Road users and snus users take centre stage in Almedalen
Users' voices are often missing from the debate on nicotine and harm reduction. Why is this the case? Vejpkollen and Snusarnas riksförbund ask this question in Almedalen 2023.
Tag: nicotine
Study: Snus helps most people quit smoking in Norway
Snus is the aid that helps most people to quit smoking in Norway. This is according to a study recently published by researchers at the Norwegian Public Health Agency.
Finland: Tobacco giant to launch tobacco-flavoured e-cigs
An e-cigarette market where only one flavour is allowed and there is little competition from both vape companies and other tobacco companies. In Finland, PMI has emerged as one of the few players actually selling...
How the EU e-juice tax could affect Sweden
The European Commission is likely to propose an EU-wide e-liquid tax before the end of the year. "This could have consequences in Sweden, even though we already have the tax that the EU is likely to...
"Young people are choosing vapes - smoking is disappearing"
Disposable vapes have become a fad, especially among young people. At the same time, smoking is declining sharply in the same group, says sustainability expert Clive Bates.
"We must find a sustainable solution for disposable weapons"
User-friendly disposable vapes increase the potential for harm minimisation for smokers. But environmental and sustainability issues need to be addressed, says John Dunne, Director General of UKVIA, the UK industry organisation.
Study: Why we like coffee with the nicotine
Coffee and nicotine belong together. Now new research shows how our two most common drugs interact in the body, and why the morning coffee matters more to nicotine users than others.
Four billion - to address e-cigarettes, nicotine and harm minimisation
The Bloomberg Philanthropies Foundation is investing an additional €4.2 billion to combat smoking, e-cigarettes and other nicotine use around the world.
WRITING: Why don't you dare to debate, Non Smoking Generation?
COMMENT. "One thought strikes me, why is there space in the media for only one side? Why is NSG allowed to sit and talk completely unchallenged on national TV?"
"Difficult for the anti-nicotine lobby to wriggle out of this"
The Ministry of Social Affairs' decision to change the mandate of the FHM and the National Board of Health and Welfare to have a clear focus on harm minimisation for smokers was welcomed.
Government clarifies guidelines for harm minimisation
The government clarifies the importance of emphasising the relative risks between different nicotine products in the study preceding the next ANDTS strategy.
Chronicle: "Tobacco and harm minimisation, an illogical impossibility?"
OPINION. Our authorities claim that harm minimisation for smokers does not work, and that the decline in the Swedish smoking rate is due to our generous paternity leave. Yes, that is actually what they have said.
