Article 3
1. The aim of the information programmes financed by the Fund shall be to improve public awareness of the dangers of all forms of tobacco consumption. 2. The programmes shall consist of projects involving information and education, data collection and studies. The projects concerned shall focus in particular on: (a) raising public awareness of the harmful effects of tobacco consumption, including passive smoking; (b) improving the relevance and effectiveness of the messages put across about the harmful effects of tobacco consumption, and the methods of communication used (language and images); (c) preventing and stopping smoking; (d) disseminating the results to the national authorities and the relevant sectors, in the areas referred to in (a), (b) and (c).