all authors had expenses paid by pfizer to attend the european policy roundtable on smoking cessation .
on 24 november 2015 , under the auspices of the european policy roundtable on smoking cessation , 15 experts on tobacco control and dependence from across the european union , chaired by professor luke clancy , met in oslo , norway , to discuss the implementation of the tobacco products directive and the who framework convention on tobacco control , namely article 14 . on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the framework convention on tobacco control , 
 this paper reports the consensus reached by all roundtable participants on the need to further advance the availability and access to services to support cessation of tobacco use . 
 the implementation of services to support cessation of tobacco use in line with article 14 can and should be significantly improved to protect the health of european citizens . 
 the meeting was initiated and funded by pfizer .