“GO OUT OF THE TUNNEL. DON’T BURN AWAY YOUR FUTURE.”

“Sal del túnel. No consumas tu futuro”

Since 2015 WALCE is promoting “GO OUT OF THE TUNNEL. DON’T BURN AWAY YOUR FUTURE.”, a campaign focused on primary prevention, smoking cessation and lung cancer awareness, addressed to general public, media and political institutions. The program consists on a structure shaped as a giant cigarette committing pulmonologists and oncologists for performing counseling, displaying educational materials on smoking cessation and providing a basic spirometry test to people attending.

The Tunnel interior is divided into different areas:

• an area dedicated to primary prevention where people may consult and find info-educational booklets and brochures realized by WALCE over the years;
• a medical area where people can do a spirometry test for free, performed by a Pulmonologist, and receive the result, dealing directly with the physician.

In Italy the program has been organized as a roadshow and, during 2015 and 2016 (from the period of the World No-Tobacco Day, in May, until November, Lung Cancer Awareness Month) has toured 7 major Italian cities (Turin, Bari, Milan, Padua, Lecce, Messina and Rome).

In 2017, a third edition of this campaign took place; this time, both at Italian and European level: in Spring, on the 30th-31st May, a 2-day exhibition was organized in Place de la Monnaie in Brussels (as result, 450 spirometries have been performed and 600 people of any age, mainly smokers, joined the Tunnel asking information regarding smoke-related diseases and smoking cessation programs. The campaign catched the attention of local television broadcaster and journalists, as well.); in Autumn 2017, the initiative was successfully held in 3 different Italian cities (Palermo, Turin and Ravenna). The fourth edition, in November 2018, took place in Rome and Bari.

Over 15,000 people visited the Tunnel, involving groups of heterogeneous age: young people, adults and the elderly; more than 3,500 spirometries have been made. In addition, the former Italian Minister of Health, Hon. Beatrice Lorenzin, attended at the event in Rome, in 2015.

In 2019 WALCE is promoting, in cooperation with 2 major spanish organizations, Fundación MÁS QUE IDEAS and AEACaP-Asociación Española del Cáncer de Pulmón, and endorsed by The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), The Lung Ambition Alliance and Fondazione Insieme contro il Cancro, a “GO OUT OF THE TUNNEL” event focused on primary prevention and awareness on lung cancer, on the occasion of the 20th World Conference on Lung Cancer – WCLC 2019, that will take place in Barcelona, Spain. The 2-day exhibition of the Tunnel will be arranged during that weekend (September 7/8, 2019 – Opening Time: 11 am-8 pm, free entry) in one of the city’s major square, Plaça de la Universitat.

With the unrestricted grant of AstraZeneca and MSD.

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World No Tobacco Day 2017

On the occasion of World No-Tobacco Day 2017, Women Against Lung Cancer in Europe (WALCE), in partnership with European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), European Lung Foundation (ELF), European Respiratory Society (ERS), Insieme contro il Cancro and Associazione Italiana Pneumologi Ospedalieri (AIPO), is promoting a double event in Brussels focused on SMOKING CESSATION.

On 30 & 31 May there will be a two day exhibition, in Place de la Monnaie, entitled “Go out of the Tunnel. Don’t burn away your future”. This program consists on a structure shaped as a giant cigarette committing pulmonologists for performing counseling, displaying educational materials on smoking cessation and providing a basic spirometry test to people.

In concomitance with the exhibition of the Tunnel, on 31st of May at the EU Parliament in Brussels, it will be organized a high-level event entitled “WHO FCTC Article 14 – Time to prioritise tobacco cessation and dependence treatment.”, hosted by Italian MEP Alberto Cirio and focused on WHO FCTC Article 14. The aim of this session is to provide delegates with valuable information and good practice in order to advocate for the implementation of FCTC art.14 at national level.

Agenda EP Event (PDF) ↓

– WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY – “WHO FCTC ARTICLE 14 – TIME TO PRIORITISE TOBACCO CESSATION AND DEPENDENCE TREATMENT” – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – 31 MAY 2017 | EU Commissioner Dr Vytenis Andriukaitis ‘s speech

– “Don’t burn away your future: Innovative initiative by WALCE to urge Belgian smokers to quit” | ENSP Newsletter – June 2017

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Press Review:

– “Oncologi, a Bruxelles nuova tappa progetto ‘Esci dal tunnel'” | ANSA.it – 26/05/2017

– “La sigaretta-tunnel a Bruxelles per la lotta al fumo” | Repubblica.it – 26/05/2017

– “A Brussels la nuova tappa di “Esci dal tunnel. Non bruciarti il futuro”” | PanoramaSanità.it – 26/05/2017

– “A Brussels la nuova tappa di “Esci dal tunnel. Non bruciarti il futuro”” | Il Ritratto della Salute – 26/05/2017

– “Giornata senza Tabacco. Un europeo su quattro è dedito al fumo. A Bruxelles parte il progetto per dire “basta”” | Il Farmacista on line – 26/05/2017

– “Fumo: a Bruxelles la nuova tappa di “Esci dal Tunnel. Non bruciarti il futuro”” | MeteoWeb.eu – 26/05/2017

– “Giornata senza Tabacco. Un europeo su quattro è dedito al fumo. A Bruxelles parte il progetto per dire “basta”” | QuotidianoSanità.it – 26/05/2017

– “A Brussels la nuova tappa di “Esci dal tunnel. Non bruciarti il futuro”” | Insiemecontroilcancro.net – 26/05/2017

– “A Bruxelles il tour di oncologi e pneumologi contro i danni del fumo” | Salutenews.org – 27/05/2017

For the tenth consecutive year WALCE proposes make-up sessions dedicated to women undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy or biological therapies.

Images:

– 11th November 2019 | Ospedale di Rivoli, RIVOLI (TO)

– 15th November 2019 | Ospedale Civile, SALUZZO (CN)

– 18th November 2019 | AOU San Luigi, ORBASSANO (TO)

– 20th November 2019 | AOUC Ospedale Careggi, FIRENZE

Natural Cooking Classes: how to live food with pleasure and good balance

Today more than ever, we know that our health is firstly and foremost related with food and the natural way of cooking comes from the awareness of this fact. A cookery designed to be brighter, more updated, not only focused on very nice things but consciously pursuing an ideal of health, is an art which currently plays a key role in the primary prevention of the modern diseases.
Considering these issues, WALCE decided to promote these classes to enable the participants to get a quick and funny updating on this topic.
The program of these meetings provides useful tips for those who want to follow a balanced diet which suits their needs. The practical cookery lessons include examples of good dishes that at the same time respect the nutritional recommendations. They are examples to demonstrate how the food can help to keep a good health.

The teacher of this course is the Chef Giovanni Allegro, specialized in natural cooking

The dishes realized will be eaten together at the end of each lesson

1st lesson: 21 September 17:30 – 20:30
2nd Lesson: 28 September 17:30 – 20:30
3rd Lesson: 2 November 17:30 – 20:30
4rd Lesson: 9 November 17:30 – 20:30

Location: ABC IN CUCINA | Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 86 Turin