The University of Barcelona has granted a special award of the PhD thesis: “Exposure to environmental smoke snuff and tobacco control measures”, by Jose Maria Martinez Sanchez, a postdoctoral researcher IDIBELL-ICO. The thesis, headed by Esteve Fernández, group leader of Cancer Control and Prevention from IDIBELL-ICO is a compendium of seven scientific papers on passive exposure to snuff and tobacco control measures. The reading took place in late 2010.