one aspect of that strategy: the recruitment of scientists to attack and undermine the emerging, and now independently confirmed, scientific consensus on the harm caused by exposure to secondhand smoke. Read the report on the "Tobacco industry strategy to defeat smoke free policies and legislation" - © European Respiratory Society - All Rights Reserved
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