Articles tagged with EU
Flavour ban ‘uncertainty’ clouds BECA tobacco harm reduction win
Flavour ban ‘uncertainty’ clouds BECA tobacco harm reduction win
A special committee of MEPs has adopted language acknowledging tobacco harm reduction as part of a sweeping set of recommendations to guide the EU’s fight against cancer. But concerns about a widened flavour ban remain. “It’s great that MEPs have started t...
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...
‘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...
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...
Christopher Snowdon: snus ban a ‘shameful episode’ in EU history
Christopher Snowdon: snus ban a ‘shameful episode’ in EU history
In an exclusive interview with Snusforumet, author and commentator Christopher Snowdon reflects on the legacy of the EU snus ban ten years after he published an exhaustive account of the “shameful episode” in ...
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...
Swedish MEP: Revised EU Tobacco Products Directive must allow snus
Swedish MEP: Revised EU Tobacco Products Directive must allow snus
The upcoming revision of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) is an opportunity to finally lift the EU’s ban on snus and give smokers the chance to switch to a much less harmful product, argues Swedish MEP ...
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...