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"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.

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.

Why the tobacco giants win - all the time

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 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...

Warns of the black market after SVT report

Young people like vejpar were in the spotlight when SVT Västerbotten highlighted the recent increase in disposable weapons among young people in Umeå. "We see a black market emerging very quickly" warned vejpar entrepreneur Niklas Linder

Nicotine and e-cigarette licenses: what's involved

Disposable vapes, highly concentrated nicotine salts, some nicotine cones and ready-to-use e-liquids. These are products that require a license to be sold over the counter. But how does it work in reality?

20-year-old suspected of selling e-cigs illegally

A man in his 20s in Östersund is suspected of violating the Tobacco Act after police found nearly 100 e-cigarettes in the man's apartment.

Social Affairs Committee: No to taste ban for e-cigarettes

A majority of parliamentary parties do not want to ban flavorings in e-cigarettes. However, the Social Affairs Committee wants to make it a criminal offense for private individuals to sell nicotine products to minors.

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.

More expensive e-juice and less hardware - increased fees threaten supply

Less choice and higher prices for hardware and pre-mixed e-juice. This is expected if the Public Health Agency of Sweden is allowed to increase the fees for e-cigs and e-liquid.