Heart and Lung Institute of Imperial College London (London, UK). Her current research interests include smoking cessation, asthma, respiratory infections, public health, ergospirometry, exercise and rehabilitation. Paraskevi Katsaounou has worked as: Chair of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Tobacco, Smoking Control and Health Education Group a member of the ERS Tobacco Control Committee Chair of Smoking Cessation and Public Health Group of the Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTS) lead in the World Health Organization (WHO)–ERS Train the Trainer Project in Tobacco Cessation and a member of ERS task force on e-cigarettes. She is currently Chair of the Infection Group of the HTS and board member of the Hellenic Thoracic Society Council. Her passion for efficiency by leveraging technology for health knowledge transfer led to her successfully launch an e-learning module for smoking cessation at NKUA. Paraskevi Katsaounou is: a recipient of grants Aristeia, a Global Research Awards for Nicotine Dependence Grant and collaborator at Eurest-Plus, Joint Action for Tobacco Control grants a reviewer of peer-reviewed journals and a member of the editorial board of Tobacco Cessation and Prevention. She is certified with Mayo Clinic Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training and is a qualified trainer in smoking cessation for the WHO, the HTS and ERS. Paraskevi is an ardent advocate of tobacco control and collaborates with international tobacco control non-governmental organisations and networks across Europe and several medical scientific societies. Keir E. Lewis Keir E. Lewis is a Professor at Swansea University (Swansea, UK) and Respiratory Lead for a group of hospitals (Hywel Dda University Health Board) in Wales, UK. As a pulmonologist, he set-up and leads his hospital network of smoking cessation, sleep apnoea and respiratory failure services. He was a Regional Director of NHS R&D (2009–2019), expanding the service by over 1000% in both income and staff, and winning several awards. He has co-authored UK and European Guidelines on Smoking Cessation and was Chair of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) Tobacco Speciality Advisory Group. He has advised Welsh and UK governments on smoking and tobacco control. Keir E. Lewis is the UKCRN Speciality Lead for Respiratory Research for Wales. He leads several multicentre trials, including https://doi.org/10.1183/2312508X.10028020 ix
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