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Nicotine debate: Want to see a ban on drug dealing and ID checks in smoking areas

Intergenerational ban on tobacco purchases. ID checks in the smoking area to stop minors from using cigarettes. Exposure bans and a ban on tobacco product repair. These are some of the proposals on the table when the Swedish Parliament...

SD: "Introduce harm reduction in tobacco policy"

A better investigation into the relative risks of different nicotine products and a new framework for managing tobacco and nicotine products. This is what the Sweden Democrats are now proposing ahead of the upcoming debate on ANDTS issues in the Social Affairs Committee.

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"

Ireland skips tax hike on e-juice

A planned new tax that would make life a little more sour for 1TP8 smokers has now been scuppered in Ireland. Authorities fear it would reduce the number of smokers who quit.

Leaving Australia after e-cigarette ban

Australian youtuber and vejp celebrity "Vaping Bogan" has decided to leave his home country due to the government's ban on the sale and import of e-cigarettes. His followers are now crowdfunding money for...

Report the Ministry to the Ombudsman - "Lack of transparency on nicotine pouches and the EU"

Why is the Ministry of Social Affairs concealing what it has said and thought about nicotine pouches, e-cigarettes and snus from the European Commission? This is the question asked by Samuel Lundell and the Snusarnas Riskförbund, who have now reported the Ministry to the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

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...

Anti-vejp group spread message during WHO conference - vejpare thrown out

Weed activists and anti-tobacco fanatics. Committed addiction researchers and prohibitionists. All gathered in Panama City to attend, monitor and comment on the tenth meeting of the WHO Tobacco Convention, COP10. Vejpkollen took the pulse of two movements fighting...

Ban or opportunity? New nicotine products a key issue for the Tobacco Convention

E-cigarettes, but also other smokeless nicotine products, will be the focus of the tenth meeting of the Tobacco Convention. And among the 183 countries participating in the meeting, opinions are very divided on how to proceed...

Sweden's agenda for WHO meeting on snus, nicotine pouches and e-cigs kept secret

The secrecy surrounding the upcoming meeting on the Tobacco Convention, COP10, is causing concern among many Swedes. Not least among those who use or work with smokeless nicotine products such as snus and e-cigarettes.

UK government bans single-use vejps - opens the door to taste bans

The UK government is proposing a ban on the sale of disposable vejps. This follows the government's announcement of new measures to reduce vejp use among young people in the country. The decision raises concerns among health researchers in the country.

Roadside shops are not allowed to link to their website anymore - "As if our name is toxic"

Companies selling e-cigarettes are no longer allowed to link to their website via social media or email. This is the result of the Swedish Consumer Agency's complaint against the company eSmokes for violating the rules on marketing in...