SITAB

Founded in 1999, SITAB is a non-profit association based in Roma, Italy working on addiction, health, science & research.

The Società Italiana di Tabaccologia (SITAB) is a non-profit Italian scientific society of social utility, founded in 1999 and based in Rome. It works on tobacco control by promoting research and training on tobacco use and dependence, supporting a national network of smoking cessation treatment centres, and advocating evidence-based tobacco policy such as higher tobacco taxation. It also runs a training school, a yearly congress, a scientific journal and research and journalism prizes with the Fondazione Umberto Veronesi. Its work is focused on Italy, and it is a member of the European Network for Tobacco and Smoking Prevention.