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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, with both daily and occasional smoking falling acros...
COP11: Why harm reduction science is a battlefield
COP11: Why harm reduction science is a battlefield
As COP11 delegates huddled behind closed doors in Geneva, a panel of researchers gathered nearby to examine the politicization of tobacco harm reduction science and its consequences for public health. Title...
Cochrane moves toward seeing nicotine pouches as a smoking cessation aid
Cochrane moves toward seeing nicotine pouches as a smoking cessation aid
The highly respected Cochrane Library has published a review looking at nicotine pouches as a smoking cessation aid. Despite current limitations, the study marks an important step toward giving pouches serious...
Why have smoking rates fallen so far in the Nordics?
Why have smoking rates fallen so far in the Nordics?
Smoking has dropped dramatically in the Nordic countries, especially compared to many other countries in the EU. But even in the Nordics, there is wide variation in how things look from country to country. Why...
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...
New study dispels nicotine gateway myth
New study dispels nicotine gateway myth
Smoking among US high schoolers has “basically disappeared” despite a recent surge in vaping, proving that fears about safer alternatives acting as a nicotine gateway to cigarettes among young people are overb...
Nicotine limits could push 1 in 5 back to smoking: study
Nicotine limits could push 1 in 5 back to smoking: study
Nearly 80 percent of Danish nicotine consumers don’t support a proposed limit on nicotine levels in pouches and 20 percent say they would switch back to smoking if the limits came into effect, a new survey rev...
When will Europe overcome the current moral panic over nicotine pouches?
When will Europe overcome the current moral panic over nicotine pouches?
Belgium has already introduced a ban on nicotine pouches. Now, both France and Poland are considering similar proposals. What's driving this push for prohibition without first examining facts, especially the r...
Beyond partisanship: How the US could learn from Sweden’s nicotine pouch approach
Beyond partisanship: How the US could learn from Sweden’s nicotine pouch approach
Nicotine pouches have ignited a media firestorm in the US. While these pouches have been a mainstay in Sweden since the 2010s, their recent surge in popularity across the Atlantic has sparked concerns over pub...