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A lack of factual information from Sweden’s public health bodies and continued nicotine “scaremongering” means it’s unlikely Sweden will celebrate reaching the WHO definition of smoke-free by the end of 2023, says\u00a0Patrik Str\u00f6mer, head of the Association of Swedish Snus Manufacturers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The warning comes in an\u00a0interview with Snusforumet<\/a>\u00a0summarizing Str\u00f6mer’s impressions from Almedalen, a recently concluded political gathering held every year in Visby on the Baltic island of Gotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked whether 2023 would be the year Sweden achieved smoke-free status, defined by the WHO as a daily smoking prevalence below five percent, Str\u00f6mer said, “No, but we’ll get closer.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The revelation comes amidst growing global interest<\/a> in Sweden’s journey to become the EU’s first smoke-free country. According to the most recent statistics from late 2022, Sweden’s daily smoking rate stands at 5.6 percent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicotine ‘scaremongering’ to blame<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despite Sweden having two smoke-free generations<\/a> and less than one percentage point left before dropping below the WHO’s smoke-free threshold, Str\u00f6mer was nevertheless pessimistic about Sweden’s chances of reaching the historic milestone in the next six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“No one would be happier than I would if Sweden ended up reaching the goal, but with all the scaremongering against nicotine, older women and foreign-born men won’t likely switch from cigarettes to something better,” he said, highlighting the two demographic groups in Sweden with the highest smoking rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If public authorities had provided more factual information we had already reached the goal,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Smokers are people and voters, they have a right to accurate information.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stuck in old misconceptions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Str\u00f6mer also lamented a lack of pride among Swedish politicians, who have been reluctant to embrace and amplify the role of snus and other less-harmful nicotine alternatives in helping put smoke-free status within reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I hope that more Swedish politicians from across the political spectrum make sure to tell others why Sweden will soon be a smoke-free country,” said Str\u00f6mer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Many politicians are still stuck in the old misconceptions that it\u2019s nicotine that\u2019s dangerous, not the smoke from cigarettes. And it\u2019s hard for people to admit it when they\u2019re wrong.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pouch bans risk ‘sabotaging’ EU’s single market <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While he said had Sweden “performed well” under difficult circumstances during its EU presidency, which ended on June 30th, he added that “basically nothing happened” with regard to snus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s really strange that the EU doesn’t look at the country with the lowest risk of lung cancer when formulating its new strategy to beat cancer,” Str\u00f6mer added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As different EU member states look at enacting new restrictions on nicotine pouches<\/a>, he hoped EU regulators would also look at Sweden’s example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Sweden already has functioning legislation for nicotine pouches. It’s really just a matter of harmonsing things at the EU level,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Furthermore, nicotine pouches are now present in the internal market and regulated by law, so under the principle of mutual recognition, banning nicotine pouches is like sabotaging the EU’s single market.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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