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Sound engineer, vejpare and aspiring smoke machine

Sound engineer and vejper Micke Thenor travels around the country behind the mixing desks of all kinds of artists. A life that involves late nights and stints as an effects creator: "A vejp is really the same as...

Sweden's agenda for WHO meeting on snus, nicotine pouches and e-cigs kept secret

The secrecy surrounding the upcoming meeting of the Convention on Tobacco Control (COP10) is causing concern among many Swedes. Not least among those who use or work with smoke-free nicotine products such as snus and e-cigarettes.

Vejpshoppar not allowed to link to their website anymore - "As if our name is toxic"

Companies selling e-cigarettes are no longer allowed to link to their website via social media or email. This has become clear after the Swedish Consumer Agency criticised the company eSmokes for violating the rules on marketing in the...

Fighting for harm minimisation in the EU - "Risk of a ban on nicotine pouches this spring"

Persistent reports, albeit unconfirmed by official sources, suggest that the availability of smokeless nicotine products, such as white snus, may be severely restricted. If the EU Commission gets its way.

Not an uncommon sight - shops are fronting e-cigs - and now cigarette sales are declining in favour of e-cigs. snus and nicotine pouches.

E-cigs and pouches take centre stage as cigarette sales decline

Fewer Swedes are buying cigarettes. But the more nicotine pouches and vejps. CAN states this in your latest report on nicotine sales in Sweden. "Cigarettes will disappear. Politicians and authorities can now either...

"I will never smoke again" - Stories from Sweden

How do Swedes stay smoke-free? That's the question Vejpkollen asks in a series of reports on nicotine use in Sweden - a country that is becoming smoke-free.

Amanda Seguel, nicotine pouches and e-cigs

Amanda, 25 - "I got rid of the really dangerous thing, smoking"

Story: She is 25 years old and has been using nicotine since her early teens. Amanda Seguel started as a smoker, but soon switched to vejping and nicotine pouches. "Right now I don't actually use...

Snus in focus as PMI and Swedish Match go smoke-free

Two new management roles and a merger of Swedish Match and Philip Morris operations in Sweden. This will be the new deal when tobacco giant PMI merges with the largest snus manufacturer in Sweden.

Nikita, 39, ex-smoker "The feeling is the key - not the nicotine"

"I have been smoke-free for over five years. I might have a cigarette at a party once in a while, but I know I won't start smoking again. It's not...

She traded party smoke for party vapour - "The big difference is the smell"

Maria was a long-time party smoker who enjoyed a cigarette with her Friday night wine. Now she has swapped the cigarette for an IQOS. "For me it's finished smoking"

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...

Mirza, 46, vejpare: "The hardest part was finding the right flavour and feel"

He lit his first cigarette when he was 17. The last one when he was 41. Mirza Kadrovic is one of the many thousands of former smokers in Sweden who now use nicotine on ...