About TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland (TFRI)
Located at TU Dublin, TFRI is part of the Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute's (ESHI). Researchers at TFRI contribute to ESHI's Policy and Lifestyle Research Cluster. This research cluster seeks to inform and shape health policy and serve as a critical interface in linking scientific, technical & research knowledge with action to improve population health & health services thus contributing to ESHI's core mission of improving the health and well-being of the population through informing robust policy development.
The Policy and Lifestyle research cluster addresses national policy objectives through research to ensure that programme and funding decisions are based on robust evidence about the determinants of health and best practice approaches via integrated interdisciplinary research.
TFRI is a non-partisan, independent, trans-disciplinary research centre focused around the issues of tobacco dependence and tobacco control. Our institute brings together researchers in the broad fields of public health, respiratory health, epidemiology, addiction studies, psychology, and social sciences who share an interest in tobacco related issues. We work to conduct and disseminate topical, socially relevant, ethically sound scientific research to fellow academics, policy makers and the general public.
CHARITIES REGULATOR ~ PUBLIC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
TFRI has formally committed to complying with the Guidelines for Charitable Organisations and to following the Guidelines as set out by the Charities Regulator https://www.charitiesregulator.ie/media/1609/charities-governance-code.pdf.
The TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland (TFRI) is a registered charity (CRA No. 20046910) and limited company (Co Reg. No. 351908) registered in Ireland at 18 Hume Street, Dublin 2. TFRI formed on the basis of a partnership between the Office of Tobacco Control and ASH Ireland and its parent organisations: The Irish Cancer Society and The Irish Heart Foundation.
TFRI has four core research areas:
1. Treatment of Tobacco Dependence: We conduct research into various methods of treating of tobacco dependence and work towards developing practical recommendations on the topic for practitioners and policy makers.
2. Health Inequalities: Our research focuses on the role of tobacco plays in heightening health and social inequalities.
3. Smoke Free Areas: We work to examine the exposure to and health effects of Second Hand Smoke and promote the implementation of smoke free areas where appropriate.
4. Tobacco Control Policy: Underpinning all of our work is the desire to inform government and health policy through the development and dissemination of sound evidenced-based research on the topics of tobacco control and tobacco dependence.
Our work has informed the implementation of several key pieces of Irish tobacco control legislation including, most notably, the Irish Work Place Smoke Ban in 2004. We went on to advise the national health services of several European countries including Scotland, France, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey on the introduction of Smokefree laws.
At the international level, we have collaborated on several European tobacco control projects and were the coordinating partner for the FP7 project Pricing Policies and Control of Tobacco in Europe (PPACTE). Most recently, we have made submissions to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health on legislation on e-cigarettes.
The Policy and Lifestyle research cluster addresses national policy objectives through research to ensure that programme and funding decisions are based on robust evidence about the determinants of health and best practice approaches via integrated interdisciplinary research.
TFRI is a non-partisan, independent, trans-disciplinary research centre focused around the issues of tobacco dependence and tobacco control. Our institute brings together researchers in the broad fields of public health, respiratory health, epidemiology, addiction studies, psychology, and social sciences who share an interest in tobacco related issues. We work to conduct and disseminate topical, socially relevant, ethically sound scientific research to fellow academics, policy makers and the general public.
CHARITIES REGULATOR ~ PUBLIC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
TFRI has formally committed to complying with the Guidelines for Charitable Organisations and to following the Guidelines as set out by the Charities Regulator https://www.charitiesregulator.ie/media/1609/charities-governance-code.pdf.
The TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland (TFRI) is a registered charity (CRA No. 20046910) and limited company (Co Reg. No. 351908) registered in Ireland at 18 Hume Street, Dublin 2. TFRI formed on the basis of a partnership between the Office of Tobacco Control and ASH Ireland and its parent organisations: The Irish Cancer Society and The Irish Heart Foundation.
TFRI has four core research areas:
1. Treatment of Tobacco Dependence: We conduct research into various methods of treating of tobacco dependence and work towards developing practical recommendations on the topic for practitioners and policy makers.
2. Health Inequalities: Our research focuses on the role of tobacco plays in heightening health and social inequalities.
3. Smoke Free Areas: We work to examine the exposure to and health effects of Second Hand Smoke and promote the implementation of smoke free areas where appropriate.
4. Tobacco Control Policy: Underpinning all of our work is the desire to inform government and health policy through the development and dissemination of sound evidenced-based research on the topics of tobacco control and tobacco dependence.
Our work has informed the implementation of several key pieces of Irish tobacco control legislation including, most notably, the Irish Work Place Smoke Ban in 2004. We went on to advise the national health services of several European countries including Scotland, France, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey on the introduction of Smokefree laws.
At the international level, we have collaborated on several European tobacco control projects and were the coordinating partner for the FP7 project Pricing Policies and Control of Tobacco in Europe (PPACTE). Most recently, we have made submissions to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health on legislation on e-cigarettes.
