Articles tagged with Patrik Strömer
European Parliament backs safer tobacco policy
European Parliament backs safer tobacco policy
EU tobacco rules might be changing, affecting how they deal with products like snus and nicotine pouches. The European Parliament just voted for a strategy that supports a science-backed harm reduction approach. The European Parliament has made a decisive ...
COP10 delayed: opportunity for snus advocacy
COP10 delayed: opportunity for snus advocacy
COP10, the key tobacco control meeting, is postponed to 2024 due to security issues in Panama. This gives snus and nicotine alternative advocates a chance to influence global tobacco policies. The biennial ...
Swedish snus approach: A global model for harm reduction?
Swedish snus approach: A global model for harm reduction?
As November 2023's WHO COP10 meeting looms, Sweden snus harm reduction success is endangered, potentially missing a vital chance to promote its groundbreaking "Swedish Experience" in tobacco alternatives use. ...
Patrik Strömer Discusses COP10 and Global Tobacco Policy
Patrik Strömer Discusses COP10 and Global Tobacco Policy
Global Tobacco Policy takes center stage this November at COP10 in Panama, where 180 countries will meet behind closed doors. Patrik Strömer, leader of the Swedish Snus Manufacturers' Association, asks: is the...
Nordic harm reduction shifts: Sweden’s snus tax cut
Nordic harm reduction shifts: Sweden’s snus tax cut
Nordic harm reduction takes a new turn with as Sweden decides to cut taxes on its favored snus, a smokeless tobacco, and raising them on cigarettes. Is this a new regional trend to reduce tobacco harm? Swed...
NRT Study Published: Sparks Hope for More Research
NRT Study Published: Sparks Hope for More Research
A new US study shows that Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) doesn't change important health biomarkers. This gives hope to people trying to quit smoking and suggests other nicotine products might help too. ...
Smoke-free Sweden ‘unlikely’ in 2023 due to nicotine ‘scaremongering’
Smoke-free Sweden ‘unlikely’ in 2023 due to nicotine ‘scaremongering’
A lack of factual information from Sweden's public health bodies and continued nicotine "scaremongering" means it's unlikely Sweden will celebrate reaching the WHO definition of smoke-free by the end of 2023, ...
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...
Dutch move ahead with nicotine pouch ban
Dutch move ahead with nicotine pouch ban
The Dutch government announced a ban on the sale of nicotine pouches, depriving smokers in the Netherlands of the opportunity to choose a reduced-risk product that could help them quit the deadly habit. In ...