{"id":8884,"date":"2025-11-21T16:18:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/?p=8884"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:47:04","slug":"outrage-over-swedens-cop11-cop-out-on-harm-reduction-to-health-fascists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/en\/outrage-over-swedens-cop11-cop-out-on-harm-reduction-to-health-fascists\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage over Sweden\u2019s COP11 cop-out on harm reduction to \u2018health fascists\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Just days after Snusforumet reported on growing concerns that Sweden might weaken its long-standing harm-reduction stance at WHO COP11, a Swedish MEP has slammed the government\u2019s actions in Geneva as bowing to \u201chealth fascists\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers has issued <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/weimers\/status\/1991826883114090508\">a sharp warning on X<\/a>, accusing Swedish officials on-site of failing to defend Sweden\u2019s \u201cred lines\u201d in the face of efforts by the EU that could lead to a ban on nicotine pouches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His comments follow statements by Swedish government ministers promising the country would pursue a tobacco policy grounded in harm reduction that recognises the difference in risk posed by combustible cigarettes versus smoke-free oral alternatives such as snus and nicotine pouches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EU attempting a backdoor ban at WHO COP11<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Weimers\u2019 reaction comes to revelations <a href=\"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/en\/eu-working-against-sweden-in-secret-as-cop11-kicks-off\/\">reported by Snusforumet<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/post\/europe-agreed-not-to-ban-safer-nicotine-products-now-denmark-wants-to-ban-them-anyway\/\">other media reports<\/a> that Sweden has remained passive as the European Commission \u2013 together with the Danish EU presidency \u2013 works behind the scenes to secure a WHO recommendation calling for a ban on nicotine pouches, despite earlier failed attempts to push such a ban through within the European Union itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/weimers\/status\/1991826883114090508\">strongly worded statement<\/a>, Weimers warns, referring to nicotine pouches as &#8220;white snus&#8221;, a common term in Sweden differentiating the product from traditional tobacco &#8220;brown&#8221; snus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe EU tried to push through a ban on white snus in the Union. They failed. Now they are trying to get a global recommendation on the same thing within WHO\u2019s ongoing COP11. The Commission and the Danish presidency\u2026 are trying to sneak through a WHO recommendation that white snus should be banned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also criticises the behaviour of the Swedish delegation in failing to uphold what had been previously decided in the Swedish parliament (Riksdag).:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAccording to reports, the Swedish officials have sat quietly and not fully defended our red lines. This goes against the Riksdag\u2019s decision that Sweden should have a regulation that minimizes the harms of smokable tobacco products.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why silence matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A WHO recommendation, even if non-binding, could be weaponised by EU regulators to justify renewed efforts to regulate or ban nicotine pouches \u2013 a scenario Weimers argues would directly undermine Sweden\u2019s internationally recognised harm-reduction model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweden stands on the brink of becoming the world\u2019s first smoke-free nation, with daily smoking levels already near the WHO\u2019s 5 percent recommended threshold.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research consistently shows that the country\u2019s unique trajectory is driven by widespread access to low-risk, smoke-free nicotine alternatives \u2013 especially snus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A global recommendation targeting these products could signal a step backwards for both Sweden and countries looking to replicate its success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weimers\u2019 message to the Swedish government<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As COP11 discussions continue, Weimers says the <a href=\"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/en\/will-sweden-break-its-harm-reduction-promise-at-cop11\/\">responsibility now lies with Swedish officials on-site<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Swedish officials on site have a task. Defend the Riksdag\u2019s decision and stop this nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snusforumet\u2019s attempts to get a comment from Swedish trade minister Benjamin Dousa and healthcare minister Elisabet Lann have so far been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just days after Snusforumet reported on growing concerns that Sweden might weaken its long-standing harm-reduction stance at WHO COP11, a Swedish MEP has slammed the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[434,616,414,258,356,251,388,331],"class_list":["post-8884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions","tag-charlie-weimers","tag-cop11","tag-denmark","tag-eu-2","tag-fctc","tag-harm-reduction-2","tag-sweden","tag-who-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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