The 8th European Conference on Tobacco or Health

The 8th European Conference on Tobacco or Health was organized in Berlin, Germany,  on February 19 – 22 , 2020. More than four hundred attendees took part in this event. Participants were tobacco control experts, researchers and policymakers, mostly from the European region and beyond. The aim of this conference was the dissemination of high-quality research results and policy outputs about different tobacco control measuers and their implementation in the region. Also, good examples from practice were presented by lecturers from different countries (United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland) Presentations were very interesting for all attendees: for government policymakers, civil society and international organizations, researchers and health experts as well.

Representatives from each project team participated in the Conference: University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute of Economic Sciences, Institute for Socio-Economic Analysis, Analytica, University of Banja Luka, Development Solution Associates, Democracy Plus.

Each team presented their main findings about tobacco price and income elasticities as well as current tobacco control policies:  Marko Vladisavljevic (IES), Dragan Gligoric (UNIBL), Aida Gjika (DSA), Ana Mugoša (ISEA) and Besnik Prekazi (Democracy Plus). Natasha Trajkova Najdovska (Analytica) and Mihajlo Djukic (IES) had poster presentations.

The ECTOH Conference Programme you can find on the link: https://www.ectoh.org/files/content/Program/ECToH_program_2020.pdf