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Health minister sets tone for harm reduction ahead of new EU rules

Health Minister Jakob Forssmed now joins the debate on nicotine pouches and harm reduction. "I want to emphasize that compared to snus, cigarettes and smoking tobacco pose a relatively greater health risk"

Government: "Worrying for trade freedom when countries ban nicotine pouches"

The Government is concerned that free movement is adversely affected when individual Member States introduce total bans on nicotine pouches. This is what Minister for Development Cooperation and Trade Johan Forssell (m) writes regarding the recent debate on nicotine pouches...

Campaigning for harm reduction in the EU - "Risk of nicotine pouch ban this spring"

Anecdotal reports, albeit unconfirmed by officials, suggest that access to smokeless nicotine products, such as white snus, may be severely restricted. If the European Commission has its way.

"I will never smoke again" - Stories from Sweden

How do Swedes stay smoke-free? Vejpkollen asks this question in a series of reports on nicotine use in Sweden - a country on the way to becoming smoke-free.

Finland: High tax on nicotine pouches awaits after deregulation

High taxes, neutral packaging requirements and a partial flavor ban. This is how the Finnish government wants to deal with the recently legalized sale of nicotine pouches in the country. But now Finnish consumers are warning of a backlash.

"Religious opposition to e-cigs and nicotine pouches"

What is happening in a country where cannabis is allowed to flow freely, but all alternatives to cigarettes are seen as the devil's invention? Vejpkollen spoke to Rob de Lange and nicotine pouch inventor Karl Fagerström.

Smuggling drops sharply after nicotine pouches become available

Finland. Smuggling of nicotine pouches and snus has decreased drastically in Finland. This is because nicotine pouches have become legal to buy in regular stores. The online newspaper YLE reports that

Warning: "EU wants to ban white snus - also in Sweden"

EU health bureaucrats want to ban white snus, i.e. nicotine imports, in all EU countries, including Sweden. This is according to Charlie Weimers, Member of the European Parliament, after reading a leaked report commissioned by the European Commission...

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Health minister sets tone for harm reduction ahead of new EU rules

Government: "Worrying for trade freedom when countries ban nicotine pouches"

Campaigning for harm reduction in the EU - "Risk of nicotine pouch ban this spring"

"I will never smoke again" - Stories from Sweden

Finland: High tax on nicotine pouches awaits after deregulation

"Religious opposition to e-cigs and nicotine pouches"

Smuggling drops sharply after nicotine pouches become available

Warning: "EU wants to ban white snus - also in Sweden"

Went from cigarette to smoke-free - "Quitting one thing at a time"

Håkan, 48, former smoker: "Very important that e-cigs are available everywhere cigarettes are"

Reduced tax on snus attracts a lot of attention

Norwegian vejpare and scientists try to stop the taste ban