The Research

Public Health Association of Serbia conductеd the study “Assessment of smoke-free policy and practice in healthcare institutions in Serbia” that was financed by the Research for International Tobacco Control – RITC, International Development Research Centre - IDRC from Canada.

The study was performed in 2009/2010, and had two main parts: one was the assessment of the smoke-free policy and practice in all healthcare institutions in Serbia, and the second was to establish the smoking prevalence among the representative sample of employees of healthcare institutions in Serbia.

As a result of the study and the suggestions made by the directors and employees in the healthcare institutions in Serbia the booklet was published “Smoke-Free Policy and Practice in Healthcare Institutions of Serbia – Why it is Important to Have Smoke-Free Institutions?”, as well as Factsheets.

Factsheet 1 can be downloaded from this link.

Factsheet 2 can be downloaded from this link.

The Serbia GYTS includes data on prevalence of cigarette and other tobacco use as well as information on five determinants of tobacco use: access/availability and price, exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS), cessation, media and advertising, and school curriculum.  These determinants are components Serbia could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.The Serbia GYTS was a school-based survey of students in grade 7^th and 8^th of primary school and 1^st grade of secondary school  (age 13 – 15) conducted in 2008. 

GYTS factsheet can be downloaded from this link.