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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.

Scientists and doctors encourage harm minimisation in the EU

Sweden and a unique harm minimisation model are the focus of a seminar where researchers and doctors discuss the reasons behind Sweden's low smoking rate.

Why the tobacco giants win - all the time

Stubborn and cynical lobbying by the anti-smoking lobby leads to e-cigarettes being completely taken over by the tobacco companies. And smokers continue to die.

"The laws created the black market for disposable weapons"

"We've been warning about this for a long time now. It's good that someone else sees it too. Now the politicians must react more wisely than they have done before," says NNA Sweden's chairman Karl-Åke Johansson about the...

Warning about the black market after SVT programme

Young people like vejpar were in the spotlight when SVT Västerbotten highlighted the recent increase in disposable weapons among young people in Umeå. "We see a black market emerging very quickly" warned vejp entrepreneur Niklas Linder.

Licences for nicotine and e-cigarettes: what's involved?

Disposable vapes, highly concentrated nicotine salts, some nicotine caps and ready-to-use e-liquids. These are products that require authorisation to be sold over the counter. But how does it work in reality?

20-year-old suspected of selling e-cigs illegally

A 20-year-old man in Östersund is suspected of violating the Tobacco Act after police found nearly 100 e-cigarettes in his apartment.

Social Affairs Committee: No to flavour ban for e-cigarettes

A majority of parliamentary parties do not want to ban flavours in e-cigarettes. However, the Social Affairs Committee wants to make it a criminal offence for private individuals to sell nicotine products to minors.

Opposition rallies against flavour ban - "Optimistic for majority"

The centre-right opposition is now rallying to reject the proposal to ban flavours in e-cigarettes. In practice, this would mean that the proposal would fail in Parliament.

More expensive e-juice and less hardware - higher fees threaten supply

Reduced supply and higher prices for hardware and pre-mixed e-juice. This is expected if the Public Health Agency is allowed to increase the fees for e-cigs and e-liquid.

"Without flavours, e-cigarettes do not work"

I don't want to become a smoker again. Why do you want me to?" Users and entrepreneurs ask this question in a film aimed at politicians in the Social Affairs Committee.

Flavour ban delayed - vejpare demonstrated outside Parliament.

The Government's proposal for a flavour ban on e-cigarettes is delayed. Meanwhile, activists, road users and entrepreneurs demonstrated outside the Parliament.