Articles tagged with Snus
Swedish Match to create world’s first smoke-free tobacco company
Swedish Match to create world’s first smoke-free tobacco company
Swedish Match has announced plans to sell off its remaining cigar business, a move that would put the Swedish snus maker “way out ahead” of its peers as the world’s first smoke-free tobacco company. The Stockholm-based company, long a leading producer of S...
Snus!: New book paints updated picture of snus and its users
Snus!: New book paints updated picture of snus and its users
In a new and updated edition of the book Snus!, author Mats Jonson takes the reader on a journey through taste, cultural history, and tobacco policy -- from organic tobacco farming in Skåne to visits to large ...
18th-century snus found in Swedish town
18th-century snus found in Swedish town
A small box of snus from the 18th century has been found during an excavation in the town of Norrköping in Sweden, the country’s National Historical Museums has revealed. Among other interesting finds, such...
What’s in Sweden’s new tobacco bill?
What’s in Sweden’s new tobacco bill?
Patrik Strömer, General Secretary of the Association of Swedish Snus Manufacturers, takes a closer look at Sweden's latest tobacco bill. In the proposal for a new tobacco law presented by Sweden’s health mi...
Tax committee report: Snus tax revenues plummet due to Laffer-effect
Tax committee report: Snus tax revenues plummet due to Laffer-effect
Published: February 12, 2016 Tax revenues from snus dropped by almost SEK 200m between 2013 and 2014, according to a new report from the Swedish parliament’s Committee on Taxation, which explained the fall ...