Articles tagged with Nicotine

Regulations

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, Savuton Nikotiiniala ry (SNA), began operating in lat...

Opinions

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...

Opinions

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...

Regulations
France Sweden nicotine pouch ban EU

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...

Health

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...

Science

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 ...

Regulations
Johannes Rauch Austria

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...

Regulations

Denmark proposes ‘misguided’ nicotine cap

Denmark proposes ‘misguided’ nicotine cap

Denmark has proposed capping the nicotine levels of nicotine pouches at nine milligrams per pouch in what critics have called a “misguided” attempt to curb nicotine consumption by young people. “It’s simply...

Health

COP10 delayed: opportunity for snus advocacy

COP10 delayed: opportunity for snus advocacy

COP10, the key tobacco control meeting, is postponed to 2024 due to security issues in Panama. This gives snus and nicotine alternative advocates a chance to influence global tobacco policies. The biennial ...