Articles tagged with Smoke-free
Alex Wodak: ‘The safer nicotine option should be the easier option’
Alex Wodak: ‘The safer nicotine option should be the easier option’
In this instalment of our Harm Reduction Heroes series, Snusforumet talks to Dr. Alex Wodak, the Australian physician who helped pioneer needle and syringe programmes during the HIV crisis and has spent decades arguing for a pragmatic approach to drugs, tobac...
Can Ireland be trusted to get EU’s new nicotine rules right?
Can Ireland be trusted to get EU’s new nicotine rules right?
As Ireland takes over the rotating EU presidency, negotiators in Brussels continue wrangling over proposed revisions to the Tobacco Products Directive. What can Ireland’s own experience with tobacco control te...
Brussels should learn from Sweden instead of trying to sabotage it
Brussels should learn from Sweden instead of trying to sabotage it
Sweden’s became smoke-free thanks to an exception from misguided EU tobacco policies. Rather than undermining policies behind Sweden’s success, the European Commission should instead learn from the evidence an...
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 ...
Sweden crosses smoke-free milestone as daily smoking hits 3.7 percent
Sweden crosses smoke-free milestone as daily smoking hits 3.7 percent
Sweden can now lay claim to being a smoke-free country, with new statistics showing that daily smoking dropped to 3.7 percent last year. Since 2013, smoking rates in Sweden have been cut roughly in half, wi...
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....
InterTabac 2025: Sweden shines as role model at world’s largest tobacco and nicotine fair
InterTabac 2025: Sweden shines as role model at world’s largest tobacco and nicotine fair
InterTabac in Dortmund showed an industry in transition. The fair confirmed a clear trend: the smoke-free segment is growing rapidly, with nicotine pouches at the forefront. Patrik Strömer, Secretary Genera...
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...