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The Norwegian government wants to ban online snus sales as part of a new tobacco strategy. But experts warn the measure may be counterproductive for efforts to reduce smoking rates.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norway\u2019s new tobacco strategy was included in a sweeping public health report<\/a> released on March 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur vision is a tobacco-free generation, and we want to make ensure children born in 2010 and later are given that opportunity,\u201d said Norwegian health minister Ingvild Kjerkol in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More restrictions on smoking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Several of the measures included in the new strategy take specific aim at smoking, including proposals to ban smoking in cars where children are passengers and in outdoor areas where children may be present, such as playgrounds, athletic facilities, bus stops, and common spaces in apartment buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany of these restrictions on smoking are similar to those previously introduced in Sweden that have likely contributed to people quitting cigarettes,\u201d says Patrik Str\u00f6mer, Secretary General of the Association of Swedish Snus Manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHowever, the success of such measures in Sweden depended on having smoke-free alternatives like snus and nicotine pouches readily available.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ban on online snus sales \u2018inconsistent\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Str\u00f6mer sees the proposed online snus sales ban as \u201cinconsistent\u201d with the other anti-smoking measures included in the tobacco strategy if Norway is interested in reducing smoking rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf the goal is to reduce the harm caused by combustible tobacco, it\u2019s important to provide alternative nicotine products with a lower risk profile for those consumers who want to switch,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut banning online sales of snus and vaping products restricts access to those alternatives, which may make it harder for smokers to choose a nicotine product that is less harmful to their health than deadly cigarettes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tobacco strategy aims to ban online sales of snus and vaping products as well as a ban on flavoured vaping products. The strategy stops short of calling for a ban on flavoured snus<\/a> and nicotine pouches, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The primary aim of the sales and flavour restrictions is to prevent sales to minors and restrict access to flavoured products that health authorities fear are more attractive to minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExperience from other countries shows that such products can quickly gain appeal among children and young people,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norway should explore more \u2018precise\u2019 measures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Str\u00f6mer agrees that minors shouldn\u2019t have access to or use nicotine products of any kind, but that blunt measures like outright bans might have unintended consequences that reverse Norway\u2019s recent advances toward becoming a smoke-free country<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe data clearly shows that snus and nicotine pouches are replacing cigarettes in Norway, which is a fantastic public health gain – it would be a shame if ill-advised policies slowed that trend,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would encourage policymakers to consider more precise instruments like age verification and tougher age restriction enforcement at the point of sale that don\u2019t won\u2019t make it harder for adult smokers to switch to less-harmful alternatives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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