The Government clarifies the importance of highlighting relative risks between different nicotine products in the study that precedes the next ANDTS strategy.
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.
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.
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 Finnish Health Authority wants to ban all imports of snus. The aim is to curb the black market and achieve a nicotine-free Finland by 2030. "Ridiculous", users say.
DEBATE: In the EU, mortality due to nicotine use is more than twice as high as in Sweden. The use of nicotine via snus and nicotine portions clearly has major effects on public health, says Markus...
Taste bans, taxes and restrictions. These are the key words to summarize the 1TP8 Year 2021. But that's not the whole truth - 2021 has opened up many opportunities!
"The Non Smoking Generation has an attitude towards freedom of expression that has no place in a democratic society" says Réka Tolnai, President of the Center Party Youth League
The government's tobacco policy suffered a major blow after 6 out of 8 parties voted against the new ANDTS strategy. The focus was on snus and e-cigarettes, but also drug policy