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US joins global shift from cigarettes to safer alternatives as smoking rate hits new low

US joins global shift from cigarettes to safer alternatives as smoking rate hits new low

The US daily smoking rate recently hit a new historic low, echoing similar patterns in Japan, Norway, and Sweden, where the increased availability of lower-risk nicotine alternatives has coincided with a drop in cigarette use. Fresh figures from the US Cen...

Regulations
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Proposed US tobacco tax could have ‘game-changing impact’ on nicotine pouches

Proposed US tobacco tax could have ‘game-changing impact’ on nicotine pouches

The price of nicotine pouches in the US could rise by 178%, making them more expensive than cigarettes, if a new US tobacco tax proposal becomes law. The budget proposal, put forward last month by the Democ...

Science

US study: Most doctors falsely believe nicotine causes cancer

US study: Most doctors falsely believe nicotine causes cancer

According to a new study from the USA, eight out of ten doctors incorrectly believe nicotine leads to cancer, heart, and respiratory diseases, when in reality these diseases are caused by the toxic substances ...

Science

Snus and harm reduction: urgent need to better inform the public

Snus and harm reduction: urgent need to better inform the public

If more people in Sweden and elsewhere knew that snus was less harmful than carcinogenic cigarettes, many lives could be saved, a series of new studies from the US about snus and harm reduction have found.   ...

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Coronavirus pandemic helps US see benefits of snus

Coronavirus pandemic helps US see benefits of snus

Can the coronavirus pandemic convince smokers to switch to snus? The question is currently discussion in the United States, the country hardest hit by Covid-19. Researchers and doctors around the world are ...

Regulations

US FDA confirms snus is less dangerous than cigarettes

US FDA confirms snus is less dangerous than cigarettes

Snus from Swedish Match will be the first tobacco product ever to be designated as "less risky" in the US following a historic decision by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “We see it as a scientif...

Science

New US study confirms that smokers have faulty perception of snus

New US study confirms that smokers have faulty perception of snus

A new study from Rutgers University has revealed that a large proportion of smokers in the United States mistakenly believe that snus is as harmful to their health as carcinogenic cigarettes. “It’s a seriou...

Opinions

Snus and public health: a US perspective

Snus and public health: a US perspective

As snus is a uniquely Swedish product with a long and rich tradition in the country, it is only natural that the debate over snus in Sweden has taken on a uniquely Swedish perspective.  It is all the more i...

Health

Swedish snus gains ground in the US

Swedish snus gains ground in the US

Swedish Match has received the go-ahead from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sell eight types of snus in the country.  The approval for the new products comes at the same time as the snus manuf...