snus archive

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...

Snus tax and nicotine ban at SSU congress

Abolished contributions to the Non Smoking Generation, higher taxes on snus and a generational ban on the purchase of nicotine. These are some of the proposals that the Social Democratic Youth Union (SSU) will consider at its congress in the autumn...

Markus Lindblad, Snusbolaget, urges Swedish snus users to speak out against the EU.

Warns of tax shock and flavour ban on white snus

"We risk a tax shock and a flavour ban on white snus. One million Swedish users should speak out immediately." So says Snusbolaget's Head of Communications Markus Lindblad, as the EU moves closer to minimising taxes on nicotine products.

Report on the relative risks of nicotine criticised by the FHM

Study on the risks of nicotine use is criticised - "It bit off more than it could chew"

"The report does not provide users with clear information on relative risks, but only assumptions that are more opinion than science-based claims" say Karl-Åke Johansson and Samuel Lundell, active in the consumer-driven NNA Sweden and...

PMI: 'We need to be careful when launching smoke-free products'

Opposition to new nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches, could lead to increased cigarette sales. This is the view of Philip Morris International's European Director, Massimo Andolina.

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.

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.

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...

"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.

Legislation related to e-cigs, snus, nicotine pouches and cigarettes.

Study on banning the distribution of cigarettes, e-cigs and snus

A ban on the sale of nicotine and the possibility of special rules for the sale of nitrous oxide. A study will look into this in 2023.