
Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen and Director General Pekka Puska
The display of tobacco products and their trademarks in retail sale facilities will be forbidden in Finland. Tobacco products may not be sold or otherwise supplied to persons under 18 years, and also the import and possession of tobacco products by them is to be forbidden. Persons selling tobacco products should be aged at least 18 years.
The Act entered into force on 1 October 2010. The prohibition on display of tobacco products and the restrictions on smoking in hotel rooms will enter into force at the beginning of 2012. The sales of tobacco from vending machines should be forbidden within a transition period of four years.