News and debate on nicotine, e-cigs and snus

Finnish doctors warn of lung damage by vejpning "Suspect EVALI"

Curiosity drove Victoria to vejpningen - and life-changing changes

Parliament decided on a new target for tobacco and nicotine policy

A vejping pioneer with a thousand irons in the fire

Parliament voted against the vejp ban on outdoor cafés - but ministers said yes

Government: "Worrying for freedom of trade when countries ban nicotine pouches"

The Government is concerned that free movement is negatively affected when individual Member States introduce a total ban on nicotine pouches. This is what Minister for Development Cooperation and Trade Johan Forssell (m) writes about the recent debate on nicotine pouches ...

Anti-vejp group spreads message at WHO conference - vejpers ejected

Weather activists and anti-tobacco fanatics. Dedicated addiction researchers and prohibitionists. All gathered in Panama City to attend, monitor and comment on the tenth meeting of the WHO Tobacco Convention, COP10. Vejpkollen took the pulse of two movements fighting...

Crime syndicates control the nicotine trade - "People don't stop smoking because of high taxes"

In a short time, cigarette sales in Panama have fallen to record lows. But this is a truth with a twist. Neither demand nor availability has decreased, only legal trade. This is according to the organisation Crime...

Ban or opportunity? New nicotine products a sticking point for the Tobacco Convention

E-cigarettes, but also other smokeless nicotine products, are the focus of the 10th meeting of the Tobacco Convention. And among the 183 countries attending the meeting, there are very different views on how to proceed...

Tobacco farmers protested outside tobacco convention meeting

Tobacco farmers who grow tobacco for cigars protested on Monday outside the Tobacco Control Convention conference in Panama. The message? There are different forms of tobacco use, and cigars, unlike cigarettes, are not products that...

Sound engineer, vejpare and aspiring smoke machine

Sound engineer and vejper Micke Thenor travels around the country behind the mixing desks of all kinds of artists. A life that involves late nights and stints as an effects creator: "A vejp is really the same as...

Sweden's agenda for WHO meeting on snus, nicotine pouches and e-cigs kept secret

The secrecy surrounding the upcoming meeting of the Convention on Tobacco Control (COP10) is causing concern among many Swedes. Not least among those who use or work with smoke-free nicotine products such as snus and e-cigarettes.

Debate: "Government must explain itself to Sweden's 1.4 million snus users ahead of WHO meeting"

DEBATE: The EU is concealing its position on snus and white snus ahead of the WHO COP10 conference in Panama. But what are our parliamentary politicians actually doing? This is what Bengt Wiberg, innovator and founder of the consumer network #EUforSnus, asks.

News and debate on nicotine, e-cigs and snus

Finnish doctors warn of lung damage by vejpning "Suspect EVALI"

Curiosity drove Victoria to vejpningen - and life-changing changes

Parliament decided on a new target for tobacco and nicotine policy

A vejping pioneer with a thousand irons in the fire

Parliament voted against the vejp ban on outdoor cafés - but ministers said yes

Government: "Worrying for freedom of trade when countries ban nicotine pouches"

Anti-vejp group spreads message at WHO conference - vejpers ejected

Crime syndicates control the nicotine trade - "People don't stop smoking because of high taxes"

Ban or opportunity? New nicotine products a sticking point for the Tobacco Convention

Tobacco farmers protested outside tobacco convention meeting

Sound engineer, vejpare and aspiring smoke machine

Sweden's agenda for WHO meeting on snus, nicotine pouches and e-cigs kept secret

Debate: "Government must explain itself to Sweden's 1.4 million snus users ahead of WHO meeting"

UK government bans disposable vejps - opens up for flavour ban

Study: "Vejps and nicotine patches safe to use for smoking cessation in pregnancy"

Young people vejpook unknown substance - emergency hospitalisation

Vejpshoppar not allowed to link to their website anymore - "As if our name is toxic"