Director of Public Health Program at Bloomberg Philanthropies Applauds Finland’s Tobacco-Free Goal

Director of Public Health Program at Bloomberg Philanthropies Applauds Finland’s Tobacco-Free Goal

The Finnish government has set an ambitious goal for residents in a bid to benefit their health — and their bank balances.

Officials plan to make the country tobacco-free by 2040, meaning they want less than 2% of their adults to consume tobacco — in any form — by that deadline.

So that’s more than 98% of the Finnish population saying no to cigarettes, snuff and other forms of smokeless tobacco, cigars, pipes and even e-cigarettes...