Swedish roadmap archives

Omar Sabih is Kinna's own stop-smoking doctor

Omar has travelled from Lebanon to Mark municipality to become something of a quit-smoking guru in Kinna. Not only does he sell vejp products in his shop in the small municipality, but he also...

Taping changed Ana's life - both personally and professionally.

Ana Georgieva Zlatkova was in her mid-10s, fresh out of a gruelling job in a meat factory, chain-smoking and generally feeling miserable. Today, cigarettes have been replaced by e-cigs and she runs the company "My...

From smoker to corporate gazelle in the 1TP8 world

Lidköping resident Michael Fredén has managed to combine a passion for business with his interest in vejpning - and now he has hit a home run.

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...

"I will never smoke again" - Stories from Sweden

How do Swedes stay smoke-free? That's the question Vejpkollen asks in a series of reports on nicotine use in Sweden - a country that is becoming smoke-free.

Björn, 59, vejpare - 'I can breathe normally again'

"Hardly anyone smokes anymore. People like me, who maybe didn't care so much about their health, find other ways to get the nicotine. The young people on mopeds...

Nikita, 39, ex-smoker "The feeling is the key - not the nicotine"

"I have been smoke-free for over five years. I might have a cigarette at a party once in a while, but I know I won't start smoking again. It's not...

Mirza, 46, vejpare: "The hardest part was finding the right flavour and feel"

He lit his first cigarette when he was 17. The last one when he was 41. Mirza Kadrovic is one of the many thousands of former smokers in Sweden who now use nicotine on ...

Håkan, 48, ex-smoker: "It is very important that e-cigs are available everywhere cigarettes are"

Snuff and cigarettes have long been a natural part of Håkan Friedrich's life. Almost 40 years after his first puff, the cigarettes have been replaced by e-cigs and the snus by citrus-flavoured nicotine pouches.

Bengt Wiberg, snus user, road user, innovator and activist for smoke-free nicotine products.

'The snus issue is all about politics - not science and health'

Lidingö resident Bengt Wiberg is the weeping snus user who takes on the role of both advocate and consumer at the annual Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw. "Snus is all about politics...

Four burglaries in one month - 'A nightmare'

The small roadside shop in Karlskrona was hit by four burglaries in one month. Now Mateo Lozano hopes the nightmare month will finally be over.

Shopkeepers: "Raise the age limit for buying vapes"

"Raise the age limit and make sure that products can only be sent to the address of record for online purchases." Says David Vilja, owner of Vejpshop.