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…
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…
In this insightful interview, Hayley van Loon, CEO of Crime Stoppers International, details the alarming convergence of organised crime and state actors across global illicit trades, particularly focusing on the illicit tobacco industry. She highlights how this $4.2 trillion "Illegal Empire" is…
A global smoking rate below 5% by 2040 is described as “a realistic, measurable and equitable target”
Current tobacco control measures alone are unlikely to reduce smoking fast enough
Wider access to “regulated smoke-free nicotine alternatives” could accelerate declines significantly
Evidence from…
The EU is right to be ashamed of its evaluation report on nicotine policy. Even its own watchdogs have disowned it.
Two years ago, I wrote about the EU Commission burying its own smoking data, and opined on why they might have…
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…
A Swedish member of the European Parliament has urged the European Commission not to weaken access to safer nicotine alternatives, as debate grows over future EU rules on tobacco and nicotine products.
Jessica Polfjärd (EPP, Sweden) has submitted a formal written question…
Biomarker studies show smokers who switch to nicotine pouches see toxic exposure fall by 42-96%, similar to quitting altogether.
Cancer-linked compounds such as tobacco-specific nitrosamines are “undetectable or present at negligible amounts” in pouches.
Exclusive pouch users had 91% lower levels of…
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…