Participating countries


The idea of the Smokefree Class Competition was first established in Finland in 1989. In the school-year 1997/1998 the Smokefree Class Competition was carried out on a European level for the first time. World-wide, Algeria, Canada, Israel, Russia, Tunesia and the United Arab Emirates have noticed the project.

In the school-year 2009/2010 the competition is carried out in the following countries:

Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (Wales).

Country-specific homepages can be found here:

Portugal Finland Switzerland France Germany Italy Latvia Luxembourg Netherlands Romania UK (Wales) Spain Estonia Iceland Belgium Greece Poland Bulgaria

Best practice guide

Find a compilation of background, rules and hints for implementation of SFC. Click here.

Denormalising Smoking in the Classroom: Does it Cause Bullying?

A new study assessed whether participation in the Smokefree Class Competition increases bullying or perception of isolation. This paper was published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health: click here.

A European school-based smoking prevention programme
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Co-funded by the
European Commission