ESTOC, European Smokeless Tobacco Council, was established in 1989 and represents the interests of smokeless tobacco manufacturers and distributors as well as tobacco trade associations. We monitor all smokeless tobacco related issues, including the latest scientific developments at a European and global level.
ESTOC’s objective is to secure the permission-to-sell smokeless tobacco products that comply with our regulatory framework in Europe and in other parts of the world.
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Snus saga: An unfortunate illustration of the TPD proposal fiasco
With smoking prematurely killing almost a quarter million Europeans a year, cigarettes are the top cause of preventable death in the EU. The fight against smoking is a priority and revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) has potential to save lives.
Europolitics (external link)
Published on Monday 07 January 2013 -
Brussels, hands off our snus!
The proposed revision of the European directive on tobacco, presented on December 19 in Brussels, has provoked strong reactions in Sweden.
Aftonbladet (external link)
Published on Thursday 20 December 2012 -
In Sweden, smokers have another option – Snus
Switching from cigarettes to oral tobacco has helped Sweden achieve the lowest rate of tobacco-related diseases in Europe
The Guardian (external link)
Published on Monday 29 October 2012
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Death by regulation: the EU ban on low-risk oral tobacco
Death by regulation: the EU ban on low-risk oral tobacco
Clive Bates Blog
Is it right to ban certain types of smokeless tobacco from sale in the European Union? The short and unequivocal answer is ’no’.
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Published on Monday 21 May 2012 -
Snus: they knew all along
The harm reduction potential of snus in tobacco control can seem like a relatively new discovery. It is easy to believe that a clueless anti-smoking movement stamped the product out without realising the possibilities it had for smoking cessation.
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Published on Wednesday 11 April 2012 -
European Union making bad policy on nicotine – five ways to make it better
Clive Bates Blog
On 30 November, the draft EU Tobacco Products Directive was circulated for inter-service consultation (ie. sent round all other Directorates General in the European Commission).
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Published on Wednesday 05 December 2012
