The authoritative source of news and information about Swedish snus & nicotine pouches. Now in English for the global snus & tobacco harm reduction communities.
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Tobacco and vaping firms are barred from a @Europarl_EN event on nicotine on 17 November. Nicorette maker @kenvue is a partner. On the programme: "Debunking the Swedish Model".
“It’s a bit ironic that Swedish taxpayers indirectly fund the salary of someone working in the name of public health who then travels to Brussels with the express aim of casting doubt on one of Sweden’s greatest public health successes,” says @patrikstromer.
Read more: snusforumet.se/en/nicorette-… #TPD3
26 EU countries backed a deal on new tobacco and nicotine taxes on Monday. Sweden dropped its opposition after an offer at roughly today's Swedish pouch tax level. But Malta ultimately said no, and the whole package fell. Read more: snusforumet.se/en/eu-nicotin…
#TED #NicotinePouches
EU finance ministers postponed their nicotine tax vote to give Sweden time to form a government. 30+ days after elections, Sweden still has none. And today @Sverigesriksdag rejected @magdandersson as PM, leaving the future of EU nicotine taxes hanging in the balance: snusforumet.se/en/sweden-pol… #politics #EU #TED @EUCouncil @Ireland2026eu
16 Sep: @Europarl_EN recognises that nicotine products differ in risk.
28 Sep: its health committee backs a Beating Cancer Plan report that rejects linking tax to risk.
"This isn't a minor drafting choice. It is a strategic error," writes physician and harm reduction advocate @FarsalinosK.
Full story: snusforumet.se/en/beating-ca…
#TPD3 #HarmReduction #BeatCancer
Eight EU countries have sent a letter to @OliverVarhelyi asking for a "market freeze" on new nicotine products.
“The letter and the demands are outrageous,” says @patrikstromer
Read the full story: snusforumet.se/en/eight-eu-c… #TPD
Why are cancer organisations in Europe, like Germany's @DKFZ, targeting nicotine? snusforumet.se/en/why-are-eu…
Meet our latest Harm Reduction Hero, Australian physician @AlexWodak, who doesn't mince words about the consequences of his country's current nicotine regulations.
“What Australia has done is make itself a poster case for other governments around the world to see what happens when extremism is carried out.”
Learn why he recommends a more pragmatic approach to nicotine regulation and believes there is only one way to interpret the Swedish Experience:
snusforumet.se/en/alex-wodak…
Our latest Harm Reduction Heroes article features @ArielleSelya and the unexpected consequences of her research into the nicotine gateway theory. snusforumet.se/en/arielle-se…
#harmreduction #THR @GFNicotine
‘Severe flaws’ plague study on fathers’ snus use and children’s asthma: expert snusforumet.se/en/severe-fla…
Can Ireland be trusted to get EU’s new nicotine rules right? snusforumet.se/en/can-irelan…
@Ireland2026eu @CarrollJennifer
After US FDA says ZYN pouches are less harmful, will Europe follow? snusforumet.se/en/after-us-f…
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I have written at @Snusforumet on how the EU has claimed its "tobacco rules" have helped reduce smoking despite the most successful member state being Sweden which was allowed to ignore the ban on snus. snusforumet.se/en/brussels-s…
OPINION: Brussels should learn from Sweden instead of trying to sabotage it, argues @NannyFreeState snusforumet.se/en/brussels-s…
Will Brussels learn from Sweden before rewriting Europe’s nicotine rules? snusforumet.se/en/will-bruss…
Comments from @patrikstromer @FarsalinosK @carissaduring @cpouchers @Rathmacan @IrelandNna @NNA_Estonia from @GFNicotine #GFN26
Estonia offers Europe a cautionary tale on nicotine regulation snusforumet.se/en/estonia-of…
@europethra @INNCOorg
Swedish health minister slams France pouch ban: ‘idiotic’ snusforumet.se/en/swedish-he…
@IsaLann1 @ephi_thinktank
