ArticleNordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT2021
Snus and snus-like nicotine products moving across Nordic borders: Can laws protect young people?
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- Paternal snus use in puberty and increased risk for asthma and allergies in offspring: a RHINE/RHINESSA two-generation study.International journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- The changing context of Health in All Policies in Finland since the 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion in Finland.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- The Potential Impact of Oral Nicotine Pouches on Public Health: A Scoping Review.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Assessing quit interest and the correlates and preferred ways of quitting snus in Norway: A cross-sectional study.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Article
- Are educational aspirations associated with susceptibility to smoking, e-cigarette use, and smokeless tobacco use in adolescence?European journal of public health · 2024Article
- Towards Tobacco-Free Generation: implementation of preventive tobacco policies in the Nordic countries.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2023Review
- Factors predicting willingness to quit snus and cigarette use among young males.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Nicotine Pouch: Awareness, Beliefs, Use, and Susceptibility among Current Tobacco Users in the United States, 2021.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Differences in intention to use flavored oral nicotine products among young adult e-cigarette users and non-users.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Single, Dual, and Triple Use of Cigarettes, e-Cigarettes, and Snus among Adolescents in the Nordic Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Messages from research: Tobacco, drug use, gambling.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2021Article
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Abstract
Background: Use of snus and snus-like nicotine products is increasing, in particular among young people, in several Nordic countries and Estonia, while snus is legally on the market only in Sweden and Norway. Snus is available in a great variety of tastes and packaging particularly catering for young users. Recently, strong snus-resembling nicotine pouches have emerged on the market. This research investigates the regulatory means to counteract this development. Methods: European Union (EU) and national tobacco control legislation, case law of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) and relevant public health studies are analysed. Results: The research finds that the judgement of the CJEU relating to the sale of snus on Finnish ferries has not been enforced. Permitted large traveller imports for personal use have contributed to wide availability of snus in Finland. Even if the legislation in Sweden is in conformity with the exemption it obtained in the Accession Treaty, the public health impact of snus use for young people in its neighbouring countries has become considerable. Nicotine pouches, -which are not regarded as medical products in terms of medicine legislation, lack harmonised EU-wide regulation. Controlling smuggling across open borders is challenging. Conclusions: The legislation at the EU and national levels should be able to protect young people from new tobacco and nicotine products. It is urgent to harmonise regulation relating to new tobacco and nicotine products taking as a base a high level of protection of health as required in the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU.
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