Articles about Regulations
18th-century snus found in Swedish town
18th-century snus found in Swedish town
A small box of snus from the 18th century has been found during an excavation in the town of Norrköping in Sweden, the country’s National Historical Museums has revealed. Among other interesting finds, such as fine ceramics and wine glasses, archaeologists...
The unsustainable EU snus ban
The unsustainable EU snus ban
Patrik Strömer, Secretary General of the Association of Swedish Snus Manufacturers, reflects on the unsustainable EU snus ban following a recent announcement by the European Court of Justice. Henrik Saugman...
What’s in Sweden’s new tobacco bill?
What’s in Sweden’s new tobacco bill?
Patrik Strömer, General Secretary of the Association of Swedish Snus Manufacturers, takes a closer look at Sweden's latest tobacco bill. In the proposal for a new tobacco law presented by Sweden’s health mi...
Measuring the outcome of five years of plain tobacco packaging in Australia
Measuring the outcome of five years of plain tobacco packaging in Australia
Australia has the world's highest tax on tobacco and the world’s strictest regulation of tobacco products, but more people smoke today than in 2013, while the black market has captured 20 percent of sales. ...
Report: Swedish Match offered chance to bribe EU health commissioner
Report: Swedish Match offered chance to bribe EU health commissioner
Sweden’s Dagens Nyheter newspaper has published an audio recording of a conversation in which the friend of an EU commissioner requests a bribe of 60 million euro from Swedish Match in exchange for action to e...
‘Snus not the same as cigarettes; should be regulated differently’
‘Snus not the same as cigarettes; should be regulated differently’
Tobacco regulation in Sweden should take more heed of the public health benefits of snus, Patrik Hildingsson, the communications director of Swedish Match, has argued in an opinion piece in Sweden’s Göteborgs-...
Researchers: Plain snus packaging may hurt public health
Researchers: Plain snus packaging may hurt public health
Published: November 17, 2016 Norway’s health minister Bent Høie has called for snus to be included in a government proposal for neutral or plain tobacco packaging, arguing that otherwise, the new law risks ...
The subsidiarity principle, EU, and Swedish snus explained
The subsidiarity principle, EU, and Swedish snus explained
In this Q&A, the Brussels-based lawyer Martin Johansson, from the Swedish law firm Vinge answers some common questions on what laws, rules, and principles apply to Sweden, the EU, and snus....
World leading smokeless tobacco regulation comes in force in Sweden
World leading smokeless tobacco regulation comes in force in Sweden
On 11 April, 2016, new Swedish regulations for additives in snus will come into force. The regulations developed by the National Food Administration (Livsmedelsverket) entail the introduction of specific limit...