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Health

Snus Commission slams EU’s Beating Cancer Plan

Snus Commission slams EU’s Beating Cancer Plan

EU policymakers are guilty of spreading “fake news” about the true causes of cancer in their recently released Beating Cancer Plan, a Swedish group has claimed. In a sharply worded letter to the European Commission, Sweden’s Snus Commission argues that the...

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Margaritis Schinas

‘EU cancer plan should take inspiration from Sweden’

‘EU cancer plan should take inspiration from Sweden’

The new EU cancer plan still equates cigarettes with snus and other smokeless tobacco products -- despite scientific evidence to the contrary --  meaning its €4bn budget risks being misspent, snus manufac...

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Why you should NOT equate snus with cigarettes: 3 arguments

Why you should NOT equate snus with cigarettes: 3 arguments

Despite the huge differences in health risks between smoking and snus, there are those who still believe that all tobacco use should be treated equally when shaping policy. Below are a few arguments for why it...

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Sweden’s inaction on snus in Brussels ‘unethical’

Sweden’s inaction on snus in Brussels ‘unethical’

The independent Snus Commission has taken the Swedish government to task for its inaction on snus in Brussels and failure to inform the EU about the public health benefits of snus.  A more proactive approac...

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‘Renewal of EU tobacco policy needed after FDA decision’

‘Renewal of EU tobacco policy needed after FDA decision’

The Europan Union should learn from the United States and adapt EU tobacco policy to reflect the real health risks of various tobacco products sold, argues EU parliamentarian Jörgen Warborn (M) in Sweden’s Aft...

Regulations

Fight to end snus ban continues despite new EU ‘no’

Fight to end snus ban continues despite new EU ‘no’

The ban on the sale of snus in the European Union is set to remain in place after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled against Swedish Match in what campaigners slammed as “a defeat for public health”.  ...

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Patrik Strömer on how snus is discriminated against in the EU

Patrik Strömer on how snus is discriminated against in the EU

Swedish Match is challenging the EU's ban on the sale of snus in the European Court of Justice but is receiving no support from the Swedish government.  Patrik Strömer, Secretary General of the Association ...

Regulations

The subsidiarity principle, EU, and Swedish snus explained

The subsidiarity principle, EU, and Swedish snus explained

   In this Q&A, the Brussels-based lawyer Martin Johansson, from the Swedish law firm Vinge answers some common questions on what laws, rules, and principles apply to Sweden, the EU, and snus....

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A critique of the new EU report ‘More common rules for tobacco’ 

A critique of the new EU report ‘More common rules for tobacco’ 

Snus has been regulated in Sweden under the Food Act since 1971, meaning all requirements placed on the production and sale of food apply equally to Swedish snus.  The total domestic market for snus is wort...