While Switzerland is significantly behind many of its European counterparts with respect to national smoke-free laws, civil society organizations have pushed their local jurisdictions to make major steps toward smoke-free air. By implementing change at the local level, these organizations are not only protecting their constituents, but also creating an example for the rest of the country to follow. Local laws in Switzerland have been and will continue to be a catalyst for change at the national level. The Swiss experience included a number of tactics that may be universally employed:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Use the democratic system to your advantage
\n\u2022 Once there is a model in a jurisdiction, target new jurisdictions view themselves as similar
\n\u2022 The first step sets the standard
\n\u2022 Preemption is never good
\n\u2022 Try to get hospitality groups on your side or neutral
\n\u2022 Identify messaging that speaks to the local public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This case study examines the substantial amount of work left to do in Switzerland to make the country smoke-free and outlines the various hurdles in the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[35],"networks":[],"language":[],"multichannel":[],"audience":[],"other":[],"phase":[72,71],"region":[77],"country":[306],"featured":[],"campaigns":[],"issue":[775],"policy":[],"types":[],"phases":[],"class_list":["post-2891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-study","tag-smoke-free","phase-implementing","phase-passing","region-europe","country-switzerland","issue-smoke-free"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n