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Swedish government looks to slash taxes on snus, raise tax on cigarettes

Swedish government looks to slash taxes on snus, raise tax on cigarettes

The Swedish government has submitted a bill to parliament proposing a reduction in the tax on snus and an increase in taxes on cigarettes, citing snus as being less harmful than cigarettes. The tax on snus in Sweden is lower than that on cigarettes as ciga...

Nordics

Snusforumet’s most-read articles of 2023 

Snusforumet’s most-read articles of 2023 

Curious about which snus stories everybody was reading last year? We've put together a list of the five most popular articles from 2023. These are the stories that got everyone talking and kept our team bu...

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Harvard professor on advancing safer tobacco alternatives

Harvard professor on advancing safer tobacco alternatives

Dan Wikler, a distinguished professor at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health, recently delivered a powerful message in a seminar: the importance of finding safer alternatives to traditional tobacco in ...

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EU tobacco public consultation: key results

EU tobacco public consultation: key results

The EU's Tobacco Products Directive Public Consultation on oral tobacco drew nearly 18,000 responses. A recent analysis examines the public's feedback, policy issues and critiques the consultation's approach, ...

Health
Expert comments on nicotine pouches policy change in Finland

Finland’s Proposal on Nicotine Pouches: ‘A Step Forward’

Finland’s Proposal on Nicotine Pouches: ‘A Step Forward’

From the vision of a 'smoke-free Finland' to a more progressive attitude towards alternative nicotine products. What does Finland's nicotine pouches policy shift mean for the country's future? Snusforumet had ...

Regulations
EU cancer plan Sara Skyttedal om EU:s plan mot cancer. EU's beating cancer plan.

‘Impossible to ignore snus’ in EU’s beating cancer plan: Swedish MEP

‘Impossible to ignore snus’ in EU’s beating cancer plan: Swedish MEP

Swedish MEP Sara Skyttedal remains critical of the European Commission's continued unwillingness to recognise the potential for snus and other harm reduction alternatives for reducing tobacco-related mortality...