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
Swiss Parliament Approves Ban on Disposable E-Cigarettes – A Signal for Youth and Environmental Protection
On June 4th, 2025, the Council of States approved a clear sales ban on so-called “Puffs,” i.e., disposable e-cigarettes. In doing so, it follows the National Council, which had already adopted a corresponding motion by National Councillor Christophe Clivaz (VS, The Greens) by a large majority in June 2024. Although the Federal Council had recommended rejecting the motion, Parliament is now sending a strong signal in favor of protecting youth and the environment.
Less smoke in apartment buildings, fewer hospital stays?
Since 2018, smoking has been banned in public housing across the United States—a rule introduced to protect the millions of residents often exposed to secondhand smoke from others. But has this measure really made a difference? A new study conducted in New York shows that the cardiovascular health of residents is beginning to improve.
AT Blog - Alarm over the marketing of 6-methyl nicotine in disposable e-cigarettes
We are alarmed by the appearance of 6-methyl nicotine (6-MN), a new synthetic nicotine now available in Europe, notably in Aroma King products. Will authorities again wait years before taking action while it spreads among young people?
from Luciano Ruggia
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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Current issues
Info sheet nicotine
Nicotine is a highly addictive psychoactive substance. It is traditionally contained in finely ground tobacco leaves (cigarettes, cigars and snus) and more recently also in liquid form in e-cigarettes.
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)
Electronic cigarettes (also known as ‘e-cigarettes’ or vapes) are handheld electronic devices that mimic the effects of a tobacco cigarette but contain no tobacco and create inhalable aerosols by electronically heating an e-liquid.
Volkswirtschaftliche Kosten des Rauchens
Durch den Konsum von Tabak entstehen hierzulande jährlich volkswirtschaftliche Kosten in Milliardenhöhe. Neben direkten tabakbedingten Kosten im Gesundheitswesen, die sich auf rund 3 Milliarden Franken belaufen, entstehen indirekte Kosten für die Wirtschaft aufgrund von Produktivitätsverlusten von zusätzlichen 3,1 Milliarden Schweizer Franken.
