Tobacco control research

Esteve Fernandez Muñoz / Cristina Martinez Martinez

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
  • Antoni Baena García
  • Montserrat Fatima Ballbé Gibernau
  • Dolores Carnicer Pont
  • Ariadna Feliu Josa
  • Marcela Yu-Lan Fu Balboa
  • Armando Peruga Urrea
  • Esteban Salto Cerezuela
  • Francisca Sureda Llull
CLINICAL RESEARCHERS
  • Marta Enriquez Mestre
  • Anna Riccobene Liroz
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
  • Kenza Laroussy El Tayea
  • Victoria Porthe Reggiardo
  • Judith Saura i Lopez
  • Ayaka Teshima
  • Olena Tigova
PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
  • Eva Gavilán Castillo
  • Jassia Iqbal Jaffery
SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT
  • Francesc Alarcon Moral
  • Laura Anton Gomez
  • Isabel Barroso Ruiz
  • Yolanda Castellano Flores
  • Clara Fábregas Ibañez
  • David Fernandez Lavado
  • Maria Montserrat Fernández Viñas
  • Xiuchao Guo
  • Laura Perdiguero Muñoz
MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
  • Anna Mar Lopez Luque
  • Clara Mercader Garcia
  • Maite Narvaez Seixa
Cancer
EPIBELL

Scientific production

19

PAPERS

Average IF: 2,72

15

LED PAPERS

Average IF: 2,71

3 PUBLICATIONS IN FIRST DECILE

7 PUBLICATIONS IN FIRST QUARTILE

12 PUBLICATIONS IN OPEN ACCESS

Selected publications

  • Peruga,A;Fu,M;Castellano,Y;Tigova,O;Driezen,P;Quah,A;Fong,GT et al, People who smoke and formerly smoked do support a smoking ban in open spaces during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain., Tob Control, 2025;doi:10.1136/tc-2024-059228
  • Peruga,A;Fernandez,R;Rodriguez Lozano,F;Nerin,I;Cordoba,R;Tigova,O;Fernandez,E, Regulator’s Trojan horse: the tobacco industry’s advisory council institutionalised within the government in Spain, Tob Control, 2025;doi:10.1136/tc-2025-059495
  • Tigova,O;Stival,C;Castellano,Y;Lugo,A;Fu,M;Lopez,AM;Martinez,C et al, Prevalence and determinants of smoke-free homes in 12 European countries: the TackSHS Survey, ERJ Open Res, 2025;11(2):doi:10.1183/23120541.00950-2024
  • Teshima,A;Bannon,O;Filippidis,FT;Feliu,A;Gallus,S;Peruga,A;Martínez,C et al, Trends in initiation of regular cigarette smoking in 28 European countries, 1940-2019: retrospective reconstruction from repeated cross-sectional surveys., Eur J Public Health, 2025;35(6):1204-1211, doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckaf184
  • Martinez,C;Saura,J;Enriquez,M;Feliu,A;Fu,M;Ballbe,M;Roca,X et al, Co-creating a gamified tool for cannabis and tobacco use monitoring: Participant-driven development, Drug Alcohol Depend, 2025;276112880-112880, doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112880

Research highlights

PROJECTS

2 Granted competitive projects
9 Ongoing competitive projects

PUBLISHED WORKS

1 Clinical guideline
1 Thesis

NETWORKS

ENSP
AGAUR SGR GRC
SFP

Selected projects

  • 101104390. PIECES: TOWARDS LARGE-SCALE ADAPTION AND TAILORED IMPLEMENTATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRIMARY CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAMMES IN EUROPE AND BEYOND (101104390). COMISSIÓ EUROPEA. Budget: 2.083.000€. 2023-2027. PI: ANGEL ESTEVE FERNANDEZ MUÑOZ.
  • 202509 30. Smoke-Free Homes intervention to improve children’s respiratory health: an effectiveness and implementation study in primary care paediatric services. Fundació La Marató de TV3. Budget: 184.921,25€. 2026- . PI: MARCELA YU-LAN FU BALBOA.
  • PI25/01512. Eficacia de una intervención breve integrada sobre el consumo de tabaco y alcohol a través de la línea de ayuda 061 Salut Respon: Un ensayo controlado aleatorizado (ECA). Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII). Budget: 115.000€. 2026-2028. PI: CRISTINA MARTINEZ MARTINEZ.
  • PI21/00818. Efectividad de una intervención basada en la evidencia para promover hogares libres del humo de tabaco: ensayo controlado aleatorizado.. Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII). Budget: 114.950€. 2022-2026. PI: ANGEL ESTEVE FERNANDEZ MUÑOZ.
  • 101008139. EUREST-RISE: European Regulatory Science on Tobacco – Research and Innovation Staff Exchange. COMISSIÓ EUROPEA. Budget: 108.000€. 2021-2025. PI: ANGEL ESTEVE FERNANDEZ MUÑOZ.