Living Conditions and Lifestyle

The Public Health Agency of Sweden compiles, develops and disseminates knowledge to support health promotion and preventive health work, in areas such as mental health, sexual health and lifestyle.

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We are also the national coordinating agency for suicide prevention.

Our mission within environmental health is to detect, prevent and eliminate health hazards in the physical environment and to promote positive environmental impacts on human health.

The agency is responsible for coordinated monitoring within alcohol, goods dangerous to health, narcotics, doping, tobacco and nicotine products, and compiles, analyses and disseminates knowledge in order to prevent related illness. The agency also has corresponding responsibility for gambling.

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