Articles tagged with Clive Bates

Opinions
PMI-Swedish Match

Experts mull impact of PMI’s acquisition of Swedish Match on harm reduction

Experts mull impact of PMI’s acquisition of Swedish Match on harm reduction

Snusforumet speaks with several tobacco harm reduction experts and advocates to get their take on the potential impact of PMI's acquisition of Swedish Match. On May 11, Philip Morris International (PMI) announced plans to acquire Swedish Match for $16bn. ...

Opinions
snusforumet readership

Snusforumet readership reaches new heights

Snusforumet readership reaches new heights

Snusforumet readership jumped 44 percent during 2021 amid rising interest in tobacco and public health policy both in Sweden and internationally. “It’s extremely gratifying to know that so many people are i...

Regulations
BECA Special Committee BECA report Beating Cancer Plan Bartosz Arłukowicz

Will the EU’s final BECA report include harm reduction?

Will the EU’s final BECA report include harm reduction?

As bureaucrats in Brussels wade through more than 1,500 suggested changes to the EU’s proposed plan for fighting against cancer, it remains unclear whether the European Parliament’s BECA report will incorporat...

Health
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...

Regulations
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...

Regulations
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...

Health
Clive Bates

Beating cancer: Clive Bates on what the EU got wrong about tobacco

Beating cancer: Clive Bates on what the EU got wrong about tobacco

The European Commission recently released it’s much anticipated plan for beating cancer. While the goals are admirable, the EU Beating Cancer plan is plagued by a “fundamental error” when it comes to tobacco a...