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6th June 2023
Finland: The leaders of a number of health organisations, including the Finnish Association for Substance Abuse Prevention (EHYT), have written an open letter to retail operators urging them not to sell nicotine pouches while regulation is in the process of being rewritten, media reports.
30th May 2023
Finland: The industry association Vapers Finland has criticised the latest government proposal on nicotine pouches. The government intends to add a definition of “smokeless nicotine products” to the Tobacco Act, covering nicotine pouches and regulating them in the same manner as snus. This would mean a ban on their sale and distribution, and on importation except for specific exemptions. The comment period on the proposal ended last week.
19th May 2023
11th May 2023
Finland: The Ministry of Health announced today that the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) and other authorities will decide whether an interim ban on the sale of nicotine pouches should be imposed under the Chemicals Act. A government proposal to ban pouches by an amendment to the Tobacco Act was submitted to the EU Technical Regulations Information System (TRIS) at the end of April.
28th April 2023
28th April 2023
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