The anti-smoking campaign in Finland is continuing apace with municipal employers and companies beefing up their smoke-free workplace policies. Read the full story

The director-general of the Swedish Welfare Board has argued that in the periods before and after operations surgeons should be able to place demands on smokers to refrain from lighting up. Read the full story

A new survey by Synovate that was commissioned by the Swedish Network of Tobacco Prevention reveals that 73 percent of Swedes support a ban on smoking in the outdoor dining sections of restaurants. This would suggest that Swedes are getting tired of second hand smoke, even within the well-ventilated realm of the great outdoors. Read the full story

Beginning in 2010, a new European Union law will come into effect that makes it illegal to sell cigarettes that are not self-extinguishing. While the new law is designed to save lives, the news agency TT reports that the tobacco industry has been fighting hard to extinguish the plan. Read the full story

The days of the smokeless cigarette may be coming to an end in Denmark because they have been found to contain an unapproved form of nicotine. The Danish Medicines Agency, the government department in charge of drug approval, determined that the type of nicotine used has not been certified by the government, reports the Copenhagen Post newspaper.

Once Denmark outlawed smoking in public places, nicotine addicts Read the full story