| Launching of the New euFAQT Project |
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European Commission: Public Health Program 2008- 2013eu Families and Adolescents Quit Tobacco – euFAQT Prolepsis has just launched a new project titled eu Families and Adolescents Quit Tobacco –the euFAQT project. The project officially started on the 1st of November 2009 and will last for 3 years. The project is co funded by the European Commission - Directorate of Health and Consumers while Prolepsis has received financial support for the project from the Hellenic – KEELPNO. The promotion of a healthier smoke free way of life for European adolescents and their families is the main objective of the euFAQT project. euFAQT aims to complement EU policies on smoking by adding to the knowledge about smoking prevention and cessation in adolescents. It seeks to create a culture of prevention by promoting the benefits of smoke free environments, de-normalizing smoking and facilitating efforts for prevention and cessation. Adolescents and their families are approached in key educational and entertainment settings and with their participation the project develops, implements and evaluates innovative, evidence based and easily transferable interventions for the prevention of smoking and the enhancement of smoking cessation efforts.
THE euFAQT NETWORK Project Coordinator Institute of Preventive Medicine, Environmental and Occupational Health, Prolepsis, Greece Associated Partners FUNDATIA ROMTENS, Romania Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland INNOVAMED Medical and Educational Development Ltd. P., Hungary STOP SMOKING, Slovakia Bulgaria Youth Prevention, Bulgaria Collaborating Partners Cyprus International Institute for the Environment and Public Health in Association with Harvard School of Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Baskent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, Czech Republic
Pania Karnaki, Project Manager: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , +30-210 6255700 (109) or Dina Zota: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , +30-210 6255700 (108) Project dedicated website: under construction |
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The euFAQT project has received funding from the European Union / DG Health and Consumer Protection. The European Commission and the Executive Agency are not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained on this website.
The project was kindly supported by KEELPNO.
