Tobacco endgame in the WHO European Region: Feasibility in light of current tobacco control status.

"CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The authors have each completed and submitted an ICMJE form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. The authors declare that they have no competing interests, financial or otherwise, related to the current work. A. González Marrón, C. Lidón-Moyano, H. Pérez-Martín, O. Ruokolainen, T. Laatikainen and H. Ollila, report that since the initial planning of the work received support by the European Union’s Health Program (2014-2020) under grant agreement N°101035968. H. Koprivnikar, J. Tisza, Z. Cselkó, A. Lambrou, E. Papachristou, M. Vasic, R. Guignard, S. Schoretsaniti and V. Nguyen-Thanh report that since the initial planning of the work their institution received support by European Commission for the Joint action on tobacco control 2 (JATC 2). In addition, M. Mulcahy reports that since the initial planning of the work he received support from the Health Service Executive, Ireland and the Joint action on tobacco control 2 (JATC 2). He also reports that in the past 36 months he received grants, consulting fees, support for attending meetings and travels and receipt of equipment/ materials from the Health Service Executive, Ireland and the Joint action on tobacco control 2 (JATC 2). H. Koprivnikar reports that in the past 36 months she received payment from the Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, for lecture to pediatric residents and from Slovene Medical Chamber for lecture to health professionals. E. Nunes reports that since the initial planing of the work she received support from European Commission and from General Directorate of Health, Ministry of Health, Portugal. M. Karekla reports that since the initial planning of the work she received support from Horizon Europe (no payments made to her or her institution). She also reports that in the past 36 months she received support from Horizon Europe for attending meetings of this group and that she is the immediate past president of the Association for Contextual Behavior Science. R. Guignard and V. Nguyen-Thanh report that in past 36 months they received support from the European Commission for travel and accommodation to the JATC 2 consortium meeting in Madrid, Spain, in April 2023."

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