!"#$%&'() *+,#$-.%&'() 3445 3447 3448 3449 344< 3446 344= 34;4 34;; 34;3 34;5 34;7 34;8 34;9 34;< GREENLAND !"#$%&/0) 89:3 *+,#$-.%&/0) !"#$%&12) *+,#$-.%&12) 56 36 3< 37 3; 3=:9 5;:; 33:5 3<:; 37:; 3<:3 38:= 34:9 54:< 33 9;:; 89:5 ;8 = = 9 8<:5 57 53 3<:8 36 3< 33:7 39:; 37:= 37:= 38:; 3<:6 ;6:8 35:6 37:5 33 Percentage of daily smokers in Greenland (GL) (18+ years), the Faroe Islands (FO) (15+ years) and Åland (AX) (18-79 years) Men (GL) Women (GL) Men (AX) Women (AX) Men (FO) Women (FO) 70 60 Percent 50 40 30 20 10 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 In Greenland, the work with tobacco is divided between the Government of Greenland, the healthcare services and the municipalities. The Ministry of Health, under the Government of Greenland, is responsible for the national recommendations and initiatives for tobacco. The work is based on the public health programme Inuuneritta II – The Government of Greenland’s Strategies and Goals for Public Health 2013-2019. The Ministry of Health focuses not only on preventive initiatives (campaigns, competitions, etc.) but is also responsible for the national SMS service Smoke-free Now! (Røgfri Nu!). The Ministry of Health regularly offers courses to qualify as stop-smoking instructors, in col- 44 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 laboration with the Danish Cancer Society. The most recent course for stop-smoking instructors focusing on children and young people was held in 2015 and was aimed at prevention workers from the municipalities. The most important task of the healthcare services is to safeguard Greenland’s healthcare services and to ensure treatment of patients in medical centres and at hospitals. Lifestyle Outpatient Clinics form part of the healthcare services which work with smoking cessation. The municipalities are responsible for the local frameworks under which individuals and families live. This includes services for smoking cessation.