Guidance under the Tobacco Act
General guidance and direction under the Tobacco Act and its regulations are the responsibility of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The Finnish Supervisory Agency is tasked with guiding municipalities to handle their duties under the Tobacco Act, as well as preparing the national Tobacco Act guidance programme.
Environmental healthcare
Environmental healthcare is tasked with securing a healthy environment for humans by reducing, removing or preventing health risks. Environmental healthcare includes the monitoring of the Tobacco Act, the Health Protection Act and the Food Act as well as animal healthcare. National guidance under the Tobacco Act and the Health Protection Act is the responsibility of the Finnish Supervisory Agency. The highest responsibility and guidance for environmental healthcare is divided to the fields of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Further information on environmental healthcare is available on the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health website.
The central agencies, i.e. the Finnish Supervisory Agency and the Finnish Food Authority, prepare the national environmental monitoring programme. This monitoring programme determines the shared policies for the various sectors’ monitoring programmes as well as for the monitoring of municipal supervisory authorities of environmental healthcare.
National Tobacco Act monitoring programme
The Finnish Supervisory Agency’s responsibilities include the creation of a national Tobacco Act monitoring programme. The monitoring programme takes into account the shared goals set forth in the monitoring programme for environmental healthcare.
The goal of the Tobacco Act monitoring programme is to guide and coordinate the execution of the monitoring. The monitoring programme unifies monitoring practices nationwide and promotes equality among operators regarding monitoring frequency and quality. The focus points of the monitoring help target monitoring resources effectively and systematically while advancing the objectives of the Tobacco Act.
Municipal monitoring plans
Municipal responsibilities include the creation of a monitoring plan for Tobacco Act compliance monitoring. Monitoring must be of a high quality, based on risks, and aim to prevent health risks.
The monitoring plan takes into account the national Tobacco Act monitoring programme with regards to local needs. The Finnish Supervisory Agency assesses the monitoring plans and how they are executed.
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