Articles tagged with Sweden
New study: Swedish innovation reduces oral sores related to snus
New study: Swedish innovation reduces oral sores related to snus
For the first time, researchers have shown that technical innovations to snus pouches can help reduce sores and irritation in consumers’ mouths. The findings come from a recent study showing that irritation, ulcers, or similar lesions on the oral mucosa li...
Outrage over Sweden’s COP11 cop-out on harm reduction to ‘health fascists’
Outrage over Sweden’s COP11 cop-out on harm reduction to ‘health fascists’
Just days after Snusforumet reported on growing concerns that Sweden might weaken its long-standing harm-reduction stance at WHO COP11, a Swedish MEP has slammed the government’s actions in Geneva as bowing to...
COP11 slams, rather than celebrates, Sweden’s smoke-free success
COP11 slams, rather than celebrates, Sweden’s smoke-free success
Anti-tobacco and nicotine advocacy groups devoted an entire COP11 side event in Geneva on Tuesday to questioning the role of snus and nicotine pouches in Sweden’s historic collapse in smoking rates. The 75-...
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...
TED revision: Sweden needs more influence over EU nicotine tax proposals
TED revision: Sweden needs more influence over EU nicotine tax proposals
A letter signed by 15 EU finance ministers urging the European Commission to push ahead with revisions to the Tobacco Excise Tax Directive (TED) has raised alarm bells that the proposed TED revision ignores th...
Swedish MEP Jessica Polfjärd: Europe needs more snus, not more bans
Swedish MEP Jessica Polfjärd: Europe needs more snus, not more bans
As EU leaders prepare to overhaul tobacco rules, Swedish MEP Jessica Polfjärd is calling for a reality check — and defending Sweden’s success story in the fight against smoking. “Snus is already banned outs...
Spain pouch ban proposal sparks Swedish wrath
Spain pouch ban proposal sparks Swedish wrath
The Swedish government has issued a rare and sharply worded rebuke of Spain’s proposed restrictions that would effectively ban nicotine pouches. In an unusually strong move, Sweden has submitted a formal de...
Sweden’s success in nicotine pouch regulations: lessons for the EU
Sweden’s success in nicotine pouch regulations: lessons for the EU
The EU’s inner market for nicotine pouches has become a hodgepodge of inconsistent, ad hoc rules often lacking scientific basis. How did we get here, and what could policymakers across the EU learn about nicot...
Harm reduction gains ground in updated Swedish tobacco policy
Harm reduction gains ground in updated Swedish tobacco policy
The Swedish government’s latest budget proposal includes new language that changes the overarching goal of tobacco and nicotine policy from reducing consumption to reducing harm. “This is a clear political...