Reykjaviks

Cancerförening

September 2017

Guðlaug B. GuðjónsdóttirDirektör

Reykjaviks Cancerförening

Ministry of Welfare

Tobacco Control Act No. 6/2002.Originally Act No. 74/1984. Amended by Act No.

7/1996, Act No. 101/1996, Act No. 82/1998 and Act No. 95/2001. Reissued as Act No. 6/2002. Amended by Act No. 164/2002, Act No. 18/2003, Act No. 24/2003, Act

No. 83/2006, Act No. 88/2008, Act No. 33/2009, Act No. 162/2010, Act No. 28/2011, Act No. 126/2011, Act No.

131/2011 and Act No. 59/2013.

SECTION I.

Objectives, scope and administration.

Article 1 The objective of this Act is to reduce damage to health and fatalities

caused by tobacco, by reducing tobacco consumption and protecting

people from the effects of tobacco smoke.

Every person’s right not to have to inhale air polluted by tobacco

smoke from others shall be respected.

Those who have care of a child shall seek to

ensure that the child’s rights under the second

paragraph are observed, including in places

where smoking is not prohibited under Section III

of this Act.

SECTION II.

Sales and advertising. Article 7

All forms of advertising of tobacco and smoking accessories

are prohibited in Iceland.

Article 8

Tobacco may neither be sold nor delivered to individuals under

the age of 18 years.

Sale of tobacco from self-service machines is prohibited.

Sale of cigarettes in units of less than whole packets of 20

cigarettes is prohibited.

Tobacco may not be sold in schools, institutions for children

and teenagers, or at health institutions.

Only persons who are at least 18 years of age may sell tobacco.

SECTION III.Restrictions on smoking.

Article 9

Smoking is prohibited in the service areas of institutions,

business and voluntary organisations, for instance at

restaurants and places of entertainment, and where

cultural and social activities take place, including sports

and leisure activity. The same applies to equivalent

outdoor areas, if they are not sufficiently open to ensure

adequate ventilation.

The Minister shall, in consultation with the Minister in

charge of sports affairs and the Icelandic Sports and

Olympic Federation, issue rules regarding restrictions on

tobacco consumption out-of-doors at sports facilities

SECTION III.Restrictions on smoking.

Article 10

Smoking is entirely prohibited:

1. In primary/lower secondary schools, local authority summer work-

training programmes for children, pre-schools, all day-care facilities

for children, and on premises primarily intended for children’s and

teenagers’ social, sports and leisure activities.

2. At public gatherings indoors which are primarily intended for

children or teenagers.

3. In upper-secondary schools and other secondary-level schools.

……

All other consumption of tobacco is also prohibited in primary/lower

secondary schools, local authority summer work-training programmes

for children, pre-schools, all day-care facilities for children, and on

premises primarily intended for children’s and teenagers’ social, sports

and leisure activities. The same applies to all gatherings primarily

intended for teenagers.

2001

• For the retail sale of tobacco, a special licence is required from theBoard of Health of the relevant region.

• Ban on any form of media coverage of individual tobacco productsfor purposes other than warning of their harmful effects.

• Tobacco and tobacco trademarks shall not visible to the customer at points of sale.

• Sales banned to minors under 18.

Rökning 12-16 år gamla elever i Reykjavik,

1974-2002

Undersökningar av distriktets läkare och

Reykjaviks cancerförening

30,6

20,6

16,1

10,9

9

11,412,2

7,8

33,5

26,1

22

14,4

12,4 12,2

14

7,5

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002

Pojkar

Flickor

Green = 10th grade (15-16 y)

Red = 9th grade (14-15 y)

Blue = 8th grade (13-14 y)

Daglig rökning, 13-16 år, 1997-2015

18

1614

8

5 4

23

18 19

14

7 7

1817

13

9

53

2524

20

16

9

7

2118

16

11

6 5

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

2000 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016

%

Pojkar U18 Pojkar 18+ Flickor U18 Flickor 18+ Totalt

Daglig rökning i gymnasiet (16-20 år)

Rannsókir & greining 2016

Daglig rökning i åldern 18-69, 1989-2016

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Males Females

Använda snus dagligen, män

”Gamla” traditionella nästobaken

Försäljning i ton, 2003-2015

Användning av E-Cigaretter,

18 år och äldre, 2015 och 2016

2015 2016

0.7% använder dagligen 3%

1.8% använder ibland 3%

Användning av E-cigaretter – har provat

Grundskolan (13-16 år), 2016

60%

53%

46%

40%

52%

45%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

18 +

U18

Heild

Rannsókir & greining 2016

Användning av E-cigaretter – har provat

Gymnasiet (16-20 år), 2016

Pojkar Flickor

Total

Daglig rökning i ålder 18-69 år, 1985 till 2015

Med viktiga milstolpar av öronmärkta skatter för tobakskontroll

From the website of The Directorate of Health in Iceland

Talnabrunnur, 2012;6:5. Accessed July 21th 2015, [In Icelandic].

http://www.landlaeknir.is/servlet/file/store93/item17600/Talnabrunnur_Juni_2012%282%29.pdf

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