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In Sweden, Where Tobacco Deaths Fell Dramatically, Nicotine Isn’t the Enemy

About one in four Swedes use nicotine products, which is comparable to the rest of Europe. But Sweden sees 44…

July 15, 2024

Storm in a Teacup Over Soccer Stars’ Snus Use

“I used to have the odd cigarette on a night out,” wrote Jamie Vardy, the Leicester City striker and 2016…

June 10, 2024

Tobacco Harm Reduction Consumers Speak Out at EU Parliament

On December 5, the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, held an unprecedented event, titled “Harm Reduction: The Road to a…

January 3, 2024

Advocates Dismayed at Denmark’s “Horrible” Nicotine Clampdown

Denmark's government is introducing a package of 30 measures aimed at reducing young people's consumption of nicotine and alcohol. The…

December 1, 2023

“NRT or Cold Turkey”: Why Finland Won’t Back Tobacco Harm Reduction

Finland has vaping laws that are about as strict as they can be, short of actually banning it. There’s a…

March 27, 2023

“Next Time It Could Be You”—The McCarthyism in Tobacco Control

At the end of November, an extraordinary episode caused outrage: the expulsion of Karl Erik Lund from a conference on…

January 19, 2023

Pakistan Nicotine-Pouch Surge Brings Harm Reduction Hope in South Asia

Globally, almost a third of tobacco consumers use oral products. Smokeless tobacco (SLT) is generally safer than combustibles. But traditional…

December 16, 2022

Sweden’s Snus Success Story, as Country Nears “Smoke Free” Status

The Swedish government has officially confirmed that smoking rates in the country have dropped to 5.6 percent, setting up the…

December 7, 2022

The Need for Tobacco Harm Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa must urgently embrace tobacco harm reduction, according to a new briefing paper published by Knowledge-Action-Change (KAC), a public…

September 19, 2022

The Desperate Search for a Health Threat From Nicotine Pouches

Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tweeted about the dangers of nicotine pouches, a fairly…

August 24, 2021