An increase of almost 500% in the tax on white snus. This is the content of a leaked proposal to the European Commission intended to create a so-called harmonisation of taxes on different nicotine products within the EU. Now consumers and retailers are up in arms.
Australia and New Zealand have taken diametrically different approaches to the regulation of vejp products. Prohibition and pharmacy sales versus authorised sales in shops. Now a team of researchers from institutions in both countries has compared the approaches and tried to draw conclusions about the impact on cigarette smoking.
The Public Health Agency of Sweden is stopping the sale of the nicotine analogue 6-methyl nicotine - known commercially as "NoNik" or "Metatine". The reason is that, in order to be sold, the products must first be registered and labelled under the Tobacco and Similar Products Act.
Tax-free. Without restrictions on either dose or quantity. The nicotine analogue 6-methyl nicotine or "metatine" has arrived in Sweden and is now sold in several shops as an alternative to nicotine in e-cigarettes and e-liquids. But what exactly is it - and why has a so-called synthetic nicotine analogue made its way into Swedish shops?
Studies from the UK show that many smokers still try to quit using ineffective methods. Now researchers are speaking out.
"The likelihood of success increases dramatically if you use evidence-based methods such as vejpning or other nicotine alternatives," says the study's lead author, Sarah Jackson.
