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The Tobacco Control Scale 2025 in Europe

Publication Date

20 May 2026

Format

Report

Themes

Prevention

Community-Based

Media-Based

Psychoactive Substances

Addiction

Quality Assurance

Best Practice Guidelines

Monitoring and Evaluation

Public Health

Global Health Perspectives

Policy Advocacy

Statistics

Policy

Law

The Tobacco Control Scale 2025 shows that progress in tobacco control across Europe has slowed, with more countries recording lower scores than in previous years. Key reasons include the failure to regulate heated tobacco products in the same way as cigarettes and the lack of adjustments to tobacco taxes and prices to keep pace with inflation.

Football matchday moderation campaigns seem well-intentioned, but do they work – and what do they cost?

Publication Date

23 April 2026

Format

Opinion piece, commentary

Themes

Prevention

Media-Based

Populations

Men

Public Health

At football matches across the UK and beyond, fans increasingly encounter messages about moderation: pacing drinks, switching to low- or no-alcohol options, planning travel home, and “drinking responsibly”. These campaigns are often...

Using Social Media to Promote Life Skills Among Adolescents: A Debate on Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications for Health and Education

Publication Date

28 January 2025

Format

Scientific article

Themes

Prevention

Media-Based

Children, Adolescents & Youth 

Mental Health

Background
The digitalization of society blurs the boundaries between the analog and digital worlds, providing opportunities such as telemedicine and global connectivity. However, it also introduces risks, including cyberbullying, addiction...

A Reflection on Prevention Systems: A European perspective

Publication Date

22 November 2024

Format

Guide

Themes

Prevention

Family-Based

Media-Based

School-Based

Monitoring and Evaluation

Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Health & Justice Responses 

Justice and Diversion

Prevention science over the past years has accumulated evidence on the effectiveness of drug prevention interventions (Sloboda et al. 2014). In Europe this improvement has been a consequence of priorities defined by EU drug strategies since...