JA-SAFE: Joint Action on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention including Smoke and Aerosol Free Environments
The Joint Action on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention including Smoke and Aerosol Free Environments" (JA-SAFE) aims to support the policy objective of the EU NCD Initiative and the implementation of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, including the creation of a Tobacco-Free Generation and the reduction of harmful alcohol consumption. The project encompasses nine work packages under five thematic areas, smoke free environments, alcohol prevention, cessation, steps towards a tobacco free generation and supporting health promotion and disease prevention in Europe.
Specific Objectives include:
- To support the integration of JA-SAFE actions and endpoints into national policies and practices;
- To contribute to the reduction of risks from harmful exposure to second-hand smoke and aerosols in indoor and certain outdoor spaces by supporting increasing SAFE uptake and compliance across EU MS;
- To support the implementation of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan with respect to reducing harmful alcohol consumption, also in vulnerable populations, and reducing the exposure of young people to advertising and marketing of alcoholic beverages;
- To develop and scale up best and promising practices for tobacco control and the implementation of SAFE in Healthcare settings;
- To support actions and policies that help create a Tobacco-Free generation where less than 5% of the population uses tobacco by 2040 compared to around 25% today;
- To support the implementation of related legislative frameworks on tobacco control (such as the Tobacco Products Directive and the Tobacco Advertising Directive), the assessment of attributable risk factors for NCDs in Europe and supporting overall best and promising practices for NCD prevention in EU MS.
- Project duration
- 15 Oct 2025 - 14 Oct 2029
- Project locations
- BelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaCyprusCzechiaCroatiaDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceIrelandGreeceHungaryItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgNetherlandsPortugalRomaniaSloveniaSpainSwedenUkraine
- Overall budget
- €15 998 386
- EU contribution
- €12 798 70980% of the overall budget
- EU4health - Projects
- Prevention
Results
The expected outcomes of this project that progress beyond the state of the art are the following (the list is not exhaustive):
- Increased EU MS implementation of the EU NCD Initiative and Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan through the provision of support and technical/scientific capacity to EU MS;
- Increased data sharing and collaborations between EU MS on new ambitious approaches and existing best practices towards achieving SAFE environments;
- Enhanced collaborations between EU MS on promising or best practices for tobacco control and SAFE in healthcare settings, ensuring appropriate communication strategies and long-term networking planning;
- Enhanced collaborations between EU MS on promising or best practices for alcohol prevention, on preventing youth exposure to alcohol marketing and on risk communication related to alcohol use.
- Increased EU MS understanding of tobacco product ingredients and flavours across EU MS which would be able to fuel policy actions.
Stakeholders
Coordinators
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UOA)
- Address
- Panepistimiou 30, 10679 Athens, Greece
- Website
- https://www.uoa.gr/
Contact
Prof. Constantine Vardavas
- Name
- Prof. Constantine Vardavas
- Organisation
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- jasafe
tobcontrol [dot] eu - Phone number
- 0030 210 7462072