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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. Following a pandemic-induced delay, the WHO’s ninth...

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nicotine regulation

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...

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nicotine pouches, nikotinportioner, Nicotine, us tobacco tax

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...

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snus scandinavia

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...

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lars dahlgren swedish match smoke-free

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...

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tobacco control ken warner

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...

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Världshälsoorganisationen, WHO, World Health Organization

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...

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jo churchill uk snus ban review

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...

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Johan Hultberg, M

Swedish government rebuked for failing to include tobacco harm reduction in public health bill

Swedish government rebuked for failing to include tobacco harm reduction in public health bill

Sweden’s parliament has voted down a controversial government public health proposal criticised by lawmakers for failing to include tobacco harm reduction. The vote in the full chamber of the Riksdag follow...