Goals achieved and future challenges

In this podcast Laura Antón from Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tobacco Control in Barcelona  reports on the goals and challenges in the work of Tobacco free Healthcare Services in Catalan. Laura is Vice Chair of the Global Network for Tobacco free Healthcare Services (GNTH )The GLOBAL NETWORK FOR TOBACCO FREE HEALTHCARE SERVICES (GNTH), commonly called the Global Network, is an independent, international, non-profit association that was formed to facilitate action on tobacco within healthcare services. It commenced as a European funded project (European Network of Smokefree Healthcare Services - ENSH in 1999), and has since expanded to involve healthcare services globally from 2009.The organisation was registered initially under Belgian law (as ENSH-Global) and reconstituted as the Global Network (GNTH) under Swiss law in 2015. The Global Network represents healthcare services that are committed to implementing tobacco-free policies with the aim of delivering safe quality care in relation to tobacco for every service user, every time and everywhere.Information GNTHLink:  https://www.tobaccofreehealthcare.org/Information Laura Antón Gómez Xarxa Catalana d'Hospitals sense Fum Unitat de Control del Tabac | WHO Collaborating Center for Tobacco Control | Institut Català d'Oncologia Grup de Recerca en Control del Tabac | Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL) Granvia de L'Hospitalet 199-203 | 08908 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | Barcelona (Spain) Tel. 93 260 73 57 | [email protected] | xchsf.cat | icoprevencio.cat/uct | @XarxaCHsF