Entrepreneurs act against black market for e-cigs
The industry association for electronic cigarettes is now mobilizing to tackle the growing black market for e-cigarettes in Sweden.
News and debate on nicotine, e-cigs and snus
"Difficult for the anti-nicotine lobby to wriggle out of this"
The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs' decision to change the mission of FHM and the National Board of Health and Welfare to have a clear focus on harm reduction for smokers was welcomed.
Government clarifies harm reduction guidelines
The Government clarifies the importance of highlighting relative risks between different nicotine products in the study that precedes the next ANDTS strategy.
Chronicle: "Tobacco and harm reduction, an illogical impossibility?"
COLUMN. Our authorities claim that harm reduction for smokers doesn't work, and that the decline in the Swedish smoking rate is due to our generous paternity leave. Yes, that is indeed what they have said.
Investigation into the prohibition of the sale 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 at this in more detail in 2023.
Scientists and doctors encourage harm reduction in the EU
Sweden and a unique harm reduction model are the focus of a seminar where researchers and doctors discuss the reasons behind Sweden's low smoking rates.
Why the tobacco giants win - all the time
Stubborn and cynical lobbying by the anti-smoking lobby leads to e-cigarettes being taken over completely 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 have to react more wisely than they have done in the past", says NNA Sweden's chairman Karl-Åke Johansson about the...
Since when did my voice become your voice?
COLUMN: "Once again it's on the agenda. These flavors that we use for our e-cigarettes and enjoy." Read Mathias Norman's column in Vejpkollen.
Police: "Young people obtain e-cigs from criminal circles"
The use of e-cigarettes is increasing among minors, especially the so-called disposable models. But it is not the use itself that primarily worries police. It is the way young people...
EU politicians ill-informed about e-cigs and white snus
More and more MEPs understand the difference in risk between smoking and smokeless nicotine products. At the same time, they are generally ill-informed about the products. This is according to a survey by Tamarind Intelligence.
Many upset after SVT report "It's distorted"
After SVT's report on young people and vejpning, reactions from vejpers and business owners have been thick in the comment fields on Facebook. "It is better that young people vejpar instead of smoking tobacco" writes one...
