Articles tagged with Harm reduction
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 consumers across Europe to make their voices heard. ...
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 ...
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...
Nordic nicotine industry to EU: Stop treating pouches like cigarettes
Nordic nicotine industry to EU: Stop treating pouches like cigarettes
Nordic nicotine manufacturers have warned the EU that it risks making a mistake in its nicotine policy, calling for more nuanced and carefully calibrated regulations that take relative risks into account.In a ...
Researchers fuming over EU health commissioner’s nicotine misinformation
Researchers fuming over EU health commissioner’s nicotine misinformation
A group of leading European academics and medical researchers has publicly challenged what they describe as “false and misleading” statements by EU Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi about the risks of smoke-...
Mirita Saxberg: A smoke-free Finland needs a viable legal market
Mirita Saxberg: A smoke-free Finland needs a viable legal market
Finland and Sweden are moving in different directions in nicotine policy. While Sweden is approaching a smoke-free society, Finland embraces tighter restrictions on smoke-free alternatives....
Nicotine industry body launches in Finland amid tighter regulation
Nicotine industry body launches in Finland amid tighter regulation
Finland’s nicotine manufacturing sector has formed a new national industry association as the country moves toward stricter regulation of nicotine pouches and other smoke-free products. The association, Sav...
Nicotine regulations in Finland: A timeline
Nicotine regulations in Finland: A timeline
Finland is implementing a range of new regulations between 2025 and 2027. Below is a summary of the new nicotine regulations in Finland that have the potential to reshape the country’s nicotine pouch market. ...
Mark Tyndall: The harm reduction doctor who took on tobacco’s last taboo
Mark Tyndall: The harm reduction doctor who took on tobacco’s last taboo
In this instalment of our Harm Reduction Heroes series, Snusforumet talks to Mark Tyndall, the Canadian infectious-disease physician who helped pioneer pragmatic responses to HIV and overdoses – and who now ar...