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Vape restrictions risk slowing smoking decline after New Zealand’s fivefold acceleration

Governments have been urged to reconsider flavour bans, high taxes and other restrictions on vaping after research found New Zealand’s smoking decline accelerated fivefold as vaping became more widely used. Smoke Free Sweden said the findings strengthened the case for keeping smoke-free…

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UK plans plain packaging for vapes in child marketing crackdown

Ministers have launched a UK-wide consultation on plans to strip vapes of colourful packaging, curb flavour names and keep products out of sight in shops, as critics warn the move could make vaping look too much like smoking. The proposals, announced on…

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Sweden health minister attacks France pouch ban as ‘idiotic’

Sweden’s health minister has attacked France’s ban on nicotine pouches as “idiotic”, escalating a row over Europe’s treatment of smoke-free nicotine products. Elisabeth Lann, Sweden’s minister of health, criticised the French ban during an interview on the Swedish health and lifestyle podcast…

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The Swedish Snus Fight

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…

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OPINION: The EU Parliament doesn’t want a new nicotine tax law. But that’s not what really matters.

There’s nothing more annoying than writing an article that confidently states “either this thing will happen or that thing will happen”, only for something completely different to actually occur. But that is the position I found myself in on Wednesday afternoon. On…

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“This Is Criminal Neglect of Evidence” — Tobacco Control, Ideology & Harm Reduction Explained

Peter Beckett: Delon Human, welcome to Clearing the Air. Delon Human: It’s my privilege. Peter Beckett: Can we get a short introduction of who you are and how you came to be where you are now? Delon Human: Well, I am a…

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Sweden blocks EU pouch tax hike to protect its smoke-free status

Sweden has blocked an EU tobacco tax plan that critics warned would punish the smoke-free products behind the country’s sharp fall in smoking. The move turns Sweden’s smoke-free success into a direct challenge to Brussels, coming just days after the European Parliament…

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A Deal for Tobacco Control: Harm Reduction for Plain Packs

I was interviewed for the European Correspondent at last week’s Global Forum on Nicotine, which I assume will publish the usual “Big Tobacco Stooges” style hit piece on us at some point. The journalist (who asked me not to mention their name)…

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Sweden blasts France’s ‘absurd’ pouch ban

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…

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