“The European Oncology Plan has set itself the goal, by 2040, of a ‘tobacco free generation’, ie having less than 5% of the population who will use tobacco, against 25% today. It is evident, not only to experts but to everyone, that to achieve a goal of 5% of smokers by 2040, current policies to combat smoking are not sufficient. We have a long history of failures behind us. A decisive change of pace is therefore necessary by integrating the principle of harm reduction with existing measures, taking the example of virtuous countries such as Great Britain, Sweden, Norway and Japan where evident reductions in smoking have been demonstrated not by scientific studies, but by from federal, national data”
This was stated by prof. Riccardo Polosa, founder of CoEHAR, Research Center for the reduction of harm from smoking, and full professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Catania, yesterday in a hearing in the Social Affairs Commission of the Chamber, in the context of the examination of the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the ‘European plan to fight against cancer’.
