Articles tagged with Patrik Strömer

Regulations

EU Tobacco Products Directive a ‘wasted opportunity’ to learn from Sweden

EU Tobacco Products Directive a ‘wasted opportunity’ to learn from Sweden

The latest EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) report makes no attempt to understand why the one EU country where snus is legal also has the EU’s lowest smoking rates. The TPD 2021 Application Report, published by the European Commission on May 20 as requi...

Opinions
Patrik Strömer Snusforumet

Welcome to Snusforumet!

Welcome to Snusforumet!

We are pleased to launch this international version of Snusforumet, which has been published in Swedish since 2014. So what is snus and why does it deserve a site dedicated to publishing news and informatio...

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...

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Margaritis Schinas

‘EU cancer plan should take inspiration from Sweden’

‘EU cancer plan should take inspiration from Sweden’

The new EU cancer plan still equates cigarettes with snus and other smokeless tobacco products -- despite scientific evidence to the contrary --  meaning its €4bn budget risks being misspent, snus manufac...

Health
tobacco endgame, non-smoking; non-combustible

New report on snus as a quit smoking aid

New report on snus as a quit smoking aid

More and more people are interested in how Swedish snus can be used as an aid to quit smoking. The latest report on the subject, from Tove Sohlberg and Peter Wennberg, two researchers at Stockholm Universit...

Health

New report reveals snus use patterns in Sweden

New report reveals snus use patterns in Sweden

A new report on snus use from Sweden's Central Association for Alcohol and Drug Information, CAN, shows that approximately 17 percent of the Swedish population used snus in some form in 2019.  Since 2013 CA...

Regulations

Most Swedes see e-scooters as a greater danger than snus

Most Swedes see e-scooters as a greater danger than snus

Unhealthy products, gambling ads, and e-scooters are high on Swedes' wish list of what the state should regulate more strictly. But few have problems with snus. A survey recently conducted by Demoskop on be...

Regulations

Snus makers welcome Sweden’s push to regulate nicotine pouches

Snus makers welcome Sweden’s push to regulate nicotine pouches

The Swedish government will launch a public inquiry to explore how best to regulate nicotine pouches that are free from tobacco, a move welcomed by the country’s snus manufacturers.  Sweden’s Ministry of He...

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Snus in 2019: the year in review

Snus in 2019: the year in review

Patrik Strömer,  Secretary General of the Association of Swedish Snus Manufacturers, reflects on this year's biggest events surrounding snus in 2019, while also finding time to ponder what he wants from F...