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Prevention is important for achieving this goal. We compare the Nordic countries\u2019 preventive tobacco policies, discuss the possible determinants for similarities and differences in policy implementation, and provide strategies for strengthening tobacco prevention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We used the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) to identify the key policies for this narrative review. We focused on Articles 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 and 16 of the WHO FCTC, and assessed the status of the required (core) and recommended (advanced) policies and their application to novel tobacco and nicotine products. Information on the implementation of strategies, acts and regulations were searched from global and national tobacco control databases, websites and scientific articles via PubMed and MEDLINE.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The WHO FCTC and European regulations have ensured that the core policies are mostly in place, but also contributed to the shared deficiencies that are seen especially in the regulations on smokeless tobacco and novel products. Strong national tobacco control actors have facilitated countries to implement some advanced policies \u2013 even as the first countries in the world: point-of-sale display bans (Iceland), outdoor smoking bans (Sweden), flavour bans on electronic cigarettes (Finland), plain packaging (Norway), and plain packaging on electronic cigarettes (Denmark).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Collaboration and participation in reinforcing the European regulations, resources for national networking between tobacco control actors, and national regulations to provide protection from the tobacco industry\u2019s interference are needed to strengthen comprehensive implementation of tobacco policies in the Nordic countries.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/14034948221106867","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,8]],"date-time":"2022-07-08T01:55:47Z","timestamp":1657245347000},"page":"1108-1121","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Towards Tobacco-Free Generation: implementation of preventive tobacco policies in the Nordic countries"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"51","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4268-0978","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anu","family":"Linnansaari","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Social Sciences, Unit of Health Sciences, Tampere, Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hanna","family":"Ollila","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Charlotta","family":"Pisinger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, The Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark"},{"name":"Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark"},{"name":"Danish Heart Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Janne","family":"Scheffels","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jaana M.","family":"Kinnunen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Social Sciences, Unit of Health Sciences, Tampere, Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3273-6226","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Arja","family":"Rimpel\u00e4","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Social Sciences, Unit of Health Sciences, Tampere, Finland"},{"name":"Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-14034948221106867","volume-title":"Europe\u2019s Beating Cancer Plan","author":"European Commission","year":"2021"},{"key":"bibr2-14034948221106867","volume-title":"WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control","author":"World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)","year":"2003"},{"key":"bibr3-14034948221106867","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S2468-2667(17)30045-2"},{"key":"bibr4-14034948221106867","volume-title":"ESPAD Report 2019: Results from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs","author":"European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD) Group","year":"2020"},{"key":"bibr5-14034948221106867","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19020683"},{"key":"bibr6-14034948221106867","volume-title":"The Tobacco Control Scale 2010 in Europe","author":"Joossens L","year":"2011"},{"key":"bibr7-14034948221106867","volume-title":"Tobacco Control Scale 2019 in Europe","author":"Joossens L","year":"2020"},{"key":"bibr8-14034948221106867","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s13012-015-0367-1"},{"key":"bibr9-14034948221106867","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s13012-020-01007-w"},{"key":"bibr10-14034948221106867","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10488-010-0319-7"},{"key":"bibr11-14034948221106867","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1057\/jphp.2014.18"},{"key":"bibr12-14034948221106867","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Cairney P. 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