10 months with vejp for Snickar-Ronny
Do you remember Ronny? The smoking carpenter who, after 30+ years of bumming and half-assed attempts to quit, was given a vejpkit to see how it would go. Here comes the follow-up.
Tag: Sweden
Snus users not wanted: Municipality launches new policy to create role models - "Terrified"
Another municipality has decided to ban its staff from using nicotine, including snus, during working hours. The newspaper Göteborgs-Posten reports. According to the local council, the policy applies to teachers and school staff who are supposed to be "role models"...
Mariestad municipality bans vejp smoking during working hours - white snus next
Vejp, white snus and other nicotine products are to be removed from the working day of municipal employees in Mariestads. In an updated tobacco policy, vejp is equated with cigarettes and cannot be used during working hours.
Government takes on the EU - challenging France's ban
The Swedish government halts the French ban on nicotine pouches. At least temporarily. After Kammarkollegiet proposed a strong protest due to apparent barriers to trade in the EU area, the government is now going ahead and submitting...
An epic conference, some reality and the eternal popcorn lung
Chronicle. Sweden is usually held up as a good example of how the use of nicotine can shift from smoking to non-smoking. A visit to the duty-free shop at Landvetter airport illustrates how this has happened...
Authority stops sale of vejp kit with over 5000 puffs
It should no longer be possible to buy pre-filled e-cigs with a "plug-in" system that guarantees more than 800 puffs. This is the opinion of the Public Health Agency of Sweden, which is now banning the sale of several brands of...
Shops better at checking age when buying nicotine - "But not enough"
Better but far from enough. That was the message when the Swedish Snus Manufacturers' Association presented its new report on how the supervision and execution of age controls for smokeless nicotine products are carried out in Sweden.
Vapes, toilet paper and detergent - an odd combo in Gothenburg
Fredric Corneliusson stumbled into vejpning through the back door. The dandelion child from Frölunda, Sweden, sees himself more as an entrepreneur who happened to end up in an exciting industry - than an outright e-cigarette activist. But now...
"EU wants to increase tax on nicotine pouches by 500%"
An increase of almost 500% in the tax on white snus. This is the content of a leaked proposal to the European Commission intended to create a so-called harmonisation of taxes on different nicotine products...
Public health authority stops sales of 'NoNic' and 'Metatine'
The Public Health Agency of Sweden is stopping the sale of the nicotine analogue 6-methyl nicotine - known commercially as "NoNik" or "Metatine". The reason is that, in order to be sold, the products must first be registered and labelled in accordance with the Tobacco and...
Famous disposable brand withdrawn - contained too much e-liquid
The Public Health Agency of Sweden withdraws the authorisation for the disposable models Nasty Fix 2.0. The reason for this is that checks have shown that the products contain approximately 1 millilitre more e-liquid than is permitted in a disposable model.
He takes over after Cigge's bankruptcy - but no news on the stores' future
The bankruptcy estate of the Eurobrands and Cigge stores has a new owner. The stock, websites and names are now in the hands of Patrik Grönberg, a former employee of Haypp Group and Snusbolaget.
