{"id":6105,"date":"2022-02-17T13:31:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T12:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/?p=6105"},"modified":"2022-02-17T13:32:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T12:32:17","slug":"eu-cancer-plan-passage-important-step-for-tobacco-harm-reduction-swedish-mep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/en\/eu-cancer-plan-passage-important-step-for-tobacco-harm-reduction-swedish-mep\/","title":{"rendered":"EU cancer plan passage \u2018important step\u2019 for tobacco harm reduction: Swedish MEP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"the-european-parliament-has-adopted-historic-recommendations-to-guide-the-eu-s-fight-against-cancer-swedish-mep-sara-skyttedal-called-the-vote-an-important-step-in-acknowledging-tobacco-harm-reduction\"><strong>The European Parliament has adopted a \u201chistoric\u201d EU cancer plan to guide the region&#8217;s fight against cancer. Swedish MEP Sara Skyttedal called the vote an \u201cimportant step\u201d in acknowledging tobacco harm reduction.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recommendations were included in a report submitted by the parliament\u2019s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/press-room\/20220210IPR23006\/meps-call-for-a-more-effective-eu-strategy-to-beat-cancer\">The measures passed<\/a> with 652 votes in favour, 15 against, and 27 abstentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among other things, the report identifies smoking as one of the main causes of cancer and calls for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/press-room\/20211209IPR19105\/ep-calls-for-action-strengthening-europe-in-the-fight-against-cancer\">funding of smoking cessation programmes<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also states that \u201celectronic cigarettes could allow some smokers to progressively quit smoking\u201d, a clear reference to tobacco harm reduction and the potential of alternative nicotine products to reduce smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is an important step in the right direction that the European Parliament recognizes in this report that other nicotine products can play a role in reducing the number of smokers,\u201d Swedish MEP Sara Skyttedal told Snusforumet following the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Skyttedal has <a href=\"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/en\/impossible-to-ignore-snus-in-eus-beating-cancer-plan-swedish-mep\/\">previously criticized the European Commission\u2019s failure<\/a> to recognise the potential for snus and other tobacco harm reduction alternatives. However, she acknowledged the adoption of the EU cancer plan as a \u201csmall step towards eventually being able to allow snus on the EU&#8217;s internal market\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"eu-cancer-plan-historic-beca-rapporteur\">EU cancer plan &#8216;historic&#8217;: BECA Rapporteur<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Among other things, the report supports the goal of achieving a \u201ctobacco-free generation\u201d by promoting smoking cessation programmes and increasing excise duties for all tobacco products. The report also calls for carrying out more scientific evaluations of the health risks associated with next-generation nicotine products such as e-cigarettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTwelve years after the last European strategy to beat cancer, the one we are presenting today is historic, both in terms of its ambition and its objectives, and in terms of the resources we will provide,\u201d said French MEP and BECA Rapporteur V\u00e9ronique Trillet-Lenoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan also called for \u201cstrict enforcement\u201d of flavour bans, as well as the need to evaluate and then ban e-cigarettes flavours that are \u201cin particular attractive to minors and non-smokers\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That the EU cancer plan also aims to ban all flavours in heated tobacco products and novel tobacco products has <a href=\"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/en\/flavour-ban-uncertainty-clouds-beca-tobacco-harm-reduction-win\/\">raised concerns among some tobacco harm reduction advocates<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"recognising-reduced-risk-nicotine-products\">Recognising reduced-risk nicotine products<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrik Str\u00f6mer, Secretary General of the Association of Swedish Snus Manufacturers, told Snusforumet he would have liked to see a less draconian approach to flavours. However, he acknowledged that the cancer plan\u2019s approach to tobacco and nicotine products was more or less in line with expectations following the work of the BECA committee in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven if this plenary vote is somewhat a formality, it\u2019s encouraging that the European body meant to most closely represent the will of EU citizens has formally recognized there is a difference between cancer-causing cigarettes and reduced-risk nicotine products,\u201d \u200b\u200bhe told Snusforumet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt remains to be seen, however, if the results amount to anything more than ambitions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The European Commission presented its comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/IP_21_342\">Beating Cancer Plan<\/a> in early 2021, calling for \u20ac4bn in spending to improve prevention, treatment, and care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the plan\u2019s main priorities is to \u201censure that less than 5% of the population uses tobacco by 2040\u201d. 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