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Articles tagged with: smoking

31 May 2022 01:49 PM

Two people smoking in a bar terrace (by Pere Francesch)

Almost 50,000 Catalans gave up smoking in 2021 to reach all-time low of 22.6%

6.6% of non-smokers say they are exposed at home, according to government survey

Society

16 February 2021 03:51 PM

Local police officers clearing a beach in Barcelona during the summer of 2020 (by Pau Cortina)

Smoking to be banned on four Barcelona beaches in pilot test this summer

City council aims to raise awareness of health damage while curbing pollution of the sand and sea

Society

18 August 2020 11:54 AM

Image of a waiter serving sanitizer to clients in a bar terrace, in Girona, on August 17, 2020 (by Xavier Pi)

Guide to new measures to prevent spread of Covid-19 in force across Catalonia

Ban on social gatherings of over 10 people, restrictions on smoking in public and 1am curfew for restaurants

Society

18 August 2020 11:02 AM

Photograph of a man smoking a cigarette (by Elisenda Rosanas)

Smoking ban and restaurant curfew: new coronavirus measures introduced

Spanish health minister agreed the new restrictions after a meeting with regional authorities

Society

13 August 2020 06:28 PM

A man sitting on a bar terrace smoking a cigarette (by Miguel Vidal/Reuters)

Government considers ban on outdoor smoking where distances cannot be guaranteed

Galicia and Canary Islands first adopted measure that applies to both the street and on bar terraces

Society

31 May 2020 12:17 PM

People queuing at a tobacconists on the French-Spanish border during lockdown, March 17, 2020 (by Aleix Freixas)

Tobacco use in Catalonia drops almost 2% in 2019

Smoking is estimated to cause 9,030 deaths a year, accounting for one in six fatalities 

 

Society

14 February 2020 05:32 PM

Melitta Jakab, a member of the WHO office in Barcelona, during an event to discuss health planning in Catalonia, February 14, 2020 (Blanca Blay)

WHO says Catalan government can do more against smoking and obesity

World Health Organization approves Catalonia's health planning but recommends tackling new challenges like climate change 

Society

09 October 2019 12:11 PM

The movement is in collaboration with the star's “The Ricky Rubio Foundation” (by Laura Fíguls)

Basketball star Ricky Rubio leads anti-tobacco programme for young smokers

As tobacco consumption increases to 25.6% in Catalonia, new campaign seeks to stop it at source

Society

28 July 2019 01:00 PM

Alba Vergés speaking to ACN on July 26, 2019 (Xavier Alsinet/ACN)

Health minister wants tobacco companies to remove branding from packaging

25.6% of people in Catalonia smoked in 2018, compared to 24% in 2017

Politics

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