{"id":7238,"date":"2023-03-22T12:55:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/?p=7238"},"modified":"2023-03-22T12:55:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:55:22","slug":"norway-spared-from-controversial-ban-on-flavoured-snus-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/en\/norway-spared-from-controversial-ban-on-flavoured-snus-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway spared from controversial ban on flavoured snus: report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A proposed ban on flavoured snus will not be among the measures included in the Norwegian government\u2019s new tobacco strategy, according to media reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norwegian health minister Ingvild Kjerkol is set to release a new public health report on March 31st that will include several <a href=\"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/en\/fears-mount-over-norway-plans-for-nz-style-flavour-tobacco-ban\/\">proposals that would tighten tobacco regulation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comments from politicians ahead of the report\u2019s release indicated that a ban on flavoured snus and a lifetime tobacco ban for people born after 2008 were both \u201con the table\u201d, sparking concerns among public health experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf flavoured snus is banned, we risk seeing a rise in smoking prevalence again. And we don\u2019t want that,\u201d Karl Erik Lund of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg.no\/nyheter\/innenriks\/i\/AP0gbr\/fhi-forsker-advarer-mot-aa-forby-snus-med-smak\">Verdens Gang (VG) newspaper<\/a> in early March<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No ban on flavoured snus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But a fresh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dagbladet.no\/nyheter\/dagbladet-erfarer-dropper-forbud\/78814553\">report in the Dagbladet newspaper<\/a> has helped calm the nerves of Norway\u2019s snus users. Several independent sources with close knowledge of the government\u2019s work on the public health report tell the newspaper that the flavoured snus ban is no longer under consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Dagbladet, 55 percent of all snus in Norway is flavoured snus. However, manufacturers claim that the figure is much higher as even \u201ctobacco-flavoured\u201d snus brands such as Swedish Match\u2019s General brand snus could be classified as flavoured snus as they contain added flavours such as bergamot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It remains unclear whether the lifetime tobacco ban &#8211; inspired by a similar proposal recently implement in New Zealand, will be included in the public health plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lower smoking rates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Smoking in indoor restaurants has been banned in Norway since 2004. In the years immediately following the ban, snus was more widely introduced and the country saw a steady drop in daily smoking rates. Rates continued to drop <a href=\"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/en\/snus-and-harm-reduction-why-smoking-is-down-more-in-norway-than-australia\/\">as more smokers switched to snus<\/a> as a legally compliant and safer alternative for Norwegians looking to <a href=\"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/en\/new-research-shows-snus-helps-smokers-quit\/\">quit cigarettes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between 2005 and 2018, snus use in Norway increased from 5 percent to 12 percent, during which time smoking rates dropped by half \u2013 from 25 percent to 12 percent. As of 2022, Norway\u2019s daily smoking rate had dropped to 7 percent while the percentage of daily snusers had risen to 15 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A proposed ban on flavoured snus will not be among the measures included in the Norwegian government\u2019s new tobacco strategy, according to media reports. 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