This is what we do

The slogan of the Tobacco-free Finland 2030 network, Together towards a tobacco-free future, explains what we do: we work together to promote a non-tobacco, nicotine-free lifestyle.

The network’s operations were launched in 2008 and, at the moment, it includes 26 members, all of which also promote a tobacco-free lifestyle through their own operations in various different ways. When we join forces, our message gains momentum.

We organise seminars and special events (including the Tobacco-free Finland Day), prepare statements, commentaries, initiatives and releases and bring out the positives of non-smoking in other ways. Through our operations, we support the objective of the Tobacco Act: to end the use of tobacco and nicotine products by the year 2030.

Less than five per cent of the working-age population will consume tobacco and other non-medical nicotine products.

In 2026

We will work to ensure that:

• the minimum age limit for purchasing tobacco and nicotine products is raised to 20
• annual supervisory fees related to retail licences for tobacco and nicotine products are increased in order to reduce the number of points of sale
• high-quality treatment for nicotine addiction, including for young people, becomes a permanent and easily accessible service provided by the wellbeing services counties
• smoking in residential communities is prohibited under the Tobacco Act
• violations of the marketing ban on tobacco and nicotine products are addressed more effectively than at present
• duty-free traveller imports of tobacco and nicotine products are prohibited, and the import of snus by travellers is prohibited altogether
• tobacco and nicotine policy is protected from lobbying efforts by the industry
• we highlight the importance of ensuring adequate resources for reducing and preventing the use of tobacco and nicotine products
• the liability of tobacco and nicotine product manufacturers for the health harms caused by their products is investigated

We emphasise the importance of preventing young people from starting to use nicotine products and of promoting nicotine-free environments.

Tobacco-free Finland 2030 network:

Allergy, Skin and Asthma Federation, ASH Finland – Action on Smoking and Health, Association of Physical and Health Educators in Finland, DAT – Doctors Against Tobacco,  EHYT – Finnish Association for Substance Abuse Prevention, ETRA – Life and Health with Love,  Filha – Finnish Lung Health Association, Finnish Cardiac Society, Finnish Dental Association, Finnish Heart Association, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, HUS Heart and Lung Center, North Karelia Center for Public Health, SOSTE – Finnish Society for Social and Health, Suomen Luustoliitto, Suomen Rehtorit ry, The Cancer Society of Finland, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, The Finnish Medical Association, The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim, The Finnish Respiratory Society, The Organisation for Respiratory Health in Finland, The Trade Union of Education in Finland, OAJ