While several European countries are heavily regulating and raising taxes on nicotine products, Sweden is choosing to lower the snus tax and turn a blind eye to the rapidly increasing nicotine use among young people. This is what Helen Stjerna, A Non Smoking Generation, writes in a debate article in the Althingi.
In the article, she highlights that the nicotine epidemic among young people continues to grow despite warnings from the WHO, and that higher taxes are needed to stop the trend.
"Raised taxes on all tobacco and nicotine products would contribute to drastically reducing access among young people, and the bonus effect could be that resources are redistributed from the tobacco industry to tax revenues that can be used for tobacco prevention and awareness-raising efforts"
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