Sweden has hit out at France’s sweeping ban on nicotine pouches, after it emerged Swedes could face criminal penalties for carrying a smoke-free product that is legal at home while cigarettes remain on sale.
The row has opened a fresh divide in…
New research suggests badly designed nicotine taxes could backfire by narrowing the price gap between smoking and lower-risk products
Governments have used cigarette taxes for decades to reduce smoking. The logic is that if cigarettes cost more, fewer people will buy them.…
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The battle over flavoured vapes in the US has intensified after the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) resigned following reported clashes with Donald Trump over whether fruit-flavoured products should be approved.
Marty Makary stepped down as FDA commissioner after…
Countries that have banned snus and nicotine pouches will be able to tax them when they’re brought into the country by consumers under a new proposal to be debated by the European Council today.
Member States would be allowed to charge excise…
The FDA’s first authorisation of fruit-flavoured vapes should be a turning point in America’s long-running battle over nicotine policy. Instead, it has exposed just how confused that policy has become.
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised four vaping products from…
The WHO is urging governments to consider strict regulation - and potentially bans - on nicotine pouches, warning they risk creating “a new generation” addicted to nicotine
The report argues nicotine pouches are being marketed with “youthful themes”, sweet flavours and “discreet”…
New Zealand has cut its smoking rate almost in half in just six years, with vaping playing a central role in one of the world’s fastest declines in cigarette use.
A major new report on global tobacco harm reduction says New Zealand’s…
Five years after Canada first pledged to crack down on flavoured vaping products, the federal government still cannot say when - or even if - national restrictions will happen.
The delay is becoming increasingly awkward for Ottawa. Not only has the Liberal…