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
E-cigarettes: Swiss Federal Supreme Court confirms legal limits on tank volumes
Two recent rulings by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court clearly confirm that the legal limits imposed on electronic cigarettes in Switzerland must be strictly respected — including in cases where manufacturers or distributors attempt to circumvent the law through technical or commercial loopholes.
The Swiss Association for Tobacco Control Joins Global Call to End Tobacco Promotion in Youth-Focused Industries
A global coalition of health, advocacy, and civil society organizations has issued a joint appeal to major global brands and entertainment platforms—including Formula 1, Disney, Lego, and Mattel—urging them to strengthen policies that prevent indirect promotion of tobacco and nicotine products.
AT Switzerland Calls for Editorial Review of Commentary on Vaping Published in International Journal of Public Health
AT Switzerland has formally raised concerns with the editorial board of the International Journal of Public Health regarding a recently published commentary that presents vaping trends in Great Britain as a major public-health milestone. The organization is calling for a critical review of the article’s interpretation of evidence and the transparency of potential conflicts of interest among its authors.
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.
