Tobacco continues killing nearly 700,000 Europeans every year. It is the most important cause of COPD in Europe and a source of exacerbations and a nuisance for people with asthma and allergy. EFA believes in a smokefree future for all and joins today the European Network on Tobacco Control and Prevention and World Health Organisation recommendations on raising tobacco taxation as a control measure to tobacco consumption. Read More...

May’s wind was definitely a wind of change at the European arena: the new European Parliament (EP) was elected for the next five years. Read More...

Air pollution has become a trending topic for EU policy makers, given the new evidence showing health effects of the air we breathe. EFA chose this theme for the World Asthma Day. Read More...

In May, EFA has participated in several European Union consultations including fragrance allergens, primary care and air quality. Read More...

Do not miss the unique opportunity of discussing if and how EU innovative research benefit patients with allergy and respiratory diseases and the healthcare systems. Register now and join us at the European Parliament! Read More...

EFA has brought the patients’ perspective to many key policy gatherings in May, from the IPCRG Conference in Athens, to the European Summit on Hospital Pharmacy in Brussels, or the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention meeting in Bucharest among others. Read More...

In May, EFA’s Members led allergy and asthma related activities and mobilised communities around Europe during the World Asthma Day 2014. Read More...

 
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