On the way to a tobacco and nicotine-free Switzerland

The Swiss Tobacco Prevention Association is the competence center for tobacco prevention in Switzerland. As an umbrella organization for the promotion of non-smoking, it currently has over 50 collective members. AT Switzerland offers its members a broad network of experts and provides specialist knowledge on tobacco control and prevention.

It is committed to a sustainably healthy and smoke-free Switzerland with evidence-based services and the networking of key players, while at the same time offering the population a helping hand in quitting smoking and nicotine withdrawal.

News and blog posts

23.07.2025 News

The PATHS survey

The PATHS survey (Perspectives, Attitudes, and behaviours Towards Health and Smoking) is part of a research project on health, smoking, and migration in Switzerland.

21.07.2025 News | Blog

How Sweden Became a Smoke-Free Success Story

Sweden is on the verge of becoming the first European country to be considered “smoke-free” – with only 5.4% daily smokers. However, while smoking is on the decline, tobacco and nicotine use remains present.

from Angeliki Balantani and Małgorzata Posoch-Gueneau de Mussy

12.06.2025 News | Blog

Behind the Scenes at TABEXPO 2025: How the Tobacco Industry Shapes Its Future

Under the guise of innovation and sustainability, the International Tobacco Fair in Geneva reveals the well-honed strategies of a sector in search of new markets. Between high-tech nicotine, alternative products, cannabis ambitions and conferences by industry leaders, we take a behind-the-scenes look at an empire that never gives up.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and tobacco