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Sweden loses battle for snus. The export ban remains and flavor additives in the new trendy snuff limited. It shows the EU Commission's proposal, DN seen.
The export ban on Swedish snus is fixed in the proposal that the EU Commission is now discussing, and DN seen. Swedish government and Swedish Match's attempts to get the ban lifted, arguing that snus is less harmful than cigarettes has not had any effect.
On the contrary, the Commission wishes to strengthen rules requiring the snuff and other tobacco may not have flavors from fruits or herbs that make it more accessible and can make it more appealing to young people. The proposal also mentioned additives mint, vanilla and caffeine.
Most snus has condiments and requirement can pose a severe restriction. The very popular snus General for example, contains bergamot and Gothenburg Rapé curls with juniper. Today there are many fashionable snuff flavors like mint, citrus, licorice, eucalyptus and cranberries. This part of the market, which has grown on the latter, is popular among many young women, many of them former smokers.
The opening for Sweden and snuff manufacturers is that the proposal leaves open to how it should be determined whether the additives in snus are too high. Member States will be responsible for the inspection, but it is said also that the Commission has the right to intervene on their own with products you believe violates these rules.
The Swedish government has fought hard to stop the export ban. Both the Public Health Maria Larsson (KD) and Dr Björling (M) has invested much prestige issue.
In opinion articles and EU meetings, the ministers stressed the Swedish snus advantages over cigarettes.
Ewa Bjorling is disappointed the European Commission's proposal.
- We fear that there is no positive Christmas gift for the Swedish part of the Commission will provide, she said. The Swedish government will be lobbying the European Commission to the end.
Dr Björling will meet soon the new health commissioner Tonio Borg.
- Basing one directive on scientific facts then it will turn out that the Swedish snus is less harmful than other oral tobacco that abound freely in the EU internal market today.
DN vain Maria Larsson for comment.
The European Commission has a great hurry to push through the proposal and decision on Tobacco Products Directive should therefore scheduled to be on 19 december.
This means that the Commission worked intensively with tobacco rules even when there was no regular health commissioner.
The Director General of Health Directorate, Paola Testori Coggi, writes in a letter to the Commission's direction that it held a series of meetings since last spring, and that ten countries and Parliament demanded that the proposal be submitted quickly.
According to the Director General Tobacco causes 700,000 premature deaths in the EU each year. While the tough line against the Swedish snus remains in the new proposal slopes Commission for other protests.
The proposal to ban all smokeless tobacco products outside of the country it is sold by tradition has been removed. Germany has been heavily criticized these plans because nästobak is a great product, mainly in Bavaria.
The proposal to introduce "plain packaging" for cigarettes, all cigarettes will look exactly alike and have no marks, has also been removed.
The tobacco industry has fought against plans to neutral packages in several countries, and it is now being tested in the World Trade Organization. The Commission has decided not to take the battle in this proposal.
However, the Commission proposes increased warnings and deterrent images about the risks of smoking up to three-quarters of cigarette packs.
The export ban on Swedish snus is fixed in the proposal that the EU Commission is now discussing, and DN seen. Swedish government and Swedish Match's attempts to get the ban lifted, arguing that snus is less harmful than cigarettes has not had any effect.
On the contrary, the Commission wishes to strengthen rules requiring the snuff and other tobacco may not have flavors from fruits or herbs that make it more accessible and can make it more appealing to young people. The proposal also mentioned additives mint, vanilla and caffeine.
Most snus has condiments and requirement can pose a severe restriction. The very popular snus General for example, contains bergamot and Gothenburg Rapé curls with juniper. Today there are many fashionable snuff flavors like mint, citrus, licorice, eucalyptus and cranberries. This part of the market, which has grown on the latter, is popular among many young women, many of them former smokers.
The opening for Sweden and snuff manufacturers is that the proposal leaves open to how it should be determined whether the additives in snus are too high. Member States will be responsible for the inspection, but it is said also that the Commission has the right to intervene on their own with products you believe violates these rules.
The Swedish government has fought hard to stop the export ban. Both the Public Health Maria Larsson (KD) and Dr Björling (M) has invested much prestige issue.
In opinion articles and EU meetings, the ministers stressed the Swedish snus advantages over cigarettes.
Ewa Bjorling is disappointed the European Commission's proposal.
- We fear that there is no positive Christmas gift for the Swedish part of the Commission will provide, she said. The Swedish government will be lobbying the European Commission to the end.
Dr Björling will meet soon the new health commissioner Tonio Borg.
- Basing one directive on scientific facts then it will turn out that the Swedish snus is less harmful than other oral tobacco that abound freely in the EU internal market today.
DN vain Maria Larsson for comment.
The European Commission has a great hurry to push through the proposal and decision on Tobacco Products Directive should therefore scheduled to be on 19 december.
This means that the Commission worked intensively with tobacco rules even when there was no regular health commissioner.
The Director General of Health Directorate, Paola Testori Coggi, writes in a letter to the Commission's direction that it held a series of meetings since last spring, and that ten countries and Parliament demanded that the proposal be submitted quickly.
According to the Director General Tobacco causes 700,000 premature deaths in the EU each year. While the tough line against the Swedish snus remains in the new proposal slopes Commission for other protests.
The proposal to ban all smokeless tobacco products outside of the country it is sold by tradition has been removed. Germany has been heavily criticized these plans because nästobak is a great product, mainly in Bavaria.
The proposal to introduce "plain packaging" for cigarettes, all cigarettes will look exactly alike and have no marks, has also been removed.
The tobacco industry has fought against plans to neutral packages in several countries, and it is now being tested in the World Trade Organization. The Commission has decided not to take the battle in this proposal.
However, the Commission proposes increased warnings and deterrent images about the risks of smoking up to three-quarters of cigarette packs.
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