Four billion - to tackle e-cigarettes, nicotine and harm reduction
The Bloomberg Philanthropies Foundation is investing an additional SEK 4.2 billion to fight smoking, e-cigarettes and other nicotine use in the world.
Tag: policy
COLUMN: Why don't you dare to debate, Non Smoking Generation?
COLUMN. "A thought strikes me, why is there space in the media for only one side? Why is the 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 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.
"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...
700 listened as doctors and scientists talked vejpning
THR SUMMIT SPAIN. Nearly 700 people participated online as doctors met with researchers, activists and health scientists in a discussion on e-cigarettes and the role of technology in smoking cessation and harm reduction.
Authority tried to stop conference on harm reduction
Spanish authorities have stopped a conference on harm reduction that was to take place at the University of Madrid. After pressure from the authorities, the university decided to cancel the event. "It's about censorship"
Opposition rallies against the taste ban - "Optimistic for majority"
The center-right opposition is now rallying to reject the proposal to ban flavors in e-cigarettes. In practice, this would mean that the proposal would fail in the Riksdag.
Moderates reject government taste ban
Arbitrary, harmful to public health and unjustified. The Moderates firmly reject the government's proposal for a taste ban on e-cigarettes.
