Articles tagged with Finland

Regulations

Finland stoops to regulatory ‘nonsense’ in bid to ban nicotine pouches

Finland stoops to regulatory ‘nonsense’ in bid to ban nicotine pouches

Finland’s pharmaceutical regulator recently declared it would cease regulating nicotine pouches, spurring a contentious, possibly legally questionable scramble to reassert the nation’s tacit ban on the product.  It’s the latest twist in a long-running...

Science
nicotine-covid snus

Swedish study sheds new light on nicotine-Covid links

Swedish study sheds new light on nicotine-Covid links

Nicotine from tobacco does not protect against Covid-19, a new Swedish study has found. However, the study also adds to the body of evidence suggesting that smokers are somehow protected from Covid-19 infectio...

Opinions

‘Finland and Sweden should join forces to liberalise EU snus legislation’

‘Finland and Sweden should join forces to liberalise EU snus legislation’

Support for more liberal snus legislation is growing in Finland - but it’s at the EU level that change must take place. Sweden's next government should join forces with Finland to help rally public opinion and...

Regulations

Political support grows for lifting snus ban in Finland

Political support grows for lifting snus ban in Finland

The snus ban in Finland has led to a growing black market for snus, costing the state coffers important revenues without reducing demand for snus, warns the Swedish Peoples’ Party of Finland's youth wing as it...

Regulations

Is Finland about to legalise snus sales?

Is Finland about to legalise snus sales?

According to a new survey by Finish public broadcaster Yle, an increasing number of Finnish members of parliament now want to lift the country's snus ban and legalise snus sales.  Finland banned t...

Regulations

Snus edging out cigarettes in Finland

Snus edging out cigarettes in Finland

New statistics on tobacco imports from Sweden to Finland show a large increase in the amount of snus crossing the border. At the same time, figures indicate that imports of cigarettes have fallen. Private i...