Nicotine in politics-archive

Swedish concerns ahead of WHO meeting - 'Important to defend harm reduction products'

Swedish politicians are worried about upcoming international restrictions on nicotine pouches and other smokeless nicotine products. The reason is the upcoming meeting on the WHO's tobacco convention, COP10, where heated tobacco, e-cigarettes but also white snus are...

Smuggling greatly reduced after the availability of nicotine pouches

Finland. The smuggling of nicotine pouches and snus has decreased dramatically in Finland. This is after nicotine pouches became legal to buy in ordinary shops. The online magazine YLE reports

Warning: "EU wants to ban white snus - also in Sweden"

EU health bureaucrats want to ban white snus, i.e. nicotine products, in all EU countries, including Sweden. This is what Charlie Weimers, a member of the European Parliament, says after reading a leaked report commissioned by the European Commission...

Editorial: "E-cigs are unnecessary nonsense" she said angrily

OPINION. The social democratic opposition to harm minimisation and new nicotine products is very clear. And quite strange. Vejpkollen's editor-in-chief met Karin Sundin (s), a health politician in the Social Committee. It went like this.

Rumours of ban on single-use models shake the UK

A debate about disposable vapes has flared up in the promised land of e-cigarettes, the UK. Youth use is on the rise and environmental issues are at the centre of the debate. At the same time, health and addiction experts warn of the consequences of an ill-considered ban.