In support of the European Week Against Cancer and in celebration of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the European Institute of Women’s Health (EIWH) held a workshop entitled “Mind the Gender Gap: Smoking and Drinking in Girls and Women” at the Irish Cancer Society’s Healthy Lifestyle for Cancer Prevention Conference.  The workshop, bringing together European and Irish experts in the field,sounded the alert about the serious health challenges facing women in the future due to their increasing consumption of tobacco and alcohol.

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