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The European Network for Smoking Prevention (ENSP) is a prominent example of a network that evolved into an organisation. It aims to create greater coherence among smoking prevention activities and to promote comprehensive tobacco control policies at both national and European level.
ENSP functions as the base for a range of EU-funded networks, including the European Network of Quitlines and the European Network for Smoke Free Hospitals. It has hosted projects focusing on smoking cessation in pregnancy, on the development of a measurement tool for tobacco control activities at national level, and on tackling socioeconomic inequalities in smoking in the EU. Since 2005, DG SANCO has funded ENSP to lead European-coordinated action to reduce smoking prevalence and tobacco related harm.
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Another important EU-funded network was the European Network for Young People and Tobacco (ENYPAT). Activities of this network ceased in 2006. ENYPAT aimed to contribute to the reduction of tobacco use among young people in Europe by promoting collaboration between health educators, experts and researchers. It also acted as a centre of information for smoking experiences, smoking prevention programmes and smoking policy questions. Like ENSP, ENYPAT coordinated wide-scale European smoking prevention programmes, particularly those targeting young people. It also organised an annual one-week training course for European health professionals on how to prevent smoking among young people: the Spring School.
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