Articles tagged with Swedish Match
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...
US FDA confirms snus is less dangerous than cigarettes
US FDA confirms snus is less dangerous than cigarettes
Snus from Swedish Match will be the first tobacco product ever to be designated as "less risky" in the US following a historic decision by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “We see it as a scientif...
Fight to end snus ban continues despite new EU ‘no’
Fight to end snus ban continues despite new EU ‘no’
The ban on the sale of snus in the European Union is set to remain in place after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled against Swedish Match in what campaigners slammed as “a defeat for public health”. ...
‘Political’ snus ban prevents EU harm reduction strategy
‘Political’ snus ban prevents EU harm reduction strategy
The European Court of Justice is set to rule this autumn on the ban on snus, which snus manufacturer Swedish Match argues discriminates against snus because the EU allows all other tobacco products, including ...
Report: Swedish Match offered chance to bribe EU health commissioner
Report: Swedish Match offered chance to bribe EU health commissioner
Sweden’s Dagens Nyheter newspaper has published an audio recording of a conversation in which the friend of an EU commissioner requests a bribe of 60 million euro from Swedish Match in exchange for action to e...
Swedish Match CEO: ‘Don’t equate snus and cigarettes’
Swedish Match CEO: ‘Don’t equate snus and cigarettes’
The chief executive of Sweden’s leading snus producer Swedish Match has called for a public investigation into the health impact of snus in an opinion piece published on the website of Sweden’s state broadcast...
Swedish snus reaches new heights in Switzerland
Swedish snus reaches new heights in Switzerland
Sweden has become the leading exporter of smokeless tobacco to Switzerland, according to the latest statistics from Swiss customs. A total of 50 tonnes of snus was exported from Sweden to Switzerland ...