From Smoking to Snus and Pouches: The Nordic Blueprint Saving Millions of Lives
December 12, 2025 by vapingpost.com
From Smoking to Snus and Pouches: The Nordic Blueprint Saving Millions of Lives
Nordic countries have effectively reduced smoking rates by offering safer nicotine alternatives like snus, pouches, vapes, and heated tobacco, leading to a significant decline in smoking. Available data shows that these alternatives do not lead to increased smoking rates. However, Denmark's recent tax proposal on these products contradicts the success of harm reduction strategies, risking a return to smoking. The success in Nordic countries highlights that harm reduction works when affordable alternatives are accessible, contrasting with punitive measures. The EU faces a choice between following evidence-based policies that promote harm reduction or hindering progress by restricting access to safer alternatives.
December 08, 2025 by snusforumet.se
New Nordic data blows up nicotine ‘gateway myth’
The fresh Nordics report shows snus and nicotine pouches are not a gateway to smoking but a way out…
9.90% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 867,000 current smokers in Sweden 11.70% of men are current smokers but only 8.10% of women.
SOURCE: GSTHR
