Since 1996 questions about tobacco use have been included in FSI postal questionnaires. The project started in collaboration with the Swedish National Institute of Public Health. Since 2002 the project has continued in collaboration with the Institute for Tobacco Studies - ITS. In 2007 the project was given the name VAKT.

VAKT is a stand-alone project with purpose to establishing a sound knowledge of the Swedish tobacco habits, people’s attitudes towards their own and others' tobacco use and knowledge of tobacco's impact on individuals and societies. It is hoped that this will help health promotion in Sweden and other countries.

VAKT-Smoke

Is a prospective web-based study of 1000 smokers followed over a period of two years. The study was conducted in collaboration with the Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS) and the Institute for Tobacco Studies (ITS).

VAKT-Snus

Is a Web-based study where 1000 daily Snus-users were asked the same questions as in the VAKT, smoke base-line survey. It was conducted in collaboration with the Institute for Tobacco Studies (ITS).

Publications

Revisiting Harm Reduction -
An Update of Pros and Cons
Poster presented at the ECToH conference Tobacco or Health in Amsterdam 28-30 Mars 2011

Perception of health status among different groups of tobacco users in Sweden
Poster presented at the 1st Asian Regional SRNT Conference in Bangkok 28-31 October 2008

Changing tobacco habits in Sweden:
Influence of environmental and psychological
factors related to smoking and use of smokeless
tobacco ("snus").
Poster presented at SRNT's 14th Annual Meeting in Portland, OR USA February 27-March 1, 2008

The Swedish experience of minimizing smoking
a possibly challenging example for large scale smoking cessation in the Asia Pacific region.
Poster presented at the APACT conference in Sydney 6-9 October 2010

Swedish adults' understanding of the health risks
of long term use of nicotine replacement products
and of using Swedish snus compared to smoking.
Poster presented at the 10th European SRNT Europe Conference in Rome 23-26 September 2008