We are on the side of consumers for safer nicotine alternatives

As Austria moves to go almost further than any other EU country by banning disposable vapes, the European Commission and Sweden are now calling a halt – at least for now. In an unusually sharp opinion, Brussels warns that the Austrian proposal risks undermining the EU’s common regulatory framework and further fragmenting nicotine regulation across […]

The follow‑up report on the “Assignment to the Public Health Agency of Sweden and the National Board of Health and Welfare to develop supporting material for monitoring the objective of tobacco and nicotine policy” (S2025/01796) demonstrates clear signs of institutional activism, reflected in a lack of scientific quality and methodological breadth. This response follows a […]

Negotiations on the EU’s new Tobacco Taxation Directive (TTD) have stalled. Officially, the disagreement concerns technical details and institutional processes. In practice, a far more serious question is emerging: who is actually scrutinising the evidence behind one of the EU’s most far-reaching tax proposals? FISC’s role and influence The European Parliament’s tax committee, FISC, is […]

This article is based on reporting originally published by the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. A link to the full story is provided below. Several European countries are tightening regulations on nicotine pouches, but France is going the furthest. From April 1, nicotine pouches will be classified under some of the country’s strictest laws, making possession, use, […]