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A brief history of the major anti-smoking communication campaigns
In France, the story of anti-smoking communication campaigns began under the impetus of the “loi Veil”, a law passed on 9 July 1976 which was the first major text to …
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Young people, a target of communication strategies in their own right
The history of the major communication campaigns cannot be told only by referring to the actions aimed at the wider public. Indeed, since 1976, smoking during adolescence has proved to …
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Denouncing industry manipulation
Following the example of the abrupt change in tone introduced among the wider public in “Revelation”, the campaign entitled “I am being manipulated” (2001) tackled the issue of teen smoking …
A manga film teaching people to resist their first cigarettes
In 2010, with a view to finding a fresh way of communicating with teenagers, INPES decided to create a new strategy which took advantage of the various technologies available on …
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Recommendations for successful health communication with young people
With their wealth of experience, whether led by institutes such as INPES or by community, local or professional networks, the forty years of communication campaigns in the field of smoking …
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Traditional Slovenian Breakfast – Public health’s great achievement
Initiative with Positive Impacts on Public Health and an example of good practise of inter-sectorial collaboration Recent studies have shown that nearly a third of Slovenian adolescents regularly skip breakfast …
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Healthy Workforce: A key component of our lives
Protecting and promoting health in the workplace is of the utmost importance given the centrality of work to many Europeans. Work provides a source of income and social protection, helps …
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Linking health promotion with sustainable development
EuroHealthNet aims to always work in an innovative manner, in partnership with other stakeholders and by pursuing ‘health in all policy’ approaches. In this way, we aim- to take health …
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Can pension reforms help EU citizens become healthier?
The EU is facing tough challenges, including demographic changes and Member States are adapting their retirement practices and pension systems to keep them sustainable and adequate. Yet, pension reforms often …
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EuroHealthNet’s Action on Healthy Ageing
One of the greatest challenges currently facing Europe is how best to adapt EU policies and strategies to meet the demands associated with demographic change. As the EU faces this …
What is being done to tackle Health Inequalities in the EU?
Health Inequalities are a complex phenomenon, and entail lower life-spans and healthy-life years for millions of people in the EU. They undermine quality of life, well-being, the principle of solidarity, …
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Being a trainee at EuroHealthNet
Andriana, you are a trainee at EuroHealthNet, what motivated you to come and work in our organisation? One thing I have learned through my academic passage on the fields of …