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PRESS RELEASE: How snus users will be affected by new tobacco rules

PRESS RELEASE: How snus users will be affected by new tobacco rules

Life will get worse for a million snus users if Gabriel Wikström gets his way in shaping new tobacco rules. The inquiry into tougher tobacco regulation led by judge Göran Lundahl (SOU 2016:14) today published its conclusions. For Sweden’s million snus user...

Regulations

Swedish snus reaches new heights in Switzerland

Swedish snus reaches new heights in Switzerland

Sweden has become the leading exporter of smokeless tobacco to Switzerland, according to the latest statistics from Swiss customs.  A total of 50 tonnes of snus was exported from Sweden to Switzerland ...

Regulations

Tax committee report: Snus tax revenues plummet due to Laffer-effect

Tax committee report: Snus tax revenues plummet due to Laffer-effect

Published: February 12, 2016 Tax revenues from snus dropped by almost SEK 200m between 2013 and 2014, according to a new report from the Swedish parliament’s Committee on Taxation, which explained the fall ...

Opinions

A critique of the new EU report ‘More common rules for tobacco’ 

A critique of the new EU report ‘More common rules for tobacco’ 

Snus has been regulated in Sweden under the Food Act since 1971, meaning all requirements placed on the production and sale of food apply equally to Swedish snus.  The total domestic market for snus is wort...