The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access originally published online on June 7, 2005
The European Journal of Public Health 2005 15(3):329-330; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki072
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Letters to the Editor |
Preliminary evaluation of the school-smoking-prevention policy in Greece
Georgios Labiris, M.D, Ph.DA. Voutsinas
D. Niakas
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Sirs,
Cigarette smoking among adolescents is one of the leading health indicators that reflect major health concerns at the European Union. Greece's leading position on cigarette smoking among its European partners forced the Hellenic Ministry of Health and Welfare to assume tobacco-control programs, introducing smoke-free zones, smoking-cessation centres, and an intense promotional strategy against