Articles tagged with Nicotine
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-free nicotine products. In an open letter...
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...
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...
EU’s Olivér Várhelyi chooses fiction over science on nicotine
EU’s Olivér Várhelyi chooses fiction over science on nicotine
Claims of “one hundred percent” certainty about the health impact of nicotine products by EU Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi should cause alarm in Europe's public health community, argues Martin Cullip wit...
Will Sweden dare to export its own vaccine against smoking?
Will Sweden dare to export its own vaccine against smoking?
Snus is one of Sweden's most successful innovations, but politics lags behind in taking steps to reap the full public health benefits. Industry leaders, researchers, and politicians gathered recently to discus...
Sweden blocks France’s nicotine pouch crackdown
Sweden blocks France’s nicotine pouch crackdown
Sweden is once again pushing back against another EU country’s efforts to ban nicotine pouches, this time taking aim at France. The move follows a similar action targeting Spain earlier this spring and signals...
Smoke-free nicotine products to surpass cigarettes in the US in 2025: report
Smoke-free nicotine products to surpass cigarettes in the US in 2025: report
Consumption of smoke-free nicotine products—such as nicotine pouches, snus, and vapes—will surpass that of combustible cigarettes in volume in 2025, according to a new analysis from investment bank Goldman Sac...
Nicotine less harmful to the brain than previously thought: study
Nicotine less harmful to the brain than previously thought: study
A comprehensive new study contradicts claims about nicotine’s supposed harmful effects on the brain, revealing that nicotine use is an effect – rather than the cause – of variations in brain structure. The ...
Austria seeks tighter nicotine pouch regulations
Austria seeks tighter nicotine pouch regulations
A new law proposed by Austrian Health Minister Johannes Rauch would ban the sale of nicotine pouches to anyone under the age of 18 and place limits on maximum nicotine levels. The proposed amendments to Aus...