Sweden blocks EU compromise on nicotine pouch tax hike
Sweden blocks EU compromise on nicotine pouch tax hike
EU negotiators failed to reach an agreement on new minimum taxes for tobacco and nicotine products after Sweden refused to back down from its opposition to the latest compromise revision of the Tobacco Excise Directive (TED). After months of negotiations, ...
TPD3: Consumers and scientists urged to act as EU prepares new tobacco rules
TPD3: Consumers and scientists urged to act as EU prepares new tobacco rules
As the European Union begins work on the next revision of its Tobacco Products Directive (TPD3), an international group of public health experts, researchers, and consumer advocates is calling on nicotine cons...
GFN26 preview: Europe’s nicotine crossroads, Sweden’s smoke-free success
GFN26 preview: Europe’s nicotine crossroads, Sweden’s smoke-free success
As delegates prepare to head to Warsaw for the 13th Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN26), Snusforumet catches up with Patrik Strömer to discuss Sweden’s smoke-free success, the ongoing debate about nicotine pouche...
New data confirms Sweden’s smoke-free status
New data confirms Sweden’s smoke-free status
Fewer than five percent of Swedes smoke daily, according to a new report, effectively cementing Sweden’s status as a smoke-free country. The report, Self-reported Smoking and Snus Habits 2003–2025 from the ...
EU seeks public input on tobacco regulation revisions
EU seeks public input on tobacco regulation revisions
The European Commission has opened a public comment period to gather feedback on potential revisions to EU tobacco rules, amid heated debates and divergent member state regulations for new, non-combustible tob...
WHO chooses ideology over Sweden’s evidence on nicotine
WHO chooses ideology over Sweden’s evidence on nicotine
The WHO continues to treat all nicotine products as a threat, despite growing evidence that smoke-free alternatives can dramatically reduce smoking-related harm, argues Martin Cullip of the Taxpayers Protectio...
Swedes still face 400% tax hike on pouches with EU’s latest TED revision
Swedes still face 400% tax hike on pouches with EU’s latest TED revision
A new compromise on revising the EU's Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) has emerged. The latest TED revision would raise taxes paid by Swedish nicotine pouch consumers by 400 percent over current levels. The l...
Konstantinos Farsalinos: The scientist who won’t let politics bury the evidence
Konstantinos Farsalinos: The scientist who won’t let politics bury the evidence
In this instalment of our Harm Reduction Heroes series, Snusforumet talks to Konstantinos Farsalinos, the Greek cardiologist and nicotine researcher whose sweeping new review of nicotine pouches...
New study challenges nicotine dual use misconceptions
New study challenges nicotine dual use misconceptions
Smokers who combine cigarettes with alternative nicotine products smoke significantly less, a new study from Spain reveals, and in some cases quit completely, poking holes in misplaced fears about the dyn...