{"id":2524,"date":"2018-03-28T08:26:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T06:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suomenash.upcloud-1.web-veistamo.fi\/?page_id=2524"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:48:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:48:59","slug":"this-is-what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/suomenash.fi\/en\/information-about-us\/this-is-what-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"ASH Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"page-title\">ASH Finland<\/h1>\n<p>ASH Finland (Action on Smoking and Health) is a national public health organisation and tobacco policy expert established in 1989.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal is a tobacco- and nicotine-free Finland. We promote to end of the use of tobacco and other nicotine products that are comparable to tobacco, and abstinence from intoxicants. Our means are advocating, networking and communication.<\/p>\n<p>Domestic and international network cooperation is an important part of our operations: together we are stronger and more effective.<\/p>\n<p>We coordinate the work of the Smoke-free Finland 2030 and the Nicotine-free Finland networks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objective<br \/>\n<\/strong>Our objective is tobacco- and nicotine-free Finland. We promote to end the use of tobacco and other nicotine products as well as intoxicant-free lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mission<br \/>\n<\/strong>We work with the aim of ending the use of tobacco and nicotine products and promoting a responsible alcohol policy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vision<br \/>\n<\/strong>To free individuals, society and the environment from suffering the harmful effects of tobacco and nicotine products. To minimise the harms caused by alcohol consumption through responsible policy.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Board<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Chair<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mr. Pekka Puska, MD, Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vice chair<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mrs. Outi Palkama, Master of Sport and Health Sciences<\/p>\n<p><strong>Members<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mr. Mikael Ekblad,\u00a0 MD, Assistant professor<br \/>\nMr. Heikki Hiilamo, Professor<br \/>\nMr. Juha Mikkonen, PhD<br \/>\nMrs. Eeva Ollila, MD, Docent<br \/>\nMrs. Annamari Rouhos, MD<br \/>\nMr. Olli Simonen, MD<br \/>\nMrs. Tuula Vasankari, MD, Professor<br \/>\nMrs. Tiina Vlasoff, Health Promotion Expert<\/p>\n<p>Our work is financed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASH Finland ASH Finland (Action on Smoking and Health) is a national public health organisation and tobacco policy expert established&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/suomenash.fi\/en\/information-about-us\/this-is-what-we-do\/\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2530,"parent":2489,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"coauthors":[16],"class_list":["post-2524","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ASH Finland - Suomen ASH ry | Suomen ASH ry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/suomenash.fi\/en\/information-about-us\/this-is-what-we-do\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ASH Finland - Suomen ASH ry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ASH Finland ASH Finland (Action on Smoking and Health) is a national public health organisation and tobacco policy expert established... 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