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
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.
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
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

Protection from second-hand smoke from your fellow human beings
Die Forderung nach rauchfreien Innenräumen stützt sich ab auf eindeutige Fakten von Gesundheitsschäden, verursacht durch Passivrauchen. Auch in der Schweiz haben wissenschaftliche Forschungen die positiven Folgen eines gesetzlichen Schutzes vor Passivrauchen für die Gesundheit nachgewiesen.
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