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Will Brussels learn from Sweden before rewriting Europe’s nicotine rules?

Will Brussels learn from Sweden before rewriting Europe’s nicotine rules?

As the EU inches forward with plans to revise the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), Sweden’s experience with snus and nicotine pouches has emerged as a central point of discussion in the European nicotine debate. The EU’s third TPD revision was front and c...

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Estonia offers Europe a cautionary tale on nicotine regulation

Estonia offers Europe a cautionary tale on nicotine regulation

As the European Union debates how to tax and regulate nicotine products, evidence from a unique “controlled experiment” in Estonia provides a cautionary tale about the effects of prohibitionist policies. Es...

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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 cons...

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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...

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EU seeks public input on tobacco regulation revisions

EU seeks public input on tobacco regulation revisions

The European Commission has opened a public comment period to gather feedback on potential revisions to EU tobacco rules, amid heated debates and divergent member state regulations for new, non-combustible tob...

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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 ...

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Sweden launches new warnings to France, Spain over ‘absurd’ pouch bans

Sweden launches new warnings to France, Spain over ‘absurd’ pouch bans

In a last-ditch effort to protect nicotine pouch access in Europe, Sweden has fired off formal letters to both France and Spain, urging the countries to backtrack on nicotine pouch bans that risk turning Swedi...

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Top 5 flaws in France’s defence of disputed nicotine pouch ban

Top 5 flaws in France’s defence of disputed nicotine pouch ban

France has responded to objections from Sweden over the country's plans to ban nicotine pouches. But the defence delivered by France to the European Commission is sorely lacking. Here are five serious shortcom...

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Swedish politicians resist anti-nicotine dogma, embrace pragmatic progress

Swedish politicians resist anti-nicotine dogma, embrace pragmatic progress

As the EU wrestles with another round of tobacco policy reform amid a flurry of anti-nicotine propaganda, the debate about nicotine regulation shows no signs of letting up. In Sweden, however, where smoking ra...