Articles about Regulations
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 potential benefits of tobacco harm reduction. Warner,...
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...
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...
EU Nicotine Users Survey: 3 of 10 EU smokers would switch to snus if it were legal
EU Nicotine Users Survey: 3 of 10 EU smokers would switch to snus if it were legal
Nearly a third of EU smokers would consider switching to snus if it were legal, the results of the EU Nicotine Users Survey reveal. The survey found that 31 percent of smokers who want to quit indicat...
EU Tobacco Products Directive a ‘wasted opportunity’ to learn from Sweden
EU Tobacco Products Directive a ‘wasted opportunity’ to learn from Sweden
The latest EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) report makes no attempt to understand why the one EU country where snus is legal also has the EU’s lowest smoking rates. The TPD 2021 Application Report, publi...
Snus and the Art of Suppression: Part 2 – The EU ban
Snus and the Art of Suppression: Part 2 – The EU ban
Why is snus banned in the European Union? How did it happen? Snusforumet, in partnership with author and commentator Christopher Snowdon, brings you the inside story behind one of the EU's more confounding pol...
Snus and the Art of Suppression: Part 1 – Snus: If you can, ban
Snus and the Art of Suppression: Part 1 – Snus: If you can, ban
Why is snus banned in the European Union? How did it happen? Snusforumet, in partnership with author and commentator Christopher Snowdon, brings you the inside story behind one of the EU's more confounding pol...
Japan cigarette sales plummet after launch of safer alternatives
Japan cigarette sales plummet after launch of safer alternatives
Offering a less-harmful alternative to deadly smoking has prompted a drop in to buy fewer cigarettes, sending cigarette sales down by 34 percent. “Japan has the makings of a great tobacco harm reduction ca...