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Nicotine products attract more people to small shops

Nicotine products are highly valued when we shop in convenience stores and gas stations. This is according to a new consumer survey from the industry organization Convenience Stores Sweden.

Reduced tax on snus attracts a lot of attention

"A disaster". "A proposal influenced by the tobacco industry". "A model for other EU countries to follow" The government's plans to cut taxes on snus and to finance the measure with higher taxes...

Kent, 51, snus user: "I can live without cigarettes - but not snus"

"I can have a puff now and then, if I want, but I can go without cigarettes for months. But the snuff - I never want to be without it" Kent Andreasson is one of...

Bengt Wiberg, snus user, vejp user, innovator and activist for smoke-free nicotine products

"The snus issue is all about politics - not science and health"

Bengt Wiberg from Lidingö, Sweden, is the vejpanding snus user who takes on the role of both advocate and consumer when the movement gathers annually in Warsaw for the Global Forum on Nicotine. "Snus is all about politics...

Snus tax and nicotine ban at SSU Congress

Abolition of subsidies to the Non Smoking Generation, higher taxes on snus and a generational ban on nicotine purchases. These are some of the proposals that the Social Democratic Youth Union (SSU) will consider during its congress in the fall...

Markus Lindblad, Snusbolaget, calls on Swedish snus users to speak out against the EU

Warns of tax shock and taste ban on white snus

"We risk a tax shock and a taste ban for white snus. One million Swedish users should speak out." So says Snusbolaget's head of communications, Markus Lindblad, as the EU moves towards harmonized taxes on nicotine products.

Criticism of FHM report on relative risks of nicotine

Report on the risks of nicotine use is criticized - "It was a piece of cake"

"The report does not provide users with clear information on relative risks, but only assumptions that are more opinions than scientifically based claims" say Karl-Åke Johansson and Samuel Lundell, active in the consumer-driven NNA Sweden and...

PMI: "We need to be careful when launching smoke-free products"

Opposition to new nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches, could lead to increased cigarette sales. That's according to Philip Morris International's head of Europe, Massimo Andolina.

Road users and snus users take the stage in Almedalen

Users' voices are often missing from the debate on nicotine and harm reduction. Why is this the case? Vejpkollen and the Swedish Snus Association are asking the question in Almedalen 2023.

Study: Snus helps most people quit smoking in Norway

Snus is the aid that helps most people quit smoking in Norway. This is according to a study recently published by researchers at the Norwegian Public Health Agency.

How EU tax on e-juice could affect Sweden

The European Commission is likely to propose an EU-wide tax on e-liquids before the end of the year. "This could also have consequences in Sweden, even though we already have the tax that the EU is likely...

"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.