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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"

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...

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.

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.

Not an uncommon sight - shops are fronting with e-cigs - and now cigarette sales are declining in favor of e-cigs. snus and nicotine pouches.

E-cigs and pouches take place as cigarette sales decline

Fewer Swedes are buying cigarettes. But more nicotine pouches and vejps. This is what CAN states in its latest report on nicotine sales in Sweden. "Cigarettes will disappear. Politicians and authorities can now either...

"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.

Hardcore smokers prefer e-cigs to snus and medicines

Among Norwegians who still smoke, e-cigarettes probably have the greatest potential to reduce smoking. Traditional nicotine medicines, on the other hand, are not very popular. This is according to a new study by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

Amanda Seguel, nicotine pouches and e-cigs

Amanda, 25 - "I've got rid of the really dangerous thing, smoking"

Feature story: She is 25 years old and has been using nicotine since her early teens. Amanda Seguel started out as a smoker, but soon switched to vejping and nicotine pouches. "Right now, I don't actually use...