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MEPs largely clueless about nicotine: survey

MEPs largely clueless about nicotine: survey

A recent survey of members of the European Parliament reveals at least a third of MEPs have no knowledge of new nicotine products. And up to one in five believe that some new nicotine products are as risky as smoking. The figures come from a survey carried...

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Snus Commission slams EU’s Beating Cancer Plan

Snus Commission slams EU’s Beating Cancer Plan

EU policymakers are guilty of spreading “fake news” about the true causes of cancer in their recently released Beating Cancer Plan, a Swedish group has claimed. In a sharply worded letter to the European Co...

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Swedish MPs slammed for plan equating nicotine pouches with cigarettes

Swedish MPs slammed for plan equating nicotine pouches with cigarettes

A student organisation close to Sweden’s centre-right Moderate Party has sharply criticised two of the party’s MPs for seeking to tax tobacco-free nicotine pouches in the same way tobacco.  Martin Berg...

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Snus and harm reduction: Why smoking is down more in Norway than Australia

Snus and harm reduction: Why smoking is down more in Norway than Australia

Norway and Australia boast some of the world’s toughest tobacco regulations. But only one country has succeeded in virtually eliminating smoking among young people. And evidence suggests the availability of sn...

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New report on snus as a quit smoking aid

New report on snus as a quit smoking aid

More and more people are interested in how Swedish snus can be used as an aid to quit smoking. The latest report on the subject, from Tove Sohlberg and Peter Wennberg, two researchers at Stockholm Universit...

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New report reveals snus use patterns in Sweden

New report reveals snus use patterns in Sweden

A new report on snus use from Sweden's Central Association for Alcohol and Drug Information, CAN, shows that approximately 17 percent of the Swedish population used snus in some form in 2019.  Since 2013 CA...

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Nicotine and Covid-19: the world needs Sweden’s help

Nicotine and Covid-19: the world needs Sweden’s help

Widespread use of snus puts Sweden in a unique position to help the world better understand the relationship between nicotine and Covid-19 argues Mark Oates of the New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) in a Snusforu...

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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 ...

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Swedes switch to snus from cigarettes for health reasons

Swedes switch to snus from cigarettes for health reasons

A new survey from Demoskop shows that eight out of ten Swedes who quit smoking and switch to snus from cigarettes did so because snus is less harmful.  The survey was administered during 2019 to Swedes over...