2022-05-25
Theme: The tobacco industry behind the mask
For more than 100 years, the tobacco industry has lured young people into becoming addicted to nicotine. There is now a tug-of-war going on...
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Theme: The tobacco industry behind the mask
For more than 100 years, the tobacco industry has lured young people into becoming addicted to nicotine. There is now a tug-of-war between public health and the tobacco industry's profit interests. With this series, we want to help show who the tobacco industry is behind the mask, how they infiltrate society and what the consequences are.
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It is now widely known that cigarettes are dangerous to health, but few know how persistently tobacco companies work to continue to make people addicted to nicotine. In this series, we examine how the tobacco industry infiltrates society, and how children and politicians alike are affected by it.
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2022-05-23
Theme: Government proposes ban on flavors of e-cigarettes but not white snus
When new nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes and white snus, are flavored, they become more attractive, especially to young people. The government writes...
Read more2022-05-21
Theme: Nicotine free from tobacco – like sugar free from sugar beets
Calling nicotine products tobacco-free is like calling sugar sugar-free. The nicotine has been released from the tobacco plant. The sugar has been released from...
Read more2022-05-19
Theme: Nicotine tobacco-free
– according to the government
Nicotine is extracted from the tobacco plant, does this make nicotine a tobacco product? The government answers the question no and defines white snus as...
Read more2022-05-15
Theme: The tobacco industry's goal – nicotine addiction
Nicotine is a substance for recreation and pleasure according to the tobacco industry. For fifty years, consumers have been deceived into believing that...
Read more2022-05-13
Theme: Ported lobbyists continue anyway
Lobbying means that professional representatives of interest groups and special interests in an organized manner present their opinions to political leaders. It is...
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Theme: Snuff use is increasing in Finland – Cancer organization reports Sweden to the EU
Cancer organizations in Finland have reported Sweden to the European Commission. They want to see if Sweden really lives up to the requirements: to...
Read more2022-05-11
Theme: The tobacco industry's charity benefits them
The tobacco industry has political influence in many countries around the world. They use methods that are difficult to defend against. It...
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Theme: The tobacco industry has indirect influence within the EU
The tobacco industry does not have a direct influence on policy at the EU level, but it does have an indirect influence. This is shown by the first index report on how well...
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