Articles tagged with Konstantinos Farsalinos
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...
Will Brussels learn from Sweden before rewriting Europe’s nicotine rules?
Will Brussels learn from Sweden before rewriting Europe’s nicotine rules?
As the EU inches forward with plans to revise the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), Sweden’s experience with snus and nicotine pouches has emerged as a central point of discussion in the European nicotine deba...
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...
Konstantinos Farsalinos: The scientist who won’t let politics bury the evidence
Konstantinos Farsalinos: The scientist who won’t let politics bury the evidence
In this instalment of our Harm Reduction Heroes series, Snusforumet talks to Konstantinos Farsalinos, the Greek cardiologist and nicotine researcher whose sweeping new review of nicotine pouches...
COP11: Why harm reduction science is a battlefield
COP11: Why harm reduction science is a battlefield
As COP11 delegates huddled behind closed doors in Geneva, a panel of researchers gathered nearby to examine the politicization of tobacco harm reduction science and its consequences for public health. Title...