[Smoking-free workplaces in the municipality of Nordkamp. A project within the Health and Unequality program in Finnmark]

Abstract

The local health service has introduced a proposal to act against smoking habits among the employed in the municipality of Nordkapp. The health politicians have accepted the plan. The local council has given its approval. The article presents the plan and discusses the strategy of this process of preventive medicine. It stresses the importance of choosing the right pedagogic principles and how to put the plan into action. The article also shows an example of how a relatively conflicting political decision can be based successfully on convincing and sober argument by the health authorities. It is important that the health service still consciously follows up the matter.