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‘Impossible to ignore snus’ in EU’s beating cancer plan: Swedish MEP
‘Impossible to ignore snus’ in EU’s beating cancer plan: Swedish MEP
Swedish MEP Sara Skyttedal remains critical of the European Commission's continued unwillingness to recognise the potential for snus and other harm reduction alternatives for reducing tobacco-related mortality as part of the EU's beating cancer plan. Work ...
FCTC COP9: All eyes on UK as pressure mounts over WHO harm reduction stance
FCTC COP9: All eyes on UK as pressure mounts over WHO harm reduction stance
Amid a growing chorus calling for the WHO to drop its opposition to tobacco harm reduction, many are pinning their hopes on a post-Brexit UK to challenge the status quo at the upcoming FCTC COP9 meetings. F...
Nicotine regulation in Europe: ‘It feels like we’re going backwards’
Nicotine regulation in Europe: ‘It feels like we’re going backwards’
Despite ample evidence that snus and new nicotine products can save lives by helping people quit smoking, harm reduction advocates and industry experts fear that European policymakers are less informed about n...
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...
Snus ‘best thing that ever happened’ in Scandinavia: medical expert
Snus ‘best thing that ever happened’ in Scandinavia: medical expert
Dr. Kgosi Letlape, head of the Africa Medical Association, has hailed snus for its ability to help cut smoking rates across Scandinavia. He also expressed frustration at moves to ban Swedish snus and other red...
Swedish Match to create world’s first smoke-free tobacco company
Swedish Match to create world’s first smoke-free tobacco company
Swedish Match has announced plans to sell off its remaining cigar business, a move that would put the Swedish snus maker “way out ahead” of its peers as the world’s first smoke-free tobacco company. The Sto...
Tobacco control experts lament ‘unbalanced’ debate on harm reduction
Tobacco control experts lament ‘unbalanced’ debate on harm reduction
Kenneth E. Warner is among a group of prominent tobacco control experts who warn that focusing too much on nicotine’s potential risks for youth has resulted in an “unbalanced” debate that overlooks the potent...
WHO deferral on tobacco harm reduction ‘tragic’ for smokers
WHO deferral on tobacco harm reduction ‘tragic’ for smokers
The World Health Organization, WHO, has indicated it won’t include harm reduction in its tobacco strategy until at least 2023, a move that will likely have dire consequences for millions of smokers. “How ma...
UK breaks from ‘flawed’ EU science with vow of evidence-based snus ban review
UK breaks from ‘flawed’ EU science with vow of evidence-based snus ban review
UK health minister Jo Churchill’s promise of an evidence-based snus ban review marks a significant turning point in acknowledging the questionable science behind the impact assessment used by the EU to justify...