Articles tagged with Nicotine pouches

Regulations
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Docs expose DG SANTE ‘duplicity’ on nicotine pouch regulation

Docs expose DG SANTE ‘duplicity’ on nicotine pouch regulation

Previously unreleased EU documents obtained by Snusforumet reveal the European Commission's DG SANTE exaggerated claims about member states’ desire for EU-wide regulation and calls to ban tobacco-free nicotine pouches. UPDATE 12 May: DG SANTE comments added b...

Science
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German agency: ‘nicotine pouch risks are low’

German agency: ‘nicotine pouch risks are low’

The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) has published a new report on the health risks associated with tobacco-free nicotine pouches. The report finds that nicotine pouch risks are lower than ot...

Opinions
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Is the vision of a non-combustible tobacco industry within reach?

Is the vision of a non-combustible tobacco industry within reach?

Leading tobacco companies are moving away from cigarettes toward safer, non-combustible products. But ironically, anti-smoking crusaders continue to block efforts to provide consumers with safer alternatives, ...

Regulations
nicotine pouches, nikotinportioner, Nicotine, us tobacco tax

Proposed US tobacco tax could have ‘game-changing impact’ on nicotine pouches

Proposed US tobacco tax could have ‘game-changing impact’ on nicotine pouches

The price of nicotine pouches in the US could rise by 178%, making them more expensive than cigarettes, if a new US tobacco tax proposal becomes law. The budget proposal, put forward last month by the Democ...

Opinions
Smokers in Africa

Smokers in Africa: Nicotine pouches offer an alternative to ‘quit or die’

Smokers in Africa: Nicotine pouches offer an alternative to ‘quit or die’

Helping smokers in Africa quit is an uphill battle and smokers on the continent have said nicotine pouches can help. But knee-jerk reactions by policymakers have removed this important lifeline, hurting people...

Science
Dr Grant O’Connell ansvarig för skademinimerande forskning på Imperial Brands.

New study: Nicotine pouches have 99% lower toxicity than cigarettes

New study: Nicotine pouches have 99% lower toxicity than cigarettes

A new scientific study from Imperial Brands tobacco company has found that nicotine pouches expose users to levels of toxic substances that are 99 percent lower compared to cigarettes. Scientists at Imperi...

Health
Sudhanshu Patwardhan

Nicotine misconceptions: Sudhanshu Patwardhan on causes, consequences, and potential cures

Nicotine misconceptions: Sudhanshu Patwardhan on causes, consequences, and potential cures

Snusforumet catches up with Dr. Sudhanshu Patwardhan to learn more about the harm reduction expert’s recent paper on nicotine pouches and why nicotine misconceptions are so widespread. Patwardhan – also kno...

Science
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Nicotine illiteracy threatens pouches’ harm reduction potential: report

Nicotine illiteracy threatens pouches’ harm reduction potential: report

Nicotine pouches have the potential to be a “credible, viable, and safer” alternative to deadly cigarettes, but nicotine illiteracy and a lack of research need to be addressed for the category to reach its ful...

Opinions
Patrik Strömer

‘Blatant moralism’ behind campaign against tobacco-free nicotine products

‘Blatant moralism’ behind campaign against tobacco-free nicotine products

As Sweden waits for a decision on how to regulate of tobacco-free nicotine products, Helen Stjerna, Secretary General of A Non Smoking Generation, has criticised the category in a debate article. Patrik Ströme...