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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 Swedish tourists into criminals. The letters, penned...

Regulations

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...

Regulations

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...

Regulations

Spain resorts to ‘ideological’ defence of pouch ban proposal

Spain resorts to ‘ideological’ defence of pouch ban proposal

Spain has responded to Sweden’s detailed opinion opposing proposed restrictions on nicotine pouches in a reply marked by exaggerated claims and devoid of scientific rigour.  “This is ideological postur...

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Elisabeth Svantesson, Moderaterna

Sweden slams leaked EU plan to fund budget with tobacco tax hike

Sweden slams leaked EU plan to fund budget with tobacco tax hike

Sweden’s finance minister says leaked plans to fund the next EU budget with a tobacco tax hike are “completely unacceptable” and vowed to continue her fight for Swedish snus. Elisabeth Svantesson, Sweden’s ...

Opinions

Will Sweden dare to export its own vaccine against smoking?

Will Sweden dare to export its own vaccine against smoking?

Snus is one of Sweden's most successful innovations, but politics lags behind in taking steps to reap the full public health benefits. Industry leaders, researchers, and politicians gathered recently to discus...

Regulations

Outrage over leaked EU pouch tax proposal: ‘An attack on Swedish public health gains’ 

Outrage over leaked EU pouch tax proposal: ‘An attack on Swedish public health gains’ 

A leaked European Commission document reveals plans that would raise taxes on nicotine pouches by 650 percent. The EU pouch tax proposal has been slammed as an attack on Swedish consumers and the country’s pub...

Regulations

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...

Regulations

Drive to legalise nicotine pouches gains momentum in Norway 

Drive to legalise nicotine pouches gains momentum in Norway 

Several Norwegian political parties want to see the country legalise nicotine pouches, arguing they are a less harmful alternative to traditional snus and cigarettes.   Nicotine pouches have been banned in ...