On the 18th of October, 100 specialists in nicotine science, policy and practice called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to modernize its approach to tobacco policy by adopting the harm reduction perspective.

A new report by David Sundén, Doctor of Economics from Stockholm School of Economics, finds that the ban on snus (oral smokeless tobacco) in the EU has a highly negative effect on public health. The research looks at the relationship between smoking, mortality from smoking-related illnesses and snus as a risk-reducing alternative.

Nicotine pouches are a less harmful alternative to smoking. Switching from cigarettes to nicotine pouches could save hundreds of thousands of European lives every year. But how should these products be regulated? Will the EU ban nicotine pouches as is the case for Swedish snus?

Only one in three smokers wants to quit for good. This is the conclusion from, a new study conducted by researchers at the Norwegian National Institute of Public Health’s department for intoxicants and tobacco.