The CoEHAR is an interdepartmental research centre constituted on 7 March 2018 by 37 University of Catania’s highly qualified and skilled academics coming from different scientific fields and including medical sciences, informatics, psychology, epidemiology, economics, engineering, physics, chemistry, law and policy sciences on gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity.

The our mission is to accelerate the efforts of international scientific research to promote the concept of reduction of smoking damage, reduce the impact of smoking on public health and consequently contribute to decreasing the number of deaths from smoking throughout the world. 

CoEHAR activities are based on three principles: 

- Harm Reduction
- Scientific Innovation and Technology 
- Internationalization of Scientific Activities 

The CoEHAR was founded by 38 professors, teachers and researches of the University of Catania, on the proposal of Prof. Riccardo Polosa

Currently it is composed of:

42 Professor from the University of Catania
1 Professor from University of Eastern Piedmont 
1 Professor from Hunter College, University of New York 
1 Professor from  University of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad 

An Independent Scientific Committee unanimously appointed by the Council in 2018 and composed of scientists know globally for their decades of experience in research on the effects and risks caused by tobacco smoke. 

The CoEHAR has also signed two important Framework Agreement: the first one with the LIAF- Italian Anti-Smoking League. The second it has be signed with ECLAT srl for joint research activities in the sector of products alternative to conventional cigarette smoke.

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