The question for Sweden is whether it will stand up and fight, or accept a beating from the tobacco control industrial complex.
The first rule in any bar fight is to always punch the biggest guy first. These are the rules the…
The Health Commissioner’s World No Tobacco Day statement shows just how detached he is from reality. He should go.
Another day, another ridiculous statement by Oliver Várhelyi, the European Commissioner for Health. VarHar has become the bumbling Donald Trump figure of this…
In this episode of Clearing the Air, host Peter Beckett sits down with Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers to dive into the latest friction over EU nicotine regulation. They skip the basics and get straight into why the Commission’s current trajectory is so…
Belgium’s health minister has urged the European Union to tighten rules on vapes, warning that use is becoming an “epidemic” and calling for a bloc-wide crackdown.
Speaking during a visit by Michael McGrath to Sciensano, Belgium’s public health institute in Brussels, Frank…
A group of 23 European experts in tobacco and nicotine science have written to the President of the European Commission, warning that recent statements on vaping and other smoke-free products are “false and misleading”.
In an eight-page letter sent on 25 February,…
Germany is moving to ban menthol vapes and a wide range of e-liquids containing cooling agents under draft regulations that could take effect later in 2026.
The proposal, put forward by the Federal Ministry for Agriculture, would prohibit menthol and other flavourings…
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged Ireland to use its influence at EU level to tighten regulation of nicotine products, warning of “strong industry opposition” from the tobacco lobby.
In a letter dated August 22nd to Health Minister…
Nine organisations representing users of safer nicotine products have called on the Swedish Government to veto Brussels plans to impose huge tax increases on vapes and nicotine pouches, calling the plans “fundamentally flawed” and “a direct threat to the Swedish Model”.
The…
The European Union’s health commissioner has claimed that smoke-free nicotine products do not reduce health risks compared with cigarettes, contradicting evidence from multiple health authorities.
The remarks were made in a response to a parliamentary question from Danish MEP Kristoffer Storm on…