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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 Democrat-led House Committee on Ways & Means, inclu...
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...
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...