Why Sweden going smoke-free may not be such good 'snus'

Used by one in seven Swedes, snus has, according to the government, helped slash the number of smokers from 15% of the population in 2005 to 5.2% last year, a record low in Europe.Snus has been banned in the European Union since 1992. But Sweden negotiated an exemption when it joined the bloc three years later.

But it is hugely popular with young people in Sweden, with its use quadrupling among women aged 16 to 29 in four years. Just 5% of Swedes say they smoke regularly, according to 2022 data from the Public Health Agency, putting Sweden 27 years ahead of the EU's 2050 smoke-free target."A very important decision was the smoking ban in restaurants from 2005, and then at outdoor restaurants and public places in 2019," he said.The government has also backed the snus industry, hiking taxes recently on cigarettes by 9% while cutting those on traditional snus by 20%.

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