Federal Council extends prevention campaigns
On Wednesday, the Federal Council confirmed the priorities of the federal government’s prevention policy. An unbalanced diet, lack of physical activity, problematic alcohol consumption, smoking, and the AIDS program will continue to be the core themes of the campaigns conducted by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).
On Wednesday, the Federal Council confirmed the priorities in the Confederation's prevention policy. An unbalanced diet, lack of exercise, problematic alcohol consumption, smoking and the Aids program will continue to form the core topics of the Federal Office of Public Health's (FOPH) campaigns in the future, and the Confederation has been running national prevention programs in the areas of drugs, Aids and tobacco since the 1990s. Now that the government has also been active in the areas of alcohol, nutrition and exercise for a number of years, this commitment is also to be continued within the framework of national programs, writes the Confederation in a press release issued on Wednesday.
For the Swiss Advertising Association, the campaigns of the Federal Office of Public Health clearly go too far. "Does every citizen have to be as fit as a fiddle and go to their grave without joy?" asked Association President Carlo Schmid rhetorically on the last day of advertising, alluding to the FOPH's prevention measures. (see
). The Federal Office and the Federal Council do not seem to be impressed by this. The costs of implementing the programs amount to around CHF 20.5 million. The FOPH's share amounts to around CHF 14 million and is included in its financial plan, the federal government writes in the press release.
For the Swiss Advertising Association, the campaigns of the Federal Office of Public Health clearly go too far. "Does every citizen have to be as fit as a fiddle and go to their grave without joy?" asked Association President Carlo Schmid rhetorically on the last day of advertising, alluding to the FOPH's prevention measures. (see
). The Federal Office and the Federal Council do not seem to be impressed by this. The costs of implementing the programs amount to around CHF 20.5 million. The FOPH's share amounts to around CHF 14 million and is included in its financial plan, the federal government writes in the press release.
