Articles tagged with Harm reduction
Twelve days apart, MEPs contradict themselves on nicotine
Twelve days apart, MEPs contradict themselves on nicotine
Less than two weeks after the European Parliament recognised that nicotine products carry different risks, its health committee backed a Beating Cancer Plan report calling for tougher rules across tobacco and nicotine categories. Critics say the two positions...
Arielle Selya: The scientist who challenged the gateway theory
Arielle Selya: The scientist who challenged the gateway theory
In this instalment of our Harm Reduction Heroes series, Snusforumet talks to Arielle Selya, the American scientist who set out to investigate whether vaping leads young people to smoking – only to find the dat...
After US FDA says ZYN pouches are less harmful, will Europe follow?
After US FDA says ZYN pouches are less harmful, will Europe follow?
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised ZYN brand nicotine pouches to be marketed as less harmful compared to cigarettes. Meanwhile, EU regulators continue to debate whether pouches should be ...
TPD3: Consumers and scientists urged to act as EU prepares new tobacco rules
TPD3: Consumers and scientists urged to act as EU prepares new tobacco rules
As the European Union begins work on the next revision of its Tobacco Products Directive (TPD3), an international group of public health experts, researchers, and consumer advocates is calling on nicotine cons...
New data confirms Sweden’s smoke-free status
New data confirms Sweden’s smoke-free status
Fewer than five percent of Swedes smoke daily, according to a new report, effectively cementing Sweden’s status as a smoke-free country. The report, Self-reported Smoking and Snus Habits 2003–2025 from the ...
New study challenges nicotine dual use misconceptions
New study challenges nicotine dual use misconceptions
Smokers who combine cigarettes with alternative nicotine products smoke significantly less, a new study from Spain reveals, and in some cases quit completely, poking holes in misplaced fears about the dyn...
Nordic nicotine industry to EU: Stop treating pouches like cigarettes
Nordic nicotine industry to EU: Stop treating pouches like cigarettes
Nordic nicotine manufacturers have warned the EU that it risks making a mistake in its nicotine policy, calling for more nuanced and carefully calibrated regulations that take relative risks into account.In a ...
Researchers fuming over EU health commissioner’s nicotine misinformation
Researchers fuming over EU health commissioner’s nicotine misinformation
A group of leading European academics and medical researchers has publicly challenged what they describe as “false and misleading” statements by EU Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi about the risks of smoke-...
Mirita Saxberg: A smoke-free Finland needs a viable legal market
Mirita Saxberg: A smoke-free Finland needs a viable legal market
Finland and Sweden are moving in different directions in nicotine policy. While Sweden is approaching a smoke-free society, Finland embraces tighter restrictions on smoke-free alternatives....