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Finland aims to be tobacco free by 2040
28th January 2017
The Finnish government has introduced a staggeringly ambitious aim to make their country tobacco free by 2040. technically this aim requires consumption of all kinds of tobacco to fall below 2% of the adult population.
This article from CNN is excellent enrichment reading for teachers and students looking at conventional and conventional interventions designed to change behaviour.
Finland wants to make the whole country tobacco-free by 2040 https://t.co/l7PFzjNH96 pic.twitter.com/d34cbyEo1C
— CNN (@CNN) January 26, 2017
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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